British Values
Put your hand up if:
• You have brown hair
• Wear glasses
• Have a brother or sister
• Like football
• Can speak another language
• You like swimming in the sea!
• You like Brussel sprouts!
• Know what you want to be when you leave school
All these things
help make up
your identity
So what else makes up your personal identity?
• Groups or clubs that you belong to.
• What your interests or talents are - Film, Dance,
Drama, Art, Sport, Science, Maths, Reading....
• What things are important to you.
• What your hopes are for the future.
• The people that are important to you.
• Your religion or beliefs.
• The languages that you speak.
• Which country you are from.
What you value makes up part of who you are.
A personal value is a set of principles/rules or ideals that drive
and/or guide your behaviour.
You personal values helps to make up who you are
Compassion
Integrity
Pride
Respect
Kindness
Fairness
Tolerance
Trust
Caring
Patience
We all live in Britain.
What are the common values that
we think are important in our
society?
What are the shared Values of
people who live in Britain?
According to the government &
Ofsted, 'fundamental British
values' are:
• Democracy.
• The rule of law.
• Individual liberty and mutual
respect.
• Tolerance of those with
different faiths and beliefs.
• According to the DfE, British Values are;
1. Being able to influence the decision making process
through the democratic process
2. Knowing that living under the rule of law protects the
individual
3. Knowing that some public bodies (like the Courts) are
independent of the control of politicians
4. Having the freedom and protection to choose and
hold the belief / faith you want
5. Accepting that other people have their own faiths /
beliefs / opinions, and that this is tolerated and not
be the cause of discriminatory behaviour
6. Being able to identify and combat discrimination
Why do we need to know this?
• Because OFSTED say we do
• Because the government say that
schools need to teach students
about them
• Because we want a fair society
• Because of Extremism and
Radicalisation
• To keep our community safe
What is ‘Extremism’?
“…Vocal or active opposition to
fundamental british values, including
democracy, rule of law, individual liberty
and mutual respect and tolerance of
different faiths and beliefs;
And calls for the death of our armed forces,
whether in this country or oversees…”
What is ‘Radicalisation’?
“…is a process by which an individual or
group comes to adopt increasingly extreme
political, social, or religious ideals (views)
and aspirations (intentions) that reject or
undermine the status quo (norm) or reject
and/or undermine contemporary (modern)
ideas and expressions of freedom of choice
(equality).…”
Not all extremism is about Islam, the majority
Muslims are not extremists
Members of ‘Islamist’extremist groups such as
Islamic State and Boko Haram account for 0.03% of
all Muslims worldwide.
11th September 2001, New York
July 2005, London
July 2011, Norway
Nov 2015, Paris
Boko Haram, Nigeria
May 2013, London
Michael Adebolajo
He came from a Christian family in Romford on the border of London and
Essex.
He had plenty of white friends…His parents would take him to church every
Sunday and he was taught by his mother how to pray.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25424290
Now serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 45
years in Frankland Prison.
The organisations and individuals
behind the various extremist
groups need to recruit people to
carry out acts of extremism
because they are against the law.
They want other people to commit
crimes for them.
Democracy
Being able to influence the decision making process
through the democratic process
• This means being able to vote for a Government in
elections that are free and fair.
• Anyone can be an MP as long as they;
– Are over 18
– Are British / Irish / Member of the Commonwealth or Republic
of Ireland or Cyprus or Malta
– You can find 10 people in the constituency to support you
– Pay a deposit of £500
– Are not a Policeman, Judge, Bishop or Lord
– Are not currently bankrupt
– Have not committed a criminal offence where you were in jail
for more than a year
Because anyone can try to
be an MP, lots of people do
– even if they have no
hope. That’s being British!
Not all countries have the same values as we do in Britain.
Some countries do not have democracy, their leaders are not
chosen by the people who live in that country.
• Countries such as Iran are Theocracy, where the decisions
are made by the head of a religious hierarchy.
