Unit 1: Exploring Equality and Diversity
Assessment
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Part 1: Living in a diverse world
1. What is meant by diversity?
The word diverse means different and varied. Diversity recognises that though people have things in common with each other, they are also different and unique in many ways.
2. Describe the community you live in. Highlight some of the variations you may observe in terms of:
Interests
Beliefs
Ages
Lifestyles
Personal, social and cultural identities.
In my community it has a great diversity of people. There are some retired and young people, an ex-vicar, my neighbours are Indians and I also have Italian, Spanish and Polish people on my street. Some people are single, others married, and some have children. There is also a gay couple on my street. Many people on the street have children. There is a spiritual church, a Christian church and a Kingdom of Jehovah’s witnesses. There also are many local restaurants offering a huge choice of cuisine
In a few short sentences I have shown the variations in age, beliefs, interests, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation and religion
3. Explain how the variations in question 2 contribute to the diversity of the community.
The variations in question 2 show us that my community is diverse having different people and it can