The law in 2011 asks all colleges and schools to make sure that all students understand British Values.

British values are:

• democracy

• mutual respect

• individual liberty

• the rule of law

• tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs

 

These are big concepts which we are going to look at.

 

British Democracy

 

Have a look at this powerpoint and see if you can guess which person leads which British political party.

 

 

Mutual Respect

 

What does this mean to you?

Do you always have to agree with other people think and say?

Can you think of times when you don't agree with something someone says or does but you live with it and get on with things even though you have different views?

Can you think of times when you haven't been respected? How did you feel?

How can you make sure that you get respect and that you respect others?

 

 

Individual Liberty

 

What does the word 'liberty' mean? Look it up online.

 

This is Malala Yousafzai. In 2014 she won the Liberty Medal and the

Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

This is what she did.

 

In 2009 at 11 years old, she began to write a blog for the BBC about what it was like

to live under the Taliban in Pakistan. She wrote about how hard it was to be a girl.

In her area, girls were not encouraged to go to school.

 

At 14 years old, Malala was issued with a death threat. She was frightened but kept writing and kept going to school.

 

She said “I raise up my voice – not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.”

 

In  2012, the Taliban set out to kill Malala while she was on her way home from school. As she sat on her school bus, an armed man boarded it and demanded to know which girl Malala was. Her location was given away by her friends looking in her direction. The gunman fired at her and hit Malala in the left side of her head, the bullet travelling down her neck. Two other girls were also hurt.

 

Malala was left in a critical condition, and was initially flown to a military hospital in Peshawar to be treated. She had severe swelling on her brain. A part of her skull had to be removed to help treat it.

 

Many countries offered Malala support and medical treatment. Once in a more stable condition, she was then transferred to Birmingham, England, where she received further care. Alongside the swelling, she had suffered severe brain damage, and also had to undergo multiple surgeries to help repair a nerve, which had left the left side of her face paralysed. Slowly but surely Malala began to make a miraculous recovery, and in March 2013 she even began to attend school again!

 

Since the shooting, and despite the fact that the Taliban still see her as a target, Malala continues to campaign and raise awareness for women’s rights in education, speaking all over the world. 

 

 Malala has shown that no one is too young to make a difference.

 

 

• If your life was at risk, would you continue to stand up for your rights/for what you believe in? 

• Was Malala right to put herself and her friends in danger for her beliefs?

• What change would you like to see in the world?