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Transition Year

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: 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

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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: Getting a loan from the Credit Union

Into: Lessons Borrowing Lesson 5 : Getting a loan from the Credit Union (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

Target Group: Post-Primary - Junior Certificate Students, 12-16 years NFQ Level 3 Time: 2 or 3 sessions @ 40 minutes Curriculum Context: Junior Certificate : Business Studies (The Business of Living) ; Home Economics (Consumer Studies) Transition Year Business Learning Outcomes Skills: Distinguish between Credit Unions and other Banking Institutions Identify different services offered by Credit Unions Understand the advantages and disadvantages of borrowing money Be able to (...) 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: Worth the risk? Be sure - Insure!

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 3 : Worth the risk? Be sure - insure! (Junior Certificate)

Target Group: Post-Primary Students - Junior Certificate (12-16 years of age) Time: 3 or 4 classes @ 40 minutes each Curriculum Context: Junior Certificate - Business Studies (The Business of Living – Insurance) Transition Year – Business Learning Outcomes Skills: Students will be able to explain the different types of Insurance Students will be able to complete a proposal form Students will be able to calculate premiums and compensation Students will be able to apply the (...) 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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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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Credit Unions Quiz

Into: Lessons Borrowing Lesson 5 : Getting a loan from the Credit Union (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

Students can test their knowledge of credit unions using this online quiz. Read more

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Insurance Quiz

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 3 : Worth the risk? Be sure - insure! (Junior Certificate)

Test your knowledge of insurance with this on-line quiz. 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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Risky Questions Quiz!

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

Test your knowledge of risk with this true or false on-line quiz. Read more

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Understanding Risk Quiz

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

Test your knowledge of RISK with this on-line true or false quiz. 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: 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: Powerpoint Presentation on Credit Unions

Into: Lessons Borrowing Lesson 5 : Getting a loan from the Credit Union (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

Click here to go to Powerpoint Presentation. Read more

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Tool 1: Can I afford a loan?

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

This worksheet enables the student to calculate if they can afford to take out a loan. Worksheet 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: Case Study - The Murphy Family

Into: Lessons Protecting/Insuring Lesson 3 : Worth the risk? Be sure - insure! (Junior Certificate)

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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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 1: Student Worksheet - The Game of Risk!

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

Click on the link to access the worksheet. 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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Tool 2: Discussion - Group Work

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

The worksheet presents questions for discussion in a smll group work session. Discussion topics. Read more

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Tool 3: Sample Poster - Saving

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

This tool provides a sample poster on the topic ’saving’. Sample poster Read more

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Tool 4: Worksheet - Sample Bank Account Application Form

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

Students are asked to complete a sample bank application form. Sample bank account application form Read more

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Tool 5: Wordsearch

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

Students are asked to locate 10 words that would commonly be found on a bank application form. Wordsearch Read more

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Tool 7: Worksheet - Investigation

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

Students are asked to investigate the various financial institutions in their local area. Worksheet Read more

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Tool 2: The most common types of loans and credit available

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

This resource provides information on types of loans and credit available from different institutions. Information Sheets Read more

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Tool 3: The price of credit.....

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

This handout explores the topic of interest on loans. Handout Read more

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Tool 2: Loan Application Form

Into: Lessons Borrowing Lesson 5 : Getting a loan from the Credit Union (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

Students complete a mock application form which will be used in the role play exercise later in the lesson. Students should use ficticious details, names etc. Loan Application Form Read more

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Tool 3: Steps in the Loan Application Process

Into: Lessons Borrowing Lesson 5 : Getting a loan from the Credit Union (Junior Certificate/Leaving Certificate Levels)

This worksheet looks at the steps to making a loan application at the credit union. The student is asked to number the steps in the correct order. Worksheet Read more

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