This subject guide covers four distinct GCE Units. Each Unit contributes to the achievement of key learning outcomes as laid out in the 2021 Politics and Society subject specification.
The tiles below contain the GCE-Politics and Society Units. Each Unit includes a subject guide (PDF) with 5-6 detailed lesson plans, accompanying PowerPoints, supporting materials and extension activities.
Unit 1: Global Citizenship
Unit 1 Lessons
- What is Global Citizenship?
- Cosmopolitan Citizenship
- Inspiring Acts of Global Citizenship
- Global Frameworks
- Negotiating as a Global Community
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Unit 2: Youth Participation
Unit 2 Lessons
- What is Youth Participation?
- Rights to Participation
- Student Participation in School
- Rights to Participation in Ireland
- Participation in Action
- Rights and Climate Change
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Unit 3: The Media
Unit 3 Lessons
- What is Critical Media Literacy?
- Trust in the Media
- False Information
- Filter Bubbles & Echo Chambers
- Citizen Journalism
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Unit 4: Education
Unit 4 Lessons
- Thinking about Education
- Universal Education
- Measuring Education
- Schooling the World
- Key Thinkers
- Widening the Lens
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Subject Resources
Politics and Society Unit 4: Education
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Politics and Society Unit 3: Media
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Politics and Society Unit 2: Youth Participation
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Politics and Society Unit 1: Global Citizenship
Politics and Society Unit 1: Global Citizenship…
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Lessons for a Wise World: Global Citizenship Education in Politics and Society
The guide includes the summary of the four unit lessons.…
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Challenging Racial Bias in the Classroom, Workshop, Mar 6th 2025
This workshop aims to equip educators with practical strategies and tools to address and respond to microaggressions and racial prejudice…
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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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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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Quality Education
Education is a public good, a global common good, a fundamental human right and a basis for guaranteeing the realisation…
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Access to Education
Education is essential for an individual’s, community’s and nation’s development. Education is a public good, a global common good, a…
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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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Poverty
Poverty is not natural; it is man-made but the way that it is spoken about and particularly how people living…
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Land Grabs
In today’s world landowners, agribusinesses, investors and governments want to acquire land to turn into crop plantations to make huge…
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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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Philosophy and GCE
Find articles and teaching resources on Philosophy and Global Citizenship Education.…
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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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