Graduation
Souvenir means “to remember”, and the memory box is a souvenir of primary-school days. This resource creates an opportunity for schools to explore the concept of memory.
Souvenir means “to remember”, and the memory box is a souvenir of primary-school days. This resource creates an opportunity for schools to explore the concept of memory.
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a population of approximately 130.2 million. This resource provides an opportunity for pupils to explore another country and culture. It also examines some of the similarities and differences between Nigeria and Ireland.
This resource enables schools to explore the fundamental importance of the family unit. It also creates an opportunity for the school to create an ethos that is welcoming and supportive of all pupils.
Ireland is a multi-cultural society. However, interestingly the school very often becomes the main or even the only place where cultures and languages mix and mingle. This lesson enables pupils to examine equality issues in relation to minorities in Ireland.
This resource explores the longstanding tradition of the winter festival and the pantomime. The Greeks are thought to have introduced pantomines after they had such success with their tragedies, which were presented at a major spring festival.
Undocumented migrants do not have a working or up-to-date residency permit. There are a number of reasons why a person may be undocumented, often through no fault of their own.
Light is a symbol of goodness in many cultures, and fire an important part of many customs around the world. Light and fire are important elements of celebrations all over the world, eg. birthdays are often celebrated by lighting a candle for every year of the person’s age.
There are over seven thousand languages in the world. As Ireland becomes home to people with diverse cultures, our surroundings change in a variety of ways to reflect new communities living here.
In Ireland, it is against the law to discriminate against a person, either directly or indirectly, on the grounds of, gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religious belief, age, disability, race, and membership of the Traveller Community.
This resource provides the opportunity for schools to explore the positive and negative aspects of advertising. It specifically looks at logos/mottos that pupils may be familiar with such as sports clubs and local restaurants.
Pupils will look at the Janjaweed in an age-appropriate manner. They will be encouraged to share their feelings throughout. This section also includes useful websites related to Sudan.
At the end of 2007, there were 11.4 million refugees and 26 million internally displaced people (IDP) forced to flee their homes by conflict or persecution. Pupils will look at what it is to be a refugee.
A large majority of working children are unpaid family workers and whatever payment some children receive falls well below normal rates, with girls regularly receiving much less than boys.
Games are a great way to make learning fun as well as enabling pupils to develop important skills such as co-operation, respect and leadership. Pupils will explore the right to play. They will be encouraged to share their favorite indoor games as well as learning some new ones!
Playing – both free play and organised play – has long been recognised as a very important part of child development. It promotes both mental and physical well being. Play is fun, but children also learn from it.
Teaching children about emotions will both help them express their own feelings and respond to the emotions of others in an appropriate way. This resource provides an opportunity for schools to create an ethos that is open, welcoming and supportive.
A boycott is an organized popular protest, named after Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-97), who was ostracised by the Irish Land League after he not only refused to lower rents but also evicted tenants from land under his care, effectively condemning them to abject poverty.
The many cultural celebrations taking place around Ireland present an opportunity to explore and raise awareness of the home culture of the children in our classrooms and of many children around the world.
A standard passport looks for a limited amount of basic information – surname, forenames, date and place of birth, sex. What if you were asked to fill out a passport that asked for other, more detailed information about you?
Being human is all about communicating. Technology is a huge aid in communication as it makes it easier and quicker. But communication isn’t always about technology. Human interaction is much more complicated than that!