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Planning for the Future Quiz

Into: Lessons Saving/Investing Lesson 6: Rainy Days are never far away! (Transition Year/Leaving Cert Applied)

Test your knowledge of terminology related to savings and investments with this true or false quiz. Read more

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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: Can I borrow money as a student?

Into: Lessons Borrowing Lesson 6: Can I borrow money as a student? (TYP/LCA/Leaving Certificate)

Target Group: Transition, Leaving Cert Applied, Leaving Certificate, Post-Leaving Cert, 15 years – 18 years Time: 1 session @ 45 minutes – 1 hour Curriculum Context: Transition year modules: Social Skills, Preparation for Work/Leaving Cert Applied modules/Leaving Certificate:Business Organisation/Accounting Learning Outcomes Skills: Identify ways of borrowing money Recognise the most common ways of getting a loan or credit Attitudes: Become a responsible borrower of money Develop an (...) Read more

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Lesson plan: Insuring My Car

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 4 : Insuring My Car (Transition Year/LCA)

Target Group: Transition Year/ Leaving Certificate Applied 16 + years Time: 2 sessions @ 40 minutes each Curriculum Context: Maths/ Lifeskills/Social Studies Learning Outcomes Skills: Ability to understand insurance policies and confidence to negotiate and purchase insurance products. Attitudes: Positive understanding of the responsibility and entitlements of car drivers in relation to insurance and insurance risk. Knowledge: Understanding of the general principles of (...) Read more

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Car Insurance Quiz

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 4 : Insuring My Car (Transition Year/LCA)

Test your knowledge of car insurance with this on-line quiz. Select the correct answer and check your score at the end. Read more

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Tool 1: How to make a complaint about advertising

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

Guidelines on the procedures for making a complaint about advertising. Click here to access the Guidelines Read more

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Tool 1: Buying my first car

Into: Lessons Borrowing Lesson 3: Borrowing Money to Buy My First Car (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

Information Sheet: Buying my first car Read more

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Tool 1: Case Study - The Kelly Family

Into: Lessons Saving/Investing Lesson 6: Rainy Days are never far away! (Transition Year/Leaving Cert Applied)

The case study forms the basis for small group discussions on saving and investing. Case Study Read more

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Tool 1: Insurance Explained

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 4 : Insuring My Car (Transition Year/LCA)

Information Sheets Read more

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Lesson plan: Rainy Days are never far away!

Into: Lessons Saving/Investing Lesson 6: Rainy Days are never far away! (Transition Year/Leaving Cert Applied)

Target Group: Post-Primary Students - Senior Cycle (TY, LCA), 15-18 years of age Time: 2 or 3 sessions of 40 minutes duration Curriculum Context: Leaving Certificate Applied, Transition Year (Social Education/Business Studies) Learning Outcomes Skills: Identify different ways of saving Understand what to consider when choosing the type of savings Be able to apply for an account/insurance policy Attitudes: Appreciate importance of planning for the future Knowledge: Know (...) Read more

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Tool 2: Advertising all around us (for teachers use)

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

This activity aims to make students aware of the fact that advertising in some format or other is part of their everyday lives and surrounds them in everything they do. Click on the link to access the teachers resource sheet on advertising. 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 4: Vocabulary (for teachers use)

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

The correct answers to the student worksheet (Tool 5) are provided here. Click on the link to access the completed answer sheet. 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 6: Techniques Used in Advertising

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

Many advertisements try not just sell a product but also a way of life. Various techniques are used to achieve this end. In this worksheet students are asked to identify advertising campaigns that use a range of these selling techniques. Click on the link to access the worksheet. Read more

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Tool 7: Extracts from the Children’s Advertising Code

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

These extracts from the Children’s Advertising Code should be copied for students. They will be used with the questions on the code in Tool 8. Click here to access the Extracts. Read more

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Tool 2: Case Studies

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

Five case studies are provided for discussion and follow up activities. Click here to access the case studies Read more

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Tool 3: Questions on case studies

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

Students, working in the pairs or groups, are given questions to discuss and to answer on the case studies. Click here to access the question sheet. Read more

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