• Countries such as Oman, Brunei, Qatar, Saudi Arabia are
Monarchies, where a single person inherits the power of rule
and law
• Countries such as Russia, Cuba, China and North Korea are
Single Party States where one political party decides the laws
and how the country is run
• Countries can also be Military States where those who are in
charge of the armed forces decide how the country should be
run
The rule of law
Knowing that living under the rule of law protects the individual
We have laws in place to protect the rights and freedom of all citizens.
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It is illegal to have a pigsty in front of your house that can be seen!
It is illegal to sing a rude song in the street
It is illegal to play ‘knock-door-run’
It is illegal for a landlord to allow anyone to become drunk in their pub
In London, you can not fire a cannon or any weapon larger within 300 yards of a house
And you are no allowed to drive cattle through any London street between 10am and 7pm
- but you can after
And you are not allowed to use a taxi, the bus or the tube if you have the Plague
And the Black cabs are not allowed to carry rabid dogs or corpses
Only the Queen can eat a Mute Swan
It is illegal to be drunk and in charge of a cow in Scotland
No person may enter the wreck of the Titanic without getting permission (despite it being
more than 3 miles under the sea)
Polish potatoes are banned from the UK
And finally, it is illegal to cause a nuclear explosion
Not all countries have the same values as we do in
Britain.
Some countries have laws which do not allow people
the same basic freedoms as we do in Britain.
The countries coloured in
red have laws against being
homosexual!
Individual liberty and mutual
respect
In Britain, as long as we do not break the law, we
can live as we choose to and have our own opinions
about things.
We value people’s rights to express their own
opinions and feelings. To ‘live and let live’.
We do have laws such as Libel and Slander though
to protect people when things are written or said
that are not true.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/libel
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/slander
Not all countries have the same values as we do in
Britain.
Some countries do allow people individual liberty.
Eight social media activists in Iran have been sentenced to a total of 127 years in
prison, after they criticised the country’s government on Facebook.
An Iranian court found them guilty of using the pages to spread anti-government
propaganda, attempt to undermine national security, and insult Iran’s leaders. It is
unclear whether they were acting together.
Following a wave of protests against the re-election of former Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009, the Iranian government banned websites including
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter which it believed were instrumental in organising
dissent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-sentences-eight-facebookactivists-to-total-of-127-years-in-prison-for-criticising-government-9605284.html
Tiananmen Square, Beijing China 1989
The Chinese government response to
student protests!
Tolerance of those with different
faiths and beliefs.
• Accepting that other people have their own faiths,
beliefs, opinions, and that this is tolerated and
must not be the cause of discriminatory
behaviour
• Everyone should be treated the same regardless
of sex, race, religion or sexual orientation
Some countries are not accepting of people with different faiths
and beliefs and do not promote equality.
Here are some laws passed by the Taliban in Afghanistan:
A complete ban on ;
Music, Television, Internet, Keeping birds, Kite flying, Reading
Books ( Unless they be of religious content )
Women must not:
Gain an education, have employment, leave home without
permission of father or husband, walk outside without being
accompanied by a male family member, wear Western clothes,
wear men’s clothes, wear make up, wear perfume, laugh in public,
have their photograph taken, paint their nails, wear shoes with '
clicking ' heels, talk to males unless they are relatives, including in
their own homes, ride in taxis, ride bicycles, use public baths,
appear on the balcony of their own home, even in full burqa, be
seen at the windows of their own home, even in full burqa,
attempt suicide.
British Values' are:
• Democracy.
• The rule of law.
• Individual liberty and mutual
respect.
• Tolerance of those with
different faiths and beliefs.
So how do I keep British values?
• Most of the values we think of as British are common to most
areas around the world. The only difference is we make more of
an effort to do it every day.
– Use your vote, there are areas in the world where it makes no
difference; it does here
– Feel safe that there are laws that protect you; there are other areas
of the world where the opposite is true
– Be happy that 800 years ago, The Magna Carta was signed that
prevented justice being bought, break the law and you will be punished
no matter who you are or how rich you are
– Believe what you want
– Accept people can say what they like in a free society
– However, if it is offensive and threatens any of the values above,
make a stand against it
• Simply put, do your civic duty, treat others like you want to be
treated, and stand up for those that are pushed around