Lesson video

Hello, my name's Miss Willow, and I'm so excited to be your teacher for today's lesson.

Today's lesson is called "Mutual Respect and Tolerance," and it fits into the unit, "Communities: What does it mean to be British?" During this lesson, we are going to be talking a bit about discrimination.

So for this lesson, we recommend that you have an adult with you.

If at any point you do feel worried or uncomfortable, it's really important that you stop the lesson and that you speak to a trusted adult.

Okay, let's make a start on today's lesson.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to explain how to show mutual respect and tolerance for people with different beliefs and faiths.

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.

First of all, our friend Laura from Oak National Academy reminds us that we need to listen to others.

So this means that if other people are speaking, we are not going to talk over them.

Next, Andeep says that we need to respect each other's privacy, and this means that we're not going to ask anyone any personal questions, as this can make some people feel uncomfortable.

Next, Jacob says, "No judgment." This means that if someone chooses to share a story, a feeling, or an experience, we're not going to judge them for it.

And finally, Izzy says that we can choose our level of participation in this lesson, and this means that it's up to us how much we want to join in.

We are now going to go through the keywords for today's lesson.

These keywords are gonna pop up quite a few times in today's lesson, so it's really important that we feel confident in knowing what these words mean.

Our first keyword is "respect," and this means treating others kindly and valuing their feelings, ideas, and boundaries.

For example, listening carefully and being polite, even if you disagree.

Our next keyword is "tolerance." This means understanding that not everyone has to think, look, or act the same way that you do, and being okay with those differences.

Our last keyword is "faith." This is a person's religion or set of beliefs.

As we go through today's lesson, keep an eye out for these keywords, and when you spot them, see if you can remember what they mean.

Today's lesson is split into three learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called "What does mutual respect and tolerance mean?" Our second learning cycle is called "What are different faiths and beliefs?" And in our last learning cycle, we're going to answer the question, "How do we show mutual respect and tolerance?" Let's make a start on our first learning cycle: "What does mutual respect and tolerance mean?" Britain has four fundamental British values: democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance.

Okay, today's lesson is going to focus on the value of mutual respect and tolerance.

So first of all, we're going to talk about the history of mutual respect and tolerance in Britain.

A long time ago, people in Britain didn't always get along with others who were different from them.

Some people had different religions, came from other countries, or had different ideas.

Over many years, people learned that it's better when everyone is kind to each other, even when they're different.

Now we have rules that say that everyone should be treated fairly and with kindness.

Let's take a look at a timeline to help us understand this.

So, before the 1600s, people often had to follow the same religion as the monarch or face punishment.

The monarch would've been the king or queen at the time.

In 1689, the Toleration Act was brought in, which allowed different Christian groups to pray in their own churches.

In the 1800s, people from different religions, like Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu faiths, were slowly given more rights to practice their beliefs.

And in 1998, the Human Rights Act means that everyone in Britain can believe what they choose.

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

Which law made sure that everyone in Britain had the right to believe what they choose? A, the Believe Act; B, the Toleration Act; or C, the Human Rights Act? Which law made sure that everyone in Britain had the right to believe what they choose? Can you remember? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that C is correct; the Human Rights Act made sure that everyone in Britain had the right to believe what they choose.

Well done if you remember this from our timeline.

We are now going to take a look at the question: how should we treat people who have different beliefs or faiths? Aisha says that we need to be kind to them.

And Andeep says that we need to not laugh if they do something different than what we would do.

And Jacob says we need to listen to their viewpoints.

These are all really good examples of kind ways to treat people who are different to us.

Mutual respect and tolerance of other faiths and beliefs is an important British value.

It means treating everyone in our communities fairly and kindly, even when they're different from us.

This important British value doesn't mean that we have to agree or believe the same things; it just means that we value others.

Mutual respect and tolerance means showing respect to each other, no matter what our differences are.

For example, if your friend celebrates a different holiday than you do, you can still be kind to them and learn about their traditions, and you can still be friends as well.

If someone in your class prays in a different way or doesn't eat the same foods as you, you can still be their friend and treat them fairly.

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

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

Respect means that you have to believe the same things as someone else.

What do you think? Do you think this is true or false? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is false.

