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Lesson plan: Advertising

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

Learner Group: Transition Year. This topic would also be suitable for Further Education or Adult Education Age group: 15-17 years Time: 5 classes @ 40 minutes each Curriculum Context: This topic could be included in a number of courses or modules: Communication, Journalism, Media Studies, Social Studies, Religious Studies Learning Outcomes Skills: Critical thinking, selection, summarising Attitudes: Interpret and critique advertising methods Knowledge: Become aware of and be able (...) Read more

Lessons , Transition Year , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Junior Certificate , Paying with a card , Risk , Lessons , Business Studies , CSPE , SPHE , Media Studies , Social Studies

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Investments Quiz

Into: Lessons Saving/Investing Lesson 5 : Funding the Future - Investments (Leaving Certificate/ Transition Year)

Test your knowledge of investments with this true or false quiz. Read more

Leaving Certificate , Quiz , Investment funds , Risk , Economics , Enterprise , Social Studies

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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

Making a complaint , Tools , Home Economics , Business Studies , Social Skills , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Junior Certificate , Making a complaint , Tools , Home Economics , Transition Year , Leaving Cert Applied , Social Skills , Mini Companies , Literacy , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Junior Certificate , Making a complaint , Tools , Home Economics , Transition Year , Leaving Cert Applied , Social Skills , Local and Global Citizenship , Mini Companies , Literacy , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Junior Certificate , Making a complaint , Tools , Home Economics , Transition Year , Leaving Cert Applied , Social Skills , Mini Companies , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Junior Certificate , Making a complaint , Tools , Home Economics , CSPE , Transition Year , Leaving Cert Applied , Social Skills , Local and Global Citizenship , Mini Companies , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Junior Certificate , Making a complaint , Tools , Home Economics , Transition Year , Leaving Cert Applied , Social Skills , Enterprise , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Junior Certificate , Making a complaint , Tools , Home Economics , Transition Year , Leaving Cert Applied , Social Skills , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Junior Certificate , Making a complaint , Tools , Transition Year , Leaving Cert Applied , Social Skills , Media Studies , Social Studies

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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

Leaving Certificate , Making a complaint , Tools , Transition Year , Social Skills , Media Studies , Social Studies

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The History of Money in Ireland Quiz

Into: Lessons Spending Lesson 1: All About Money (Senior Primary Level)

Primary , Quiz , History , ICT , Literacy , Social Studies

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