Local and Global Citizenship

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: Risk Assessment

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 5 : Risk Assessment (Transition Year/Leaving Certificate)

Target Group: Post-primary senior cycle (15-18 year olds) Time: Two sessions @ 80 minutes Curriculum Context: Post-primary Senior Cycle (Economics; Business Studies; Religious Studies) Transition Units – Local and Global Citizenship; Enterprise Transition Year – Mini Companies; Geography (fieldtrips); Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) Learning Outcomes Skills Create summaries of information in their own words Be able to group ideas according to attributes and (...) Read more

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Lesson plan: The Game of Risk!

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 6 : The Game of Risk! (Transition Year/ Leaving Certificate)

Target Group: Post-primary senior cycle (15-18 year olds) Time: One session @ 80 minutes Curriculum Context: Post Primary Senior Cycle: Economics; Business Studies Transition Units: Local and Global Citizenship; Enterprise; Mini Companies Learning Outcomes Skills: Create summaries of information in their own words Be able to group ideas according to attributes and explain the basis for their classification Draw generalisations while being aware of their limitations Work (...) Read more

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Tool 1: PowerPoint Presentation

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

The PowerPoint Presentation introduces the topic and provides material for discussion on advertising. There are some questions posed in the final slide that students could think about. Click here to go to Powerpoint Presentation Read more

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Tool 1: Student Worksheet - Risk Assessment

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 5 : Risk Assessment (Transition Year/Leaving Certificate)

Click on the following link to access the worksheet. Read more

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Tool 3: Advertising all around us (student sheet)

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

Students try to fill in the grid identifying all the sources of advertising they have experienced. Click on the link to access the student 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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