 | |  | | | The programmes all feature specific locations in Northern Ireland and they also provide scope for work on a variety of themes e.g. the environment, where people live, what people do. The aim is to provide material which is relevant to pupils' experiences and which is illustrative of life in Northern Ireland. | | | |  | Programme 6 - Minorities
Friday 23 February 2001
ARCHIVE - SELB programme code :TL 1169 This episode is now part of our archive. This programme is still available to schools to borrow or purchase from the Audio Visual Recording service at the SELB. Please quote the SELB programme code in your correspondence. See our ordering page for more information.
| Perceptions of people’s characteristics based on their race, religion, disability or lifestyle create many minorities in society. In this programme Christine Bleakley finds out about some of the minorities that exist in Northern Ireland today.
Key Issues
This programme looks at minorities. It seeks to help pupils understand the concepts of "majority" and "minority". It also aims to develop pupils’ understanding of the culture and lifestyle of ethnic minorities, particularly minorities living in Northern Ireland. A brief study of culture and nationality is also included.
|  | - Discuss the meaning of the following keywords:
Minority, Religion, Equality, Difference, Diversity, Language, Majority, Physical Needs, Exclude, Culture, Cultural, Differences, Similarity.
|  | - Complete the activities and games in Worksheet 1.
- Follow up on the topics using 'More to Explore' in Worksheet 1.
|  | Royal National Institute for the Blind This main website includes pages about RNIB in Northern Ireland, and also Sort it! for 11-16 year olds which covers bullying amongst other issues affecting young blind people. Tel: Belfast (028) 9032 9373 http://rnib.org.uk/ National Deaf Children's Society Information and support for deaf children and their families. Tel: Belfast (028) 9031 3170 Textphone: (028) 9027 8177 http://www.ndcs.org.uk/Mencap This main website includes pages about the work of Mencap in Northern Ireland. http://www.mencap.org.uk/ Phab NI Information about projects being run in Northern Ireland by Phab http://www.phabni.org/ Disability Action Tel: Belfast (028) 9029 7880 Textphone: (028) 9029 7882 Multi-Cultural Resource Centre This site gives estimated figures for the population of ethnic minorities and links to different minority groups in Northern Ireland Tel: Belfast (028) 9024 4639 http://www.mcrc.co.uk/ NI Council for Ethnic Minorities Tel: Belfast (028) 9023 8645 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites.
|  | The worksheets for this resource are in PDF format. Click on the links below to view the worksheets: - Worksheet 1 - Preview, Activities, Games and 'More to Explore'
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| |  | Programme 1: Friendship: |  |  | Programme 2: Needs & Wants | | | Programme 3: Health | | | Programme 4: Groups | | | Programme 5: Bullying | | | Programme 6: Minorities | |
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