Unit 5. Core Key Stage four (KS4) Religious Studies Unit: Equality and Social Justice

This is designed to be taught to a full cohort of Year 10 students who have one lesson a week of core Religious studies, but are not taking the GCSE.

Students have booklets, rather than exercise books.

The unit includes the following lessons:

1. Introduction to social justice and equality
2. Social Justice Movements
3. Human Rights Declaration
4. Breaches of Human Rights Research activity
5. Racism and Discrimination
6. Sexism and Feminism
7. Misandry and Male Advocacy
8. Treatment of Criminals
9. The Death Penalty

The unit discusses the following topics / Case studies:

• Black Lives matter
• Extinction Rebellion and Pressure Groups
• me too movement
• Amnesty International
• UK Youth Climate Coalition
• Malala
• Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar
• Coptic Christians in Egypt
• Apartheid in South Africa
• Gender-Based Violence in India
• Indigenous Rights in Australia
• Stephen Lawrence
• George Floyd