CSPE

Lesson plan: Making a Complaint About Advertising

Into: Lessons Spending Lesson 6 : Making a Complaint about Advertising (Leaving Certificate Level)

Target Group: Transition Year. This topic would ablso be suitable for Further Education and Adult Education levels. Age Group: 15 -17 years. Time: 1 session @ 40 minutes Curriculum Context: This topic is a follow on to the Lesson: Advertising (Lesson 4 in Spending). Learning Outcomes Skills: Critical analysis and evaluation of case studies Attitudes: Differentiation and judgement of valid/invalid complaints Knowledge: Identification and construction of complaints and how to access (...) Read more

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Lesson plan: Recognising Scams

Into: Lessons Spending Lesson 5: Recognising Scams (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

Target Group: Junior and Senior Cycle Age: 13 -16 years Time: 2 sessions @ 40 minutes each Curriculum Context: Junior Certificate: Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE); Civics Social and Political Education (CSPE); Business Studies Transition Year Programme: Social Studies; Media Studies; Communications. Learning Outcomes Skills: *Distinguish between a scam e-mail/letter/phone call/website and a real one *Know what steps to take if the event of being the victim of a (...) Read more

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Lesson title: Socially Responsible Investment Funds

Into: Lessons Saving/Investing Lesson 4 : Socially Responsible Investment Funds (Leaving Certificate Level)

Target Group: Post-primary senior cycle (15 – 17 year olds) Time: 1 x 80 minutes or 2 x 40 minutes (with optional extension classroom activities and project work) Curriculum Context: Post-Primary Senior Cycle: Economics; Business Studies; Religious Studies Transition Year: Local and Global Citizenship; Enterprise; Mini Companies Learning Outcomes Skills: • Evaluate the reliability and credibility of a variety of information sources • Create summaries of information in their own words (...) Read more

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Quiz: Recognising Scams

Into: Lessons Spending Lesson 5: Recognising Scams (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

Answer True or False to each of the questions in the interactive quiz and then check your score. Read more

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Savings Quiz

Into: Lessons Saving/Investing Lesson 3 : Saving for a Rainy Day! (Junior Certificate Level)

Test your knowledge with the multiple-choice on-line quiz. Read more

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Tool 1: Scam or Not?

Into: Lessons Spending Lesson 5: Recognising Scams (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

Students are asked to identify if they think that the scenarios presented in the worksheet are scams or not. Click on the link to access the worksheet. Read more

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Tool 5: Vocabulary (Student worksheet)

Into: Lessons Spending Lesson 4: Advertising (Transition Year Level)

In this worksheet the students match the ’advertising’ words in the first column with the appropriate explanation in the second column. Click here to access the Student Vocabulary Worksheet Read more

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Tool 2: Top Ten Scams in Ireland

Into: Lessons Spending Lesson 5: Recognising Scams (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

This sheet details the top ten scams in Ireland. Source: National Consumer Agency (NCA) Source: National Consumer Agency http://www.nca.ie Click on the link to access the the Top Ten Scams in Ireland. Read more

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