1.09 Religious privilege, tolerance and discrimination (part 1) – Basic principles
Background
This is a primer resource designed for younger students to make the ideas of religious privilege, tolerance and discrimination more accessible. The stimulus explores these concepts through accessible metaphors. In the exercises students reflect on how we recognise unfairness which advantages or disadvantages us.
Subjects
Politics | Religion & Belief Education | Citizenship | SMSC | Fundamental British Values
Key questions
- What are religious privilege, tolerance and discrimination?
Learning outcomes
Basic
Students should demonstrate they can:
- Understand and offer their opinions on the basic principle of privilege.
Advanced
In addition to the basic learning outcomes, students should demonstrate they can:
- Consider how examples of privilege – including religious privilege – are relevant to the subject they are discussing.
Teachers, parents, students: check out these free resources that explore "What is secularism?" and other key questions.
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Why are we better at recognising unfairness that disadvantages us, than those that advantage us, or disadvantage other people? This primer on religious privilege, tolerance and discrimination helps explores this question.
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