Fairness – Complete Primary Lesson | Fair vs Equal

A ready-to-use primary lesson designed to help pupils understand fairness, explore the difference between fair and equal, and apply their understanding to realistic school situations.

This resource includes:

• Fairness PowerPoint
• Clear, child-friendly explanations of fairness and equality
• Realistic school-based examples and discussion questions
• Fairness Challenge activity with suggested answers
• Fairness Detective activity with suggested answers
• Opportunities for pupils to discuss, justify and explain their thinking
• Learning intention and success criteria

The Fairness PowerPoint is provided in editable PowerPoint and ready-to-use PDF formats. Both the Fairness Challenge and Fairness Detective activities are provided in editable Word and ready-to-print PDF formats, with suggested answers included.

The lesson encourages pupils to think carefully about what makes a situation fair, consider different viewpoints and suggest fairer solutions. Pupils explore the important idea that fairness does not always mean treating everyone exactly the same, as people may have different needs and circumstances.

The Fairness Challenge and Fairness Detective activities provide opportunities for pupils to apply their learning independently, in pairs or through whole-class discussion.

Ideal for Health & Wellbeing, PSHE, UNCRC, children’s rights and beginning-of-year learning.

Suitable for primary-aged learners, approximately ages 7–12.