Lesson 1 -

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  Previously in social studies, we had an introduction to Lesson

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  one, which is all about the main values of democracy.

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  And we discuss two of the main values which were

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  freedom and justice.

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  So in this lesson, we're going to be moving on

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  to the next two main values of democracy, which are

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  overall goodness and equality.

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  And to add on to equality, we are gonna be

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  discussing what diversity is and the importance of having diversity

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  in a society.

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  So all of this can be found in your living

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  together textbooks on page 102 as well as the resource

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  is found on this, you see Page.

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  So this is it just to refresh your memory, main

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  values of democracy.

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  That's our lesson one.

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  We already talked about freedom, injustice, the benefits of having

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  freedom and justice in a society.

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  Let's move on to the third main value of democracy,

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  which is overall Goodness, It sounds very basic and it

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  means exactly what it sounds like.

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  It just means that all community members are able to

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  live together respectfully and peacefully.

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  It creates harmony in a society.

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  People get along together to have a functioning a well

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  functioning democracy.

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  Um, this is required overall, Goodness is required.

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  People can't.

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  People have to have a sort of level of compassion,

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  kindness and respect that allows them to just get along

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  with each other in harmony.

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  Now, the last value of democracy, the fourth one, which

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  is equality, is probably the most important one.

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  Equality means that all people enjoy the same opportunities or

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  are allowed to have the same opportunities without discrimination in

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  laws and in treatment.

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  Discrimination means being treated differently because of what you look

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  like, where you're from, the language, you speak your gender.

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  So for a society to be equal, all people, no

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  matter what have the same rights, have the same opportunities

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  to do whatever they wish to do.

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  There are different types of equality.

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  If we're being specific, their social equality, there should be

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  equal opportunities to those who are rich in those who

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  are poor age equality, older people and young people should

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  not be treated differently should not be given an opportunity

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  that the other is not religious equality, racial equality, gender

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  equality, thes air, some different examples of types of equality

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  that should be present in a society for it to

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  be a democracy.

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  Let's take a look at a discussion we're gonna be

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  having in class just like before.

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  Plan your ideas beforehand.

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  So you know exactly what you are.

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  What you would like to contribute to the discussion.

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  Is it acceptable to give rich people more opportunities than

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  the poor?

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  Why? Why not?

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  Is it acceptable to deprive a certain group in the

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  community from several service is or why deprive means not

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  allow them tohave.

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  All right, So if I were you, you're watching this

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  video before the lesson right down in your social studies

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  copybook some things that you would like to say.

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  Um, it could be for either side.

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  But just having went over the definition of of equality,

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  I think you can tell what way I would hope

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  the discussion would go in that rich people and poor

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  people should be given equal opportunities.

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  All right, so that's the discussion we're gonna be having.

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  Another thing I want is to look at is, um,

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  this famous man, Dr Martin Luther King.

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  He gave a very, very renowned or famous speech called

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  I have a Dream speech.

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  Um, it was delivered by him.

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  He's a civil rights activist during the march on Washington

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  for jobs and freedom.

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  This took place in August 1963 in his speech, which

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  we will take a look at in class.

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  He basically announces he calls everybody and says We need

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  to have civil rights and equality in our nation.

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  We need to end racism.

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  Remember, one of the types of equality is racial equality.

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  So he noticed that obviously he lived in a time

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  in the sixties where African Americans were not treated the

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  same as white people.

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  And he believed that for our nation to succeed, for

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  America, to succeed racism needed toe end.

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  So he was such a strong, um, advocate for racial

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  equality. And we're gonna be taking a look at his

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  life and the wonderful achievements that he did and why

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  we celebrate him.

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  Um, every year he has his own day.

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  Also important to take a look at is this right

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  here the organization UNDP in Jordan they have some main

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  goals goals to improve our society and goals to make

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  people live in insecurity and in peace, and their fifth

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  goal is actually gender equality, it says here on their

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  website ending all discrimination against women and girls is not

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  only a basic human right, it's crucial for a sustainable

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  future. It's very important for our future to be successful.

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  It's proven that empowering women and girls helps economic growth

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  and development.

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  The U.

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  N D.

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  P has made gender equality central to its work, and

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  we've seen remarkable progress in the last 20 years.

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  There are more girls in school now compared to 15

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  years ago, and most regions have reached gender parity in

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  primary education.

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  So more equality in terms of gender in schools.

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  I think this is very important for us to take

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  note that in our society and our wonderful community, this

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  is something that we're working on.

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  This is something that we are calling a priority.

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  Gender equality again, One of the types of equality making

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  sure that boys and girls air tweeted treated equally is

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  a priority in Jordan, and our country is working on

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  making sure that their becomes less differences or less disparity

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  between boys and girls in our community.

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  In our school, I don't really see this as a

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  problem. I believe that all students are treated fairly, but

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  as students with voices If you feel like you are

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  being treated differently, speak up the same way Martin Luther

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  King spoke up.

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  Okay, let's take a look at diversity.

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  Diversity means differences.

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  People may be different in many ways, including race, ethnicity,

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  age, disabilities, language, culture, appearance or religion.

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  And it's very important that diversity exists in a society.

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  Just think of our class.

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  Some of you are from Jordan.

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  Some of you are from Palestine, Summer from Iraq.

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  There are some people that are not even Arab but

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  all having diversity makes your society smarter.

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  It provides you with other cultures, points of views.

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  It gives you more opportunities to take note of their

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  traditions like art and food.

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  There's more to explore, and there's more friends to make.

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  We're going to take a look at this poem, which

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  is called unity and diversity in the class.

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  You can take a look at it now and plan.

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  Why do you think I am sharing this with you?

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  And of course, we will end our lesson with some

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  workbook questions as well as some comprehension questions based on

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  the Martin Luther King Speech and the UNDP in Jordan

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  Gold five.

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  So number one defined equality list advantages that diversity provide

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  a society with what is the purpose of the I

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  have a dream speech, and UNDP and Jordan strongly believe

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  in equality, including their goal number five, which is blank

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  equality. The answers are in this video as well as

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  a text books on page 102 I'm very looking forward

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  to hearing the contributions you have for the class discussions.