Age Group:
Junior Cycle / Senior Cycle / Transition Year
Themes:
- critical workshop/
- Scaffolding/
- Teacher Conference/
Subjects:
- Citizenship/
- CSPE/
- Politics and Society/
- WWGS Global Citizenship Education/
Event Date
March 28, 2023
Event Time
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location
Online
National Student Conference: ‘Under the Surface’
Tuesday March 28th, on Zoom (9:30 – 13:00)
Following on from the teacher conference, our theme ‘Under the Surface’ is explored with students. The conference supports students in getting to the root causes of global justice issues, as well as how to take meaningful action, through knowledge sharing, guest speakers, and interactive activities in both the classroom and online.
Video Recording
Please find the event recording here.
The subtitles have been automatically generated on Youtube and will be reviewed soon.
Graphic Harvest
Please find and download here the graphic harvest of the conference in pdf form.
Activity resources
Pre-Student Conference Teacher meeting:
- You can find the meeting slides here.
- Check the Pre-student conference teacher meeting recording here.
In class activity support documents:
- Activity 1 worksheet PDF
- Slides: There are images in the support document as part of the media literacy activity that have also been added to slides, as an additional option for you, if needed. Access to slides here
- In class activities support document
Resources by themes
MEDIA LITERACY
- Facts matter resource and activity sheets: Link to all
- Fixed it Ireland instagram page: :fixeditireland
- Fixed it Ireland twitter page @FixeditI
- Aoife Grace Moore: @aoifegracemoore
STORY OF STUFF
- Changle Clothes Crumlin Website
- EU right to repair Campaign
ALLYSHIP AND ACTIVISM
- NYCI Educational Resource on the Direct Provision system created by young people for young people: Tight Spaces
- Abdulai Mansaray instagram: international_prezokelly
- Blessing Dada instagram: blezzingdada
Post Conference teacher check in: Wed April 19th, 4-5.30 pm
Please find below the registration link for our post-conference teacher meeting, taking place:
When: Wednesday April 19th
Time: 4-5.30pm.
Link: Here
Aim of meeting:
Recap of conference aims, with additional support material and resources. Teacher knowledge sharing, collaborative planning, and examples of practical next steps for going forward.
Learnings, examples, and slides from the meeting will be shared online afterwards
Download Programme