On Whiteboards - explain what this means?

Do you agree with the view justify your opinion

Equal opportunities?
What does it mean?
Learning objectives:
To know if true equality of opportunity
is achievable

To understand how inequalities might
be mitigated
We will examine whether
everyone has equal
opportunities

1. Is true equality of
opportunity achievable?
2. How might inequalities
be mitigated?
Is true equality
achievable?
Yes No
Gender Issues...how have things
changed?
In the late 19th
century it was
accepted that
married women
should stay at
home and look
after children.
Only 15% of women
were in employment

Gender Issues...how have things
changed?
The effects of two world wars and
various movements to improve womens
rights has ensured that the attitude
towards the role of women has changed
considerably in the UK. However, some
inequality still exists.

Is true equality achievable?
Task
Read through the news paper article from
2011

1. Explain what glass ceiling refers to in terms of
inequalities
2. What does a workplace quota refer to when
employing people?
3. Do you think quotas are a good way of trying
to make things more equal
Review
Write a paragraph that explains how gender
inequality has changed over the last 100 years
Multi-Ethnic Society

This means more
than one race living
together in society.
To lesson a labour
shortage in the UK.
After the Second
World War, people
came from India,
Pakistan.

Multi-Ethnic Society
In order to help with social harmony, the
Race Relations Act was introduced in
1976.
It bans all forms of racial discrimination
and any attempt to stir up racial hatred.

Is true equality achievable?


Is true equality achievable?

Read Berties story what
are your thoughts?
Live or die?
Legally, a baby (foetus) can be
aborted because of its gender or
disability.

What do you think about this?
How can we mitigate for
inequality?
Task to complete
What methods are used to
make society more equal

How successful do you think
these are - why

Government and Campaigns
Governments can
make the difference
between Equality and
Inequality

Pressure groups try
to make the
Government do
something about
inequality in the world

Welfare State
Governments choose
to provide welfare
benefits for society

People in UK receive
free education and
medical care these
are paid for by
taxes

Protest
Some people try
to tip the balance
in favour of
Justice and
equality in the
world
They do this by
protesting to get
their voice heard

Charities

Collect money to
help the poor

Examples include
Christian Aid,
Oxfam, World
Vision and CAFOD
Martin Luther King

A person who tried to
tip the scales in the
direction of Justice

He used CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE (non-
violent actions such as
bus picketing) to
protest against
injustice towards
blacks in America
Any other ways/
What other ways have we considered in the
lesson that try to reduce inequality?

Review question
Are there different types of equality?



Are all of them desirable? Why/why not?