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IRELAND LESSON 3
Lesson Plan Title: EXPLORING COMMUNITY AND SELF
Interesting facts about Ireland
All teachers in the Republic must pass an oral examination in Irish in order to be able to teach. The Ceard Teastas is a requirement for teachers in all subjects and not just those teaching Irish.
The Republic of ireland has no nuclear power. The country's electricity stations are mostly peat burning, turf (peat) being found in large quantities in the Irish midlands, and parts of the north-west. Dublin has one oil burning power station, using imported oil.
Ireland Lesson 3 Objectives *Understand that Identity is social
and personal *Improve understanding of
influences that affect identity *Define community as related to
family, friends, school and the larger community
*What is the impact of communities on individuals?
Lesson 3 Image 1Activity
Lesson 3 Discussion
List suggestions from students Answer ? Is the community where we
spend our day a factor to who we are?
Discussed community of school
Lesson 3 Activity
Students create visual spider chart Stars next to things that have the
greatest influence on who we are Students then create a visual map
(Who am I?) Brainstorm / Use of Collage Use red and Blue to identify yours
and others ideas
Lesson 3 Image 2
Spider chart
Lesson 3 Post Discussion
How Powerful is the influence? Allow for debate Discuss ways identity is both social
and personal
Lesson 3 ConclusionLearning Assessment - Positives
Walking debate get students involved
Teacher/ Student interaction builds communication skills
Students express and justify their views
Brainstorm their thoughts using a spider chart?
Improved understanding of the influences from community on individual identity
Lesson 3 ConclusionLearning Assessment- NegativesStudents may not see this as an art
projectCivics lessons might not seem
creative to students… Could be “boring”
Ages of children who could do this in a constructive way could be somewhat limited
Ireland Lesson 4Howework Poster Project
LESSON PLAN: IDENTITY CONFLICT
Encourage students to explore conflicts they experience within their own identity
The lesson begins with a Walking Debate
Continuation of lesson 3
Lesson 4 Image 1
Student example
Lesson 4 Learning Objective To enhance understanding and
awareness of how people may experience a sense of conflict between different aspects of their identity.
Creative expression and ability to describe conflicts regarding their identity visually
Lesson 4 Activity
The teacher projects a series of statements onto the board and pupils get up and stand near one of three posters on the walls stating Agree, Disagree or Unsure in response to each one.
The teacher encourages them to discuss types of personal identity
Students describe themselves Students call out three words they have
chosen and the rest of the class guesses which person they are describing themselves to.
Lesson 4 Learning AssessmentPositives Students explore ways to describe
themselves in easy to relate to terms Students learn to comment on and
discuss issues surrounding identity conflict
Students are able to be more creative and expressive with this type of project.
More art skills able to be taught anong with civics lessons
Lesson 4 Examples
Image 4: Selecting imagery for a poster. Our Lady’s Secondary SchoolImage 5: Pupil’s work. Our Lady’s Secondary School,
More examples
Image 6. Pupil’s work. Our Lady’s Secondary School
Image 2: Our Lady’s Secondary School. Identity Conflict
My Thoughts on lesson 3&4
Effective lessons that explore identity Community is a very important aspect
that influences our identity Creative use of debate and teacher /
student interaction Follow up homework project helps
reinforce lesson objectives while allowing for creative art skills to be learned
Allows students to view themselves in new ways