1. “Women and men are equal”1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Agree
Slightly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Slightly Disagree
Strongly Disagree

2. GUESS THE BIBLE STORY 1 4 7 10 13
Why might we be looking at this story in a lesson on gender inequality? 14 9 8 11 2 12 6 5 3 15
LO: To explore attitudes towards gender and the role of women in Christianity

3. CREATION Who was made first? What was Eve made out of?
Who broke the rules and how?
How were they punished?
How have women been punished ever since?
Answer in your book: does the story show men and women as being equal?
The creation story does / doesn’t show men and women as equal…

4. Not all Christians agree
Identify the date from which women could become priests in the following churches in the UK:
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Church of England
Methodist Church
Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
Roman Catholic Church
Salvation Army
United Reformed Church
1800, 1865, 1922, 1972, 1974, 1994, NEVER

5. Women priests
Identify the date from which women could become priests in the following churches in the UK:
Baptist Union of Great Britain
1922
Church of England
1994
Methodist Church
1974
Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
1800
Roman Catholic Church
Never
Salvation Army
1865
United Reformed Church
1972

6. You will need one highlighter pen.
You will each have a sheet with statements on about Christian beliefs about equality.
You will need one highlighter pen.
Some of the statements support equality between men and women in the church, and others are against it
Highlight the statements that support equality and leave the statements about inequality white.
LO: To explore attitudes towards gender and the role of women in Christianity

7. How can society help to make life equal for men and women?
Men and women are different…How?

8. E GRADE: Will be able to give an example of a Bible quote to support gender equality and one to oppose it C GRADE: Will be able to explain how women are treated in the different Churches and what different Christian opinions are about the treatment of women in the church
A GRADE: Will be able to argue for and against gender equality in Christianity using Bible quotes to support their arguments
LO: To explore attitudes towards gender and the role of women in Christianity

10. How could you use the creation story to show gender inequality?

11. Do you think women and men should have equality?

12. Give a bible quote that supports gender equality

13. Give a bible quote that supports gender inequality

14. Why do you think the roman catholic church doesn’t want female priests?

15. Tell me two facts you’ve learnt today about gender equality / inequality

16. WHAT DOES THE WORD ‘equality’ MEAN?

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18. Explain one difference between church of england and roman catholics views about women

19. Using 10 words only – tell the class something you learnt today

20. Easier = Write a letter to the Pope explaining your opinions on whether women should be treated equally by the Church.
Dear Pope Francis,
I heard that you recently said that the door was closed for women to become priests in the Catholic Church. I want to explain to you what my opinion is. I believe that…
I think this because…
Harder = Write a balanced news article on why women should have equality in the Church but also why they shouldn’t. You need to make sure you have a balanced range of arguments so that the reader can judge for themselves and so you are not seen as bias. You can end by expressing your own opinion.
LO: To explore attitudes towards gender and the role of women in Christianity