Topic outline

• General
  
  

  General

  Equality and Justice Resource Bank:

  3rd - 6th

  
  Teaching resources which can be used to support the Equality and Justice strand of the Learn Together curriculum are listed below. Educate Together schools are, of course, under no obligation to purchase these items or services. The national office cannot accept responsibility or (unfortunately!) credit for the usefulness or otherwise of any of these items.

                                   
  
  You may find resources over-lapping between the junior and senior classes of the school. Likewise, resources may be listed under more than one strand of the Learn Together.
  
  We would welcome feedback on any resource - good or bad! Please post your comments on the forum below. If you'd like to recommend a resource which is not listed, please email: resources@educatetogether.ie

  • Forum for comment on any of the material in this section
  • Educate Together

    Teacher Calendar 2016 / 2017

    

  • Below Educate Together's multifaceted, interfaith Ethical Education calendar for 2016 / 2017.

  • Ethical Education Calendar 2016 / 2017 File
  • Learn Together Curriculum

    

  • Learn Together pdf File
• Topic 1
  
  

  Topic 1

  3rd - 6th
  

  Class groupings are very general

  • Resource below Irish-produced, Age Action Ireland

  • 
    Addressing Ageism

          

  • Rights of Older People File
  • Caring for the elderly - Powerpoint File
  • Growing up and Growing Older lesson plan File
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable
    Sorcha Brennan, Glasnevin ETNS

  • Grandparents Day and Visit to Care Home File
  • 
    Resources below Irish-produced and downloadable (National Council on Ageing and Older People)

  • Young and Old: Lesson Plans for 3rd / 4th URL
  • Young and Old: Lesson Plans for 5th / 6th URL
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable (Equality Authority and National Youth Council of Ireland)

  • Stereotyping of Young People pack File
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced

  • Videos dealing with dementia and memory loss URL
  • 
    Addressing Racism
    
  •                                                      

  • Resource below Irish-produced 

    Eimear Costello, Kilcolgan ETNS

  • Racism: Show Racism the Red Card Newsletter: Eimear Costello, Kilcolgan ETNS File
  • Resource below Irish-produced 

    Maeve Trehy, Lucan ETNS

  • Stand Up to Hatred File
  • Irish website with downloadable fact sheet for teachers and fun activity book for pupils
    

  • Be Fair - say no to racism URL
  • Resource below Irish-produced

  • Moving Lives - The Immigrant Council of Ireland (selection of short films) URL
  • 
    Ancient Societies / Early Peoples
    
  • 
    Resources below Irish-produced (Trócaire)

  • Our World Our History (3rd-4th) Page
  • Our World, Our History (5th / 6th class) Page
  • 
    Child Labour
    
  • Child Labour - Save the Children Website URL
  • All I Need: Radiohead - video which highlights contrast between life for children involved in child labour and those being brought up in developed world URL
  • 
    Challenging Stereotypes           
    

  • Spotlight on Stereotyping Page
  • 
    Citizenship
    
  • Resources below Irish-produced (Education for a Just World)
    

  • Just Children 2 - resources based on Farid's Rickshaw Ride URL
  • Channel 4 Learning - website URL
  • 
    Coffee
  • Coffee - African Cultural Project Page
  • Controversial Issues

  • Resources below Irish-produced - Curriculum Development Unit, Mary Immaculate College
    

  • Tackling Controversial Issues Page
  • 
    Critical Thinking
    
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable. This is a project of The Royal Irish Academy, The National Museum of Ireland and The Irish Times supported in its development and piloting by Educate Together.                                                                         
    

                                                                 

  • Lesson and related resources for Senior Classes on Waterford Charter Roll 1373 - integration with history URL
  • Lesson and related resources for Senior Classes on King William's Gauntlets c.1690 - integration with history URL
  • 
    Democracy
    
  • Teaching Democracy (5th-6th) Page
  • 
    Development Education
    
  • 
    Resources below Irish-produced - Trócaire and Irish Aid

  • Resources on: Climate Change; People on the Move; Fair Trade; Poverty (Trócaire) URL
  • Our World Irish Aid Awards URL
  • Disability

  • Channel 4 ad for paralympics URL
  • Critique of advert URL
  • 
    Diversity   

  • Peters World Map Page
  • Hands Around the World: 365 Creative Ways to Build Cultural Awareness & Global Respect Page
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced
    Collette Neville, Limerick School Project

  • Let's Learn About Native Americans (3rd / 4th Class) Page
  • 
    Famine
    
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable. This is a project of The Royal Irish Academy, The National Museum of Ireland and The Irish Times supported in its development and piloting by Educate Together.

    

  • Lesson and related resources for Senior Classes on Empty Cooking Pot - integration with history URL
  • 
    Food: Security / Politics
    
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced (Trócaire)

  • Food for Thought - Food for Life (3rd - 6th) Page
  • 
    Game
    
  • The Trading Game URL
  • 
    Gender Equality 5th / 6th Class

                                                                           

  • 8 ads that shatter gender stereotypes URL
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable. This is an Educate Together /Plan Ireland joint project.
    Project Co-ordinator: Suzanne Smith
    
    Authors: Ross O'Corráin, Citywest ETNS and Emer Byrden, Carlow ETNS
    

  • Link to Video with Introduction to Lessons URL
  • Gender 5th/6th: Lesson 1 File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 1 Cards File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 1 Sources File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 1 Powerpoint File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 1 IWB Powerpoint File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 2 File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 2 Cards File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 2 Sources File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 2 Powerpoint File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 3 File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 3 Worksheet File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 3 Questionsheet File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 3 Cards File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 3 Factsheet File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 3 Powerpoint File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 4 File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 4 Sources File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 4 A Better Choice for Girls File
  • Gender 5th /6th: Lesson 4 Powerpoint File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 5 File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 5 Interviews File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 5 Sources File
  • Gender 5th / 6th: Lesson 5 Powerpoint File
  • Gender: Lesson 5 IWB Powerpoint File
  • 
    Equal Measures resource below Irish-produced and downloadable (DES)

  • Equal Measures: Gender Equality - downloadable lessons for all class groupings. Page
  • The Girl Effect Website URL
  • 
    Global Leaders
    
  • The Elders website URL
  • 
    Homelessness: No Place Like Home - A Downloadable Resource on Homlessness for 5th / 6th by Focus Ireland (hard copy available through Focus Ireland)
  • Some content is sensitive and teachers should take into account the situation of individual students when deciