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Unit 36: Exploring the Impact of Diversity in our Communities Sustainability

Exemplar assignment brief Centre Course title: Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Award/Certificate in Sustainability Skills (QCF)

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Assignment title: Diversity.com Ref: Learner name Start date: Deadline: Unit 36: Exploring the Impact of Diversity in our Communities Scenario Appreciating and celebrating diversity is essential within a multi-cultural society. Allowing people the chance to explore and engage with diversity is both an opportunity and a challenge. You are part of a team who is developing a new web-based resource “Diversity.com” whose aim it is to educate and celebrate through meaningful examples of diversity in action.

Assessment evidence: Unit Assessment criteria

The Assessment criteria that this assignment relates to: 1.1 describe a diverse community 1.2 give examples of diversity in a local community 2.1 discuss different attitudes towards diversity 36 2.2 explain how attitudes about diversity can influence behaviour 3.1 define discrimination 3.2 describe ways to challenge discrimination 4.1 review own attitudes and behaviours towards diversity 4.2 evaluate own attitudes and behaviours towards diversity

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Diversity.com

Unit 36: Exploring the impact of Diversity in our Communities

LO 1. Know the diverse nature of a local community LO2. Understand how attitudes about diversity can influence behaviour LO3. Know how to recognise and challenge discrimination LO4. Understand own attitudes and behaviours towards diversity

Task 1 Assessment Criteria 1.1 describe a diverse community 1.2 give examples of diversity in a local community

The first tab on the website will be entitled, “Round our way”. Your task is to populate this with photographs celebrating the diversity in your community, linked together with commentary about its impact. This will include text that:  Describes your community  Discusses what makes it diverse  Talks about the similarities and differences that exist

Task 2 Assessment Criteria 2.1 discuss different attitudes towards diversity 2.2 explain how attitudes about diversity can influence behaviour

The next tab is entitled “Don’t look back in anger” and this section will contain a series of interview based case studies of people from your community. You should look to interview four different people from differing elements of your community. For each individual you should ask about their approaches to other members of society, their experiences of interacting with other groups and the impact of changing community. After each write-up, you should explain how the individual’s attitude is portrayed in their behaviour.

Task 3 Assessment criteria 3.1 define discrimination 3.2 describe ways to challenge discrimination

Tab 3 is “Where did it all go wrong?” and will look at discrimination. This section needs to build and reflect evidence of discrimination, its impacts and methods of challenging it. You are first to define discrimination to introduce the section. Then find news articles that have reported discrimination. Produce the headlines and discuss the nature of discrimination that occurred and how it was / how it should have been challenged. Unit 36: Exploring the Impact of Diversity in our Communities Sustainability

Task 4 Assessment criteria 4.1 review own attitudes and behaviours towards diversity 4.2 evaluate own attitudes and behaviours towards diversity

The final tab is “Some might say” and this section will be built up into a series of video clips of people talking about their own attitudes and behaviours towards diversity. You are to be the first subject. Do a piece to camera in which you discuss an area of diversity that effects you. Talk about the issue considering:  your initial thoughts when you became aware of it  your opinions on those thoughts now  what opportunities does it offer?  what more do you need to know before you can change your opinion?  why do you feel like you do about it?

Tutor Information

For this unit to be truly effective, students need to see diverse communities in action. You should explore this through trips, visits , case studies and topical news discussions. It is important to understand the ability of the group to interact with elements of the community and students should be encouraged to undertake open and honest debate.

Preparation for the assignment It is not necessary for students to actually build the website, but opportunities are there to integrate this unit with other areas of study as necessary. The aim is to bring a motivated ownership to the investigation and celebration of diversity issues.

Resources Learners will need access to appropriate internet and other research tools. Visits to a wide range of religious and cultural venues and/or use of speakers from diverse groups, such as Disability Rights Commission, would enhance unit delivery.

Indicative resource materials Textbooks Daniels K and Macdonald L – Equality, Diversity and Discrimination: A Student Text (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 2005) ISBN 9781843981121

Malik H – A Practical Guide to Equal Opportunities – Second Edition (Nelson Thornes, 2003) ISBN 9780748770793

Thompson N and Mullender A – Promoting Equality: Challenging Discrimination and Oppression (Palgrave MacMillan, 2003) ISBN 9780333993538

Websites Engauge www.engaugeonline.co.uk Equal Opportunities Publication www.eop.com/ Multicultural Pavilion www.edchange.org/multicultural/ Unit 36: Exploring the Impact of Diversity in our Communities Sustainability

Online resource for people with disabilities www.disabilityinfo.gov/