Meet the Fourth R: Racism Lessons Join Reading and Writing in Schools Pilot Project to Teach Primary Children About Discrimination
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CHILDREN as young as six are to become the first line of defence in the battle against racism. In the first move of its kind in Scotland, pupils across Glasgow's 184 primary schools will be taught about racial discrimination and how to deal with it.
Lessons will begin in primary one, where children will discuss the differences in skin colour between themselves and other ethnic groups, and explore the fact that some people discriminate against others on the grounds of race.See the full content of this document
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Meet the Fourth R: Racism Lessons Join Reading and Writing in Schools Pilot Project to Teach Primary Children About Discrimination
In later years, pupils will discuss what it is like to be subjected to racist taunts and, in the final years of primary, will deal with more adult themes such as institutionalised racism in society.
Children will also be encouraged to tac...See the full content of this document
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