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    Teacher Handbook

    Download our Teacher Handbook for guidance on embedding GCE in your school community. 

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    Subject Guidelines

    This resource aims to support teachers of Science to teach through a global justice lens.  

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      Subject Resources



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      National Student Conference, March 28th 2023

      The Student Conference will support students in getting to the root causes of global justice issues, as well as how…
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      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…
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      Human Rights Approach to Environmental Issues, Workshop, Dec 8th 2022

      An online workshop that supports teachers with how to maintain a human rights approach when exploring environmental issues.…
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      Modern Day Slavery

      The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade began 200 years ago, and many schools marked this event. However, new forms…
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      Tax Justice

      Tax justice means fairer systems for taxing. Potential loss of tax revenues to the EU amount to approximately one trillion…
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      Trade Justice

      Trade has always been an important part of society, however current trade rules do tend to benefit the richer countries.…
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      Peace keeping

      Peace and stability are central to sustainable development.…
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      Conflict and the Global Arms Trade

      The world cannot afford war. People cannot stand by while the numbers of war and environmental refugees soar, while poverty…
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      Resource Extraction

      Countries that are rich in natural resources are often poor and suffer from high rates of inequality, corruption, human rights…
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      Sustainable Fishing

      Overfishing is the process of catching too many fish at once, so that the breeding population becomes too depleted to…
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      Climate Justice

      Climate Justice is the reality that it is those that contribute least to climate change (through their emissions) are the…
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      Fast Fashion

      Being an ethical consumer in today’s world requires first recognizing that consumption is not just embedded in economic relations, but…
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      Child Labour

      For tens of millions of children around the world, their basic rights are at risk because they have to work.…
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      Wellbeing

      This resource sheet strives to introduce to you the area of wellbeing as a global justice issue but also how…
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      Food & Growing

      We live in a world where over 800 million people go to bed hungry yet we produce 1.5 times enough…
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      Direct Provision

      Direct Provision is the system used to accommodate and provide basic welfare to people seeking asylum in Ireland.…
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      Racial Justice

      Racism is when an individual, group, structure or institution intentionally (or unintentionally) abuses their power to the detriment of people,…
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      Migration and Seeking Assylum

      Globally there are more people on the move than ever before. These are people who were mostly forced to flee…
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      WWGS National Teacher Conference, Jan 27th 2022

      Find the resources and the recordings of the WWGS National Teacher Conference on ‘Degrowth’. Learn how teachers can bring the…
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      School Gardens and Global Justice, CPD Workshop, Nov 25th 2021

      Find the recordings and the presentation of the School Gardens and Global Justice CPD workshop.…
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      Stereotype Workshops

      Exploring stereotypes is a good way to introduce issues of equality including themes of racial justice, discrimination, gender equality, LGBTQi…
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      Life below Water, Thematic Workshop, Dec 9th 2020

      Find the recording of the WWGS workshop for teaching about Food Security and Biodiversity in post-primary schools.…
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      Anti-racism, Thematic Workshop, Nov 5th 2020

      Find the WWGS webinar recording and resources specifically for teaching Anti-racism in post-primary schools.…
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      Wellbeing and Health, Thematic Workshop, Nov 17th 2020

      Watch the recording and find the resources of the workshop on the Good Health and Wellbeing Sustainable Development Goal 3.…
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      Tax and Trade, Thematic Workshop, Dec 3rd 2020

      Watch the recording and find the resources of the WWGS workshop on Tax and Trade Justice that took place in…
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      Recycling and Waste, Thematic workshop, Nov 23rd 2020

      Find our most recent webinar recording and resource specifically for Recycling and Waste followed by additional resources to assist you.…
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      Poverty, Thematic Workshop, Nov 19th 2020

      Find our most recent webinar recording and resource specifically for Poverty followed by additional resources to assist you.…
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      A Critical Thinking Approach to Global Citizenship Education, Workshop, Oct 2020

      Find the recording and the resources of WWGS workshop on critical thinking approach to Global Citizenship Education and adapting to…
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      Gender Equality

      “Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.”…
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      Root causes

      Root Causes Activity Global Citizenship Education involves exploring the root causes of poverty, injustice and inequality. Everyday we are exposed…
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      Goal 16: Peace & Justice

      Resources on the theme of peace and justice.…
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      Information on Climate Strike

      Presentation & Activities for a class on climate justice and action.…
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      Plastics

      Resources on the theme of plastics.…
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      CSPE resources

      Here’s a few useful resources for CSPE-there’s lots more for this subject but these are our top picks: Learn_Can_You_Beat_The_System_Game_Short post-primary-teacher-resource-2…
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      Root Causes Lesson

      Root causes lesson It’s important to explore look at the root causes of broad issues of poverty, injustice and inequality-asking…
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      Global Goals Lesson

      A few ways to introduce the Global Goals.…
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      A Sporting Chance

      An Oxfam cross curricular resource based on the Olympics but easily adaptable to other sporting events and a lot of…
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      The World Trade Game

      The World Trade Game or the Trading Game is one of the most effective simulation games to enable students realise…
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      Gap minder Sort Out Game

      A good activity from www.gapminder.org that can be used in Maths or Geography class particularly when exploring Global statistics and…
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      A Business Studies & Development Education Transition Unit

      In this resource, learners will explore some of the perspectives of people in countries effected by unfair trade, and examines…
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      How the World Works 2

      The resource provides students with the opportunity to explore how structures of poverty and inequality are maintained on a global…
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