But why? Well done if you said that respect means listening and valuing others, even if your beliefs are different.

It's now time to move on to our first practice task, and you can put all of your learning from this lesson so far into practice.

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

Question number one is, what does mutual respect and tolerance for other faiths and beliefs mean? Question two is, does mutual respect and tolerance mean always agreeing with other people's beliefs? And the last thing that I'd like you to discuss with your partner is, I'd like you to give one way that we can show mutual respect and tolerance of other faiths and beliefs in school.

Pause the video, and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what your discussions might have included.

For question number one, what does mutual respect and tolerance for other faiths and beliefs mean? You might have said that mutual respect and tolerance of other faiths and beliefs means treating people kindly and fairly, even if they have different faiths or beliefs to us.

For question number two, does mutual respect and tolerance mean always agreeing with other people's beliefs? You might have said that no, mutual respect and tolerance doesn't always mean agreeing.

It means valuing and listening to others, even if we believe something different.

For the task, give one way that we can show mutual respect and tolerance of other faiths and beliefs in school.

You might have said that we can show mutual respect and tolerance of other faiths and beliefs by listening carefully, speaking kindly, and celebrating differences together.

There were lots of different potential answers for this, so well done if you had some of these ideas or if you had something similar.

We are now moving on to our second learning cycle, and well done for your hard work so far.

In this learning cycle, we're going to answer the question, "What are different faiths and beliefs?" We're going to take a look at the question: do people all believe the same things? Aisha says that some people follow different religions.

Andeep says that some people don't follow any religion.

And Jacob says that some people aren't sure what they believe.

So no, people don't all believe the same things.

Ms. Walsh says that people in Britain may follow different religions or none at all, and we must be respectful of them all.

So, for example, some people are Christians.

And Niamh says, "I'm a Christian.

I belong to a church.

I celebrate Christmas and Easter." Sarah says, "I am Muslim.

I follow Islam and the Qur'an.

I pray and celebrate Eid with my family." Some people are Jewish.

Victoria says, "I'm Jewish.

I read the Torah and celebrate festivals like Hanukkah and Passover." Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle.

Which religion celebrates Eid? Can you remember? Was that A, Islam; B, Christianity; or C, Judaism? Which religion celebrates Eid? Can you remember? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that A is correct.

People who are Muslim and follow Islam will celebrate Eid.

Well done if you said the same thing.

Some people are Hindus.

Hari says, "I am a Hindu.

I pray at the temple and celebrate festivals like Diwali and Holi with my family." Some people are Sikhs.

Mandeep says, "I'm Sikh.

I visit the gurdwara and celebrate Vaisakhi." Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing.

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

Everyone in Britain has the same faith.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is false.

But why? You might have said that people in Britain follow many different faiths, and some people don't follow a religion.

Well done if you said this or something similar.

Some people are atheists.

Zoe says, "I'm an atheist.

I don't believe in God or a religion, but I still believe that we should treat people kindly and fairly." Some people are agnostic.

Joe says, "I'm agnostic.

I'm not sure what I believe, and that's okay.

I'm still learning and thinking." Ms. Walsh says that those examples are just some of the religions and beliefs in Britain.

There are many others, too.

The important thing is that mutual respect and tolerance means treating everyone's faiths and beliefs fairly and kindly, whatever they are.

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

For this task, I'd like you to complete the sentence with the missing words.

Mutual "blank" and tolerance mean treating "blank" faiths and beliefs fairly and kindly, whatever they are.

Where I've said the word "blank," can you decide which word should be there instead? Pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that the missing words were "respect" and "everyone's." This is what our completed sentence should look like.

Mutual respect and tolerance means treating everyone's faiths and beliefs fairly and kindly, whatever they are.

Well done if you said the same thing.

We are now moving on to our second practice task, and well done for your hard work in this lesson so far.

In this task, Laura would like to know more about different faiths and beliefs in Britain.

Can you explain four to five examples to her of different faiths and beliefs in Britain? Pause the video, and we'll go through some model answers in a few minutes.

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

Your answers might have been a little bit like this.

You might have said that some people are Christians.

They might belong to a church and celebrate Christmas and Easter.

Some people are Jewish.

