Respect, Identity and Multiple Identities in the UK
Who are we? Explore identity and the idea that everyone holds several identities at once, and learn why mutual respect holds a diverse society together.
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Who are we? 🇬🇧
The UK is a **diverse** society, home to people of many backgrounds, faiths and cultures. Two big citizenship ideas help us live together well: **identity** and **mutual respect**. This module explores what identity is, why we each have several, and why respect matters.
Identity 🪪
Your **identity** is how you see yourself and the groups you feel you belong to. Crucially, people have **multiple identities**: you might be, all at once, a Londoner, British, a sister, a Muslim or Christian, a teenager and a footballer. No single label captures a whole person.
Multiple identities
What does it mean to say people have "multiple identities"?
- A person can belong to several identity groups at the same time
- Everyone has exactly one fixed identity
- Identity does not really exist
- You must choose a new identity each year
Match each type of identity to an example
- National identity
- Religious identity
- Regional identity
- Cultural identity
- Feeling British, English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish
- Belonging to a faith such as Christianity, Islam or Judaism
- Feeling connected to a local area, like being a Londoner
- Shared customs, food, language and traditions
Ways to define identity
Select the THREE things that can be part of a person's identity.
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Nationality
- Shoe size
- Today's weather
- House number
A diverse United Kingdom 🌍
The UK is a **multi-ethnic** and **multi-faith** society, made up of four nations: England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Its population varies in age, ethnicity, religion and disability. This diversity is why living together well takes effort and understanding.
Mutual respect 🤝
**Mutual respect** means treating other people, and their beliefs and rights, with consideration, **even when you disagree** with them. In a diverse society it is essential: it lets people with very different lives and views live together peacefully.
What is mutual respect?
What does mutual respect mean in a diverse society?
- Treating others and their beliefs with consideration, even when you disagree
- Always agreeing with everyone else
- Making everyone live in exactly the same way
- Ignoring people who are different from you
Discrimination and the law ⚖️
Sometimes people are treated unfairly because of a characteristic such as race, religion, sex, disability or age. This is **discrimination**. The **Equality Act 2010** is a UK law that protects people from discrimination and makes it illegal in areas such as work and education.
The Equality Act 2010
What does the Equality Act 2010 do?
- Protects people from discrimination and makes it illegal
- Bans people of different faiths from working together
- Sets the rate of income tax
- Decides who can vote in elections
Diversity, integration, cohesion 🧩
Three linked ideas underpin living together: - **Diversity**: the variety of people, cultures and beliefs in society. - **Integration**: different groups mixing and taking part in society together. - **Community cohesion**: a shared sense of belonging where different groups get on well.
Match each term to its meaning
- Diversity
- Integration
- Community cohesion
- Tolerance
- The variety of people, cultures and beliefs in society
- Different groups mixing and taking part together
- A shared sense of belonging where groups get on
- Accepting views and lifestyles different from your own
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Living together summary
A person can hold _____ identities at once, defined by things like ethnicity, religion and nationality. The UK is a diverse, multi-_____ society. Living together well needs mutual _____, and the Equality Act 2010 protects people from _____.