What do you see in the picture? Who is Barak Obama? What
do you think this story is about?
In 2012 Barak Obama was president of the United States and had
to stand again for re-election. During his campaign he spoke in support of
marriage equality.
What is marriage equality?
Marriage equality is when two men can get married, or two
women. Before marriage equality laws existed, only a man and woman could get
married. In England and Wales, marriage equality laws were passed in 2013 and
in Scotland in 2014. In America, the Supreme Court passed marriage equality
laws in 2015.
What law in the UK today protects LGBT people?
In 2012, ten year old Sophia Bailey-Klugh wrote a letter to
President Obama thanking him for speaking up in suport of marriage equality and
she described the reaction form some of her classmates to her own family;
Sophia has two Dads who are married to each other.
Here is Sophia's letter:
"I am so glad you agree that two men can love each
other because I have two dads and they love each other. But at school, kids
think that it's gross and weird and it hurts my heart and feelings."
Why would kids at school say
that Sophia's family is weird?
What does that suggest about
the kids and their understanding of diversity?
What do we say about different families at our school?
“If you were me and you had two dads that loved each other and kids at school teased you about it, what would you do?”
Sophia calls this teasing. Do
you agree? Is there another name for this behaviour?
What is bullying, how do we
know if something is bullying or not?
Is teasing the same as
bullying?
Some people say you should
ignore bullying- do you agree?
What advice would you give to Sophie?
Barak Obama replied to Sophie; he wrote a letter to her.
What do you think the letter said?
Here is the letter:
“In America, no two families look the same. We celebrate
this diversity. And we recognise that whether you have two dads or two mums
what matters above all is the love we show one another.”
What is Barak Obama, the
President of America, saying here?
What is your response?
“Our differences unite us.”
What does that mean, how can we be united if we are different?
“You and I are blessed to live in a country where we are born equal no matter what we look like on the outside, where we grow up or who our parents are.”
Are there any other characteristics Barak Obama could add to that sentence?
“A good rule is to treat others the way you hope they will treat you. Remind your friends at school about this rule if they say something that hurts your feelings.”
What do you think of Barak
Obama’s advice?
He doesn’t mention the moist important thing to do when you see bullying – what is that?
How do you think the kids in Sophia’s felt when they read this letter, about their behaviour, from the President of America?
This week is anti- bullying
week. Why do we hold anti-bullying week each year?
This year the theme is “Break
the silence”- what does that mean?
Why might people might wear odd
socks to start anti-bullying week?
What do we say in our school
about bullying?
Why do you think bullying sometimes
happens in schools?
How can we all help to make
this a school where bullying doesn’t happen?
Why is this about No Outsiders?
Which British Value is this about?
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