They read the Torah and celebrate Hanukkah and Passover.

Some people are Muslim.

They follow the Quran and celebrate Eid.

Some people are Hindus.

They celebrate Diwali and other festivals too.

Some people are Sikhs.

They may visit the gurdwara and celebrate Vaisakhi.

Some people are atheists.

They don't follow a religion, but this can still mean that they believe in kindness and fairness.

And some people are agnostic, so they're not sure what they believe yet.

Well done if your answers were anything like this.

We are now moving on to our final learning cycle: "How do we show mutual respect and tolerance?" What could you do if a friend's faith or traditions are different from yours? Aisha says we can listen to what they believe.

Andeep says that we can say kind things or ask them polite questions about their traditions.

Jacob says we can join in respectfully if we're invited.

We can show respect by listening to people when they explain their faith and beliefs, even if we don't share them.

We'll use kind words when we talk about other people's faith and traditions, and we don't laugh or make fun of them, even if to us it feels a little bit different.

We can celebrate different traditions together.

People might share different food, songs, or stories from their festivals and beliefs.

We can learn about different faiths and traditions with respectful curiosity.

And we should include everyone in our activities, no matter what they believe.

Remember that mutual respect and tolerance don't always mean agreeing.

They mean valuing people as they are, even if we believe different things.

Ms. Walsh says that we show mutual respect and tolerance when we listen to each other, when we speak kindly, join in and share celebrations, and value people even when we don't agree.

Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're getting on with this learning cycle.

I'd like you to answer the question, which example shows being tolerant? A, saying that someone's food is weird; B, listening to a friend talk about their beliefs; or C, refusing to sit next to someone different? Which of these examples shows being tolerant? Can you pause the video, tell the person next to you, tell me, or have a think to yourself? Well done if you said that B is correct.

The example that shows being tolerant is listening to a friend talk about their beliefs.

It wouldn't be tolerant to say that someone's food is weird or to refuse to sit next to someone different.

This would be an example of being intolerant because we are not accepting or respecting people who are different to us.

Well done if you said the same thing.

It is now time to move on to our final practice task, and well done for all of your hard work.

I'd like you to read each scenario on this slide and the next.

I'd like you to decide if it shows mutual respect and tolerance or not, and I'd like you to explain why.

So in this scenario, person A says, "Can you tell me about how your family celebrates Hanukkah?" And person B says, "Ha ha! Your traditions sound weird." This is our next scenario.

Person C says, "Thanks for inviting me to your Eid party.

I'd love to join in." Person D says, "Only my belief is right.

Everyone else is wrong." For those scenarios, can you decide who is showing mutual respect and tolerance and explain your reasoning? Pause the video, and we'll go through some model answers in a few minutes.

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

Person A says, "Can you tell me about how your family celebrates Hanukkah?" This person is showing respect because they're asking a question about someone else's beliefs, which shows that they are curious and actively listening, and interested.

This does show respect.

Person B said, 'Ha ha! Your traditions sound weird." You might have said that person B is not being respectful because laughing at someone else's tradition is unkind and may make them feel left out or upset.

Person C said, "Thanks for inviting me to your Eid party.

I'd love to join in." You might have said that this person is showing tolerance because joining in kindly shows that they welcome and value other people's traditions, and it shows respect as well.

And finally, for person D, who said, "Only my belief is right; everyone else is wrong," you might have said that person D is not being tolerant or respectful because saying only their belief matters ignores and dismisses other people's beliefs.

Well done if your answers were anything like this.

We are now going to summarize the key learning from today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we've learned that mutual respect and tolerance of other faiths and beliefs is an important British value.

We've learned that people in Britain may follow different religions or none at all, and that's okay.

The important thing is that mutual respect and tolerance mean treating everyone's faiths and beliefs fairly and kindly, whatever they are, and even if they're different to ours.

And finally, we've learned that we can show mutual respect and tolerance by listening, speaking kindly, asking curious but respectful questions, and celebrating differences together.

In this lesson, you might have found that you've got some worries or some questions, and if you do, it's really important that you share these with a trusted adult.

There's also a resource on the screen that's there to help you, too.

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

I'm so proud of you, and I hope to see you again soon.