Ethics and Sustainability in Business Worldwise Global Schools (WWGS) can support teaching and learning in the Senior Cycle Business classroom. WWGS are working with Oide to assist teachers with the cross-cutting theme of ethics and sustainability. Workshop Resources Video Recording The learning intentions of this workshop are: To examine the crosscutting theme ‘Ethics and Sustainability’ in the new Business specification. …
Lesson Plan: Learning from a Double Disease
Lesson Plan: Learning from a Double Disease Strand Five: The Biological World Main Learning Outcome 6: Evaluate how human health is affected by: inherited factors and environmental factors including nutrition; lifestyle choices; examine the role of micro-organisms in human health. Overview Learners investigate the science behind the world’s oldest recorded disease: leprosy. They discover how a team of Irish scientists …
Lesson Plan: Pros and Cons of Hydroelectric Power
Learners explore how hydroelectric power works and consider its benefits and problems by comparing a locally-led project in Kenya with a multinational project in Laos.
Lesson Plan: Planting Health
In this lesson, learners will explore the importance of plants in medicine, the impact of biodiversity loss globally, and the expertise of Indigenous people in preserving ecosystems.
Business Studies CPD in conjunction with JCT Business
This workshop was part of the JCT Business Studies Elective CPD. It aims to help Junior Cycle Business Studies teacher to introduce sustainability in the business studies classroom.
Fairtrade and Global Citizenship Education, Webinar, Jan 19th 2023
A helpful brief on Fairtrade and it’s surrounding themes ahead of Fairtrade fortnight.
Peace and Justice, Workshop, Nov 10th 2022
With the increase in military spending due to the war in Ukraine (and let’s face it many other wars happening in the world) there is an increasing need for us to be anti-war and peace agents. This online workshop in collaboration with Afri will bring you (and therefore your students) on a journey from a global overview of war and militarisation to taking meaningful action in your school.
Modern Day Slavery
The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade began 200 years ago, and many schools marked this event. However, new forms of slavery are prevalent today.
Tax Justice
Tax justice means fairer systems for taxing. Potential loss of tax revenues to the EU amount to approximately one trillion each year and billions are lost from countries in the Global south.
Trade Justice
Trade has always been an important part of society, however current trade rules do tend to benefit the richer countries.