Equality and Protected Characteristics

NEW 11 HOURS- A selection of brand new 2026/27 EC Publishing PSHE lessons with a focus on The Equality Act, Protected Characteristics and inequality in society. There are 11 hours of total content as some of the lessons are doubles, each coming with detailed easy to follow PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, activities and info packs. Made by a wonderful team of consultants and teachers who are, above all, humans, not AI (we write and check every word and fact and are happy to stake our company reputation on what we produce). This is a saver pack - bought separately the lessons would total £18, so this saves you around 50%.

1. Protected Characteristics and Equality Act Introduction - 2026 GUIDELINES COMPLIANT (see lesson plan included for details) - New edition, all new content for new RSHE guidance (2026). A detailed, differentiated and editable PSHE lesson all about the Equality Act 2010 and our UK Protected Characteristics. Students will explore why we have these laws, who they apply to and investigate case studies where rights may or may not have been infringed upon, as well as much more.

2. Gender Equality (including misogyny and incels) A new PSHE lesson helping to combat the Andrew Tate / misogyny propaganda of the manosphere with facts and carefully explained reasoning. This lesson focuses on why gender equality is so important, the benefits to all of society of gender equality (including males) and the evidence we have which indisputably proves this. For new 2026 RSHE guidance -also covers harmful behaviour online. Students investigate the latest scientific studies on the personality differences between men and women, critique them, read about the nature vs nuture debate and explore how extremists have hijacked information about male and female differences for their own agendas.

3. Employment Rights and Responsibilities - In this lesson students will explore the intricacies of employment law and how it applies to the everyday person in a variety of situations. They will also investigate how the Equality Act is applied in the workplace, by putting themselves in the position of an employer considering new candidates.

4. Marriage and Civil Partnerships - A lesson all about the benefits of marriage, why people get married, the history of marriage and how it should only ever be freely entered into. Also explores the legal rights of married couples and those in civil partnerships and how co-habiting couples or people who have non-binding marriages are not entitled to those rights.

5. LGBT Rights - LGBT Relationships + Rights - Students will examine LGBT+ rights in 5 different countries; Scotland, Jamaica, Uganda, America and Iran. They will compare and contrast the rights in order to give accurate and helpful travel advice to a young gay couple about to travel the world - who have these places on their itinerary.

6. Equality and Equity - PSHE lesson all about the meaning of equity and equality, the differences between the two concepts and how each of them is used to promote fairness in society. Throughout the lesson students will evaluate the pros and cons of both of these ideas (equality of opportunity vs using equity to reach equality of outcome). The lesson includes card sorts, literacy-based tasks, analysis tasks, clip and discussion tasks and much more.

7. The Equality Act - Sex and Gender PSHE lesson focusing on the Equality Act 2010 with regards to sex and gender. The lesson explores what the Equality Act is, who it protects and why, the laws it replaced and how it stands today in 2025. It also investigates what the recent clarification was regarding ‘sex’ in parts of the Equality Act and what this means in practice. Students will explore why some people are happy with the clarification, whilst others are not. This is a non-political lesson and like all our resources are completely impartial, sharing the facts surrounding the law and the clarification. There’s enough content to cover 2 hours if all tasks are completed.

8. Prejudice and Discrimination - Ableism - PSHE lesson all about ableism as well as visible and invisible disabilities and how people can be treated differently in work, school and public environments - sometimes breaking the Equality Act 2010. Students will examine exactly what we mean by ableism, by exploring examples and case studies, with a focus on prejudice and discrimination. They will also establish the difference between purposeful ableism (e.g to save money in a workplace) and ableism from naivety.

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