Lesson video

Hello.

My name's Miss Willow and I'm going to be your teacher for today's lesson.

Today's lesson is called "Individual Liberty" and it fits into the unit "Communities, What Does It Mean to Be British?" I can't wait to teach you today's lesson, so let's make a start.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to explain what individual liberty means, why it matters, and how to use it kindly.

Before we get started with today's lesson, we need to go over some ground rules.

These help to make sure that everyone feels safe and comfortable during today's lesson.

We've got our Oak National Academy friends to help us remember these rules.

Laura says that we need to listen to others.

This means that we're not going to interrupt other people when they're speaking, Andeep says that we need to respect each other's privacy.

This means that we're not going to ask anyone any personal questions as this can make some people feel uncomfortable.

Jacob says that we need to not have any judgment.

This means that if someone chooses to share a story, feeling or an experience, we are not going to judge them for it.

And finally, Izzy says that we can choose our level of participation.

This means that it's up to us how much we want to join in.

We are now going to take a look at the keywords for today's lesson, and our key word for today is individual liberty.

This is the freedom to believe, speak and express yourself without hurting others.

As we go through today's lesson, keep an eye out for this key word and when you spot it, see if you can remember what it means.

Today's lesson is split into two learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called, "What Does Individual Liberty Mean?" And our second learning cycle is called, "How Can We Use Our Freedom Kindly?" Let's make a start on our first learning cycle, "What Does Individual Liberty Mean?" What kind of choices do you make every day? You might want to have a think about this question.

Talk to the people around you or tell me.

Let's see what our friends at Oak National Academy have said.

Aisha says, "I choose what game to play at break." Andeep says, "I choose what to wear at weekends." Jacob says, "I choose what book to read at bedtime." Maybe your answers were similar to this.

These choices are all part of your freedom.

Freedom means being able to decide things for yourself, so no one tells you what you must choose, and we call this individual liberty.

Individual liberty means freedom to make choices for ourselves.

It gives us the freedom to believe what we think is right, speak our ideas, and express ourselves like through arts, clothes or hobbies.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle so far.

I'd like you to decide if this statement is true or false.

Individual liberty means freedom to make choices.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is true.

It is true that individual liberty means freedom to make choices.

Well done if you said the same thing.

We can use our individual liberty to believe in different ideas or have different opinions to the people around us, to choose what sports team to support and to pick activities that we enjoy.

Andeep says, "I think cats make the best pets, but my friend thinks dogs are better.

We have different opinions and that's perfectly fine.

We can still be friends even though we think differently." And this is part of individual liberty, being able to have different opinions to the people around us and we can still be friends with them, we can still be kind, we can still be respectful anyway.

Marek says that, "I made the choice to support my football team.

I don't support the same team as many of my friends, but that's okay.

It's my choice." Martha says, "I chose which clubs to join.

I used to play tag rugby, but I'm now part of a different club where we do activities like crafts, games and helping others in our community." Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle.

What is missing from the list of ways that we can use individual liberty? Choose which sports team to support and pick activities we enjoy.

What's missing from this list of ways that we can use our individual liberty? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that the missing way that we can use our individual liberty is believe in different ideas or have different opinions.

Well done if you spotted this and if you said the same thing.

Britain has four fundamental British values, democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance.

We're now going to talk a little bit about the history of individual liberty in Britain and what this has looked like.

So long ago, people fought for the right to choose their own religion, to speak freely and make decisions about their own lives.

Today, we still protect these freedoms for everyone.

Individual liberty is now one of Britain's four important values that we teach in schools and that we follow in our communities.

Let's look at a timeline to help us understand what this has looked like.

So before 1215, monarchs which are kings and queens, made all the rules about what people could believe and what they could say.

In 1215, the Magna Carta gave some people basic freedoms. In 1689, the Bill of Rights protected people's freedom to speak their ideas and choose what to believe.

And in 1998, the Human Rights Act made sure that everyone in Britain has individual liberty.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing.

Can you remember which historical document first gave people some basic freedoms in Britain? Was it A, the Bill of Rights, B, the Magna Carta, or C, the Human Rights Act? Can you remember? Which historical document first gave people basic freedoms in Britain? Pause the video, talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that B is correct.

The Magna Carta is a historical document that first gave some people basic freedoms in Britain.

Well done if you got this right and if you said the same thing.

Individual liberty allows people to be themselves safely, and it helps us to understand who we are and what makes us special.

Everyone is different and that's a wonderful thing.

We all have things that make us unique.

Some people might have different color skin, speak different languages at home, follow different traditions or celebrations or holidays, and they could have different family structures too.

Individual liberty means that we can always be proud of who we are and where we come from.

It helps everyone to feel respected and free to express themselves.

Aisha says, "My family celebrates Eid at the end of Ramadan with special food and new clothes.

My friend's family celebrates Christmas with a tree and presents.

We both enjoy learning about each other's traditions." Individual liberty makes our community a better place because everyone can contribute their unique ideas and talents.

We learn from each other's differences and people feel safe to be themselves.

It also creates a fair society where everyone matters and everyone's voice can be heard.

Without individual liberty, our world would be boring and unfair.

We need everyone's different gifts and ideas.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing.

Why does individual liberty make our community better? Can you remember? A, so that everyone thinks the same way.

B, so that people can share unique ideas.

Remember that unique means different.

C, only some people get to choose or D, we learn from each other's differences.

Why does individual liberty make our community better? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that B and C are correct.

Individual liberty makes our community better because people can share unique ideas and we learn from each other's differences.

Individual liberty means that no one needs to think the same way as each other and everyone gets to choose, not only some people.

Well done if you said the same thing.

It's now time to move on to our first practice task and you're doing a brilliant job so far.

For the first part of this task, I'd like you to read each statement and decide whether it is true or false.

First of all, individual liberty means that we must choose the things that our friends choose.

The next statement is the Magna Carta was the first document to give people freedoms in Britain.

Our third statement is individual liberty helps people feel safe to be themselves.

And our fourth statement is individual liberty means we can choose our activities ourselves, but we can't choose our friends or beliefs.

For each of those statements, can you decide whether it is true or false? Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

For the first statement, individual liberty means that we must choose that things our friends choose.

You might have said that this is false.

For the second statement, the Magna Carta was the first document to give people freedoms in Britain, you might have said that this is true.

For the third statement, individual liberty helps people feel safe to be themselves.

This is true.

And our last statement, individual liberty means that we can choose our activities ourselves, but we can't choose our friends or beliefs.

You might have said that this is false.

Well done if you had the same answers.

Let's move on to the second part of this practice task.

This time for the false statements, I'd like you to rewrite them so that they are now true.

Remember that our false statements were individual liberty means that we must choose the things that our friends choose, and our other false statement was that individual liberty means that we can choose our activities ourselves, but we can't choose our friends or beliefs.

Can you rewrite those two statements so that they're now true? Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

You might have said that individual liberty means freedom to make choices for ourselves.

And you might have said that individual liberty means that we can choose our activities, our friends, and our beliefs.

Well done if your rewritten statements looked anything like this.

It's now time to move on to our second learning cycle.

Well done for your hard work so far, our next learning cycle is called, "How Can We Use Our Freedom Kindly?" Individual liberty gives us freedom to make choices for ourselves, but what happens when people use this freedom unkindly? Maybe you want to have a think to yourself, what does happen when people use this freedom unkindly? Pause the video, talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Okay, let's see what our friends at Oak National Academy have to say.

Aisha says that, "People might get upset." and deep says that, "Someone could get hurt." and Jacob says that, "It wouldn't be fair." Ms. Walsh tells us that individual liberty is not doing whatever we like.

Our freedom also comes with a responsibility to others and this means that we think about how our choices are going to affect other people.

We should use our freedom in kind and caring ways and not to say or do things that hurt others.

Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle so far.

I'd like you to decide is Aisha right? Aisha says that, "Individual liberty means that I can do anything I like." What do you think, is Aisha correct? Pause the video, talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said no, Aisha is not correct, but why? You might have said something like individual liberty means freedom with responsibility.

Choices that we make must not harm or hurt others.

Well done if your answer was similar to this.

When we use our individual liberty, we must think about the others around us.

Marek says that, "We're playing football on this side of the playground and we'll keep the ball over here.

That way the people skipping on the other side have space too." Using individual liberty kindly means respecting other people's choices even if they're different from us.

Laura says that, "I enjoy art club after school and it's fine that my friends choose to attend netball club instead." We can also use our individual liberty to kindly disagree with one another.

Let's take a look at this scenario between Lucas, Alex, and Laura.

Alex says, "I think we should read the mystery story next." But Laura says, "I don't agree, but I'll listen to your idea." This is an example of what individual liberty can look like in real life.

Even though Laura doesn't agree with what Lucas is suggesting, she's still saying that she's going to listen to his idea.

Well done Laura.

Another way to be kind is to show interest in other people's differences instead of making fun of them.

Jacob says, "I asked my classmate to teach me how to say hello in her language.

Now I can greet her family when they pick her up from school." We're now going to do a check for understanding to see how you're doing so far.

I'd like you to decide which example shows kindly respecting others' choices? Laura says, "It's fine that my friends choose netball club and I choose art club." But Marek says, "We'll play football across the playground even if it means that the people skipping don't have space." Which of these examples shows kindly respecting others' choices? Pause the video, talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that Laura is kindly respecting others' choices.

She's saying that it's fine that her friends choose netball club while she chooses something different, art club.

Marek is not kindly respecting others' choices.

By playing football across the whole playground, it means that the people skipping don't have any space and this means that he's not respecting other people's choices to do something different to him.

Well done if you said the same thing.

We should use our individual liberty kindly when we share playground spaces fairly, so in this scenario, Laura and Jacob are playing and Laura says, "It's your turn next, so that everyone gets a go." We take turns and share classroom equipment.

We listen to each other's opinions and we respect different hobbies or beliefs.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Which of these shows individual liberty being used kindly? A, taking turns on playground equipment.

B, pushing someone to get a turn or C, laughing at someone's choice of football team.

Which of these shows individual liberty used kindly? Pause the video, talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that A is correct.

By taking turns on playground equipment, individual liberty is being used kindly.

Well done if you agreed.

Sometimes people use their freedom in the wrong way by hurting or upsetting others, and if you see this happen, it's really important that you tell a trusted adult like a teacher straight away.

It's important not to join in or laugh at any unkind behavior and it's important to show kindness and respect to the person who's been hurt.

If at first you're not listened to, it's important to keep asking for help from the same or another trusted adult until you are heard.

Let's do another check for understanding and this time I'd like you to complete the sentence with the missing words.

If someone misuses their individual liberty to hurt others, tell a blank blank straightaway.

Where I've said the word blank, which word is missing? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you.

Tell me or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that the missing words were trusted adult.

Our complete sentence should be, if someone misuses their individual liberty to hurt others, tell a trusted adult straight away.

Well done if you got this right.

It's now time to move on to our final practice task and well done for your hard work.

I'd like you to answer the following questions with your partner.

Number one, why must our individual liberty come with responsibility? Number two, I'd like you to give one example of using individual liberty kindly in school.

And number three, I'd like you to give one example of someone misusing individual liberty and explain what you should do if you see this.

Can you answer those questions that I've just read out with your partner? Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

For question one, why must our individual liberty come with responsibility? You might have said that our freedom comes with responsibility so that we don't hurt or upset others.

For number two, give one example of using individual liberty kindly in school.

You might have said that one example is choosing to play football but leaving space for others to skip.

For number three, give one example of someone misusing individual liberty and explain what you should do if you see this.

You might have said something like, one example is someone saying something hurtful to another person and if you see this, you should tell a trusted adult straight away.

Well done if your answers were anything like this or had some of the same ideas.

It's now time to summarize the key learning from today's lesson.

In today's lesson have learned that individual liberty means that we have the freedom to make choices for ourselves.

Our freedom comes with responsibility.

We mustn't hurt or upset others.

We can use individual liberty kindly by choosing our activities, respecting different beliefs and sharing fairly.

Individual liberty also means that we can speak our ideas but always with respect.

And finally, we've learned that these freedoms help everyone to be themselves safely in our community.

Well done for your hard work in today's lesson.

I'm so proud of you and I hope to see you in another lesson soon.