“WOMEN AND MEN ARE EQUAL”

Strongly Agree

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Neither Agree or Disagree

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Strongly Disagree

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Why might we be looking at this

story in a lesson on gender

inequality?

GUESS THE BIBLE STORY

Who was made fi rst?What was Eve made out of?Who broke the rules and how?How were they punished?How have women been punished ever

since?Answer in your book: does the story

show men and women as being equal? The creation story does / doesn’t show

men and women as equal…

CREATION

Not all Christians agree

Identify the date from which women could become priests in the following churches in the UK:Baptist Union of Great Britain

Church of England

Methodist Church

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

Roman Catholic Church

Salvation Army

United Reformed Church1800, 1865, 1922, 1972, 1974, 1994, NEVER

Identify the date from which women could become priests in the following churches in the UK:

WOMEN PRIESTS

Baptist Union of Great Britain

1922

Church of England 1994

Methodist Church 1974

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

1800

Roman Catholic Church Never

Salvation Army 1865

United Reformed Church 1972

You will each have a sheet with statements on about Christian beliefs about equality.

You will need one highlighter pen.

Some of the statements support equality between men and women in the church, and others are against it

Highlight the statements that support equality and leave the statements about inequality white.

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Men and women are different…How?

How can society help to make life equal for men and women?

E GRADE: Will be able to give an example of a Bible quote to support gender equality and one to oppose itC GRADE: Will be able to explain how women are treated in the diff erent Churches and what diff erent Christian opinions are about the treatment of women in the church

A GRADE: Will be able to argue for and against gender equality in Christianity using Bible quotes to support their arguments

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HOW COULD YOU USE THE

CREATION STORY TO

SHOW GENDER INEQUALITY?

DO YOU THINK WOMEN AND MEN SHOULD

HAVE EQUALITY?

GIVE A BIBLE QUOTE THAT

SUPPORTS GENDER

EQUALITY

GIVE A BIBLE QUOTE THAT

SUPPORTS GENDER

INEQUALITY

WHY DO YOU THINK THE

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH DOESN’T

WANT FEMALE PRIESTS?

TELL ME TWO FACTS YOU’VE

LEARNT TODAY ABOUT GENDER

EQUALITY / INEQUALITY

WHAT DOES THE WORD

‘EQUALITY’ MEAN?

THIS SLIDE DOES NOT WORK – NO

IDEA WHY -

EXPLAIN ONE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND

ROMAN CATHOLICS VIEWS ABOUT

WOMEN

USING 10 WORDS ONLY –

TELL THE CLASS SOMETHING YOU

LEARNT TODAY

Easier = Write a letter to the Pope explaining your opinions on whether women should be treated equally by the Church.

Dear Pope Francis, I heard that you recently said that the door was

closed for women to become priests in the Catholic Church. I want to explain to you what my opinion is. I believe that…

I think this because…  Harder = Write a balanced news article on why

women should have equality in the Church but also why they shouldn’t. You need to make sure you have a balanced range of arguments so that the reader can judge for themselves and so you are not seen as bias. You can end by expressing your own opinion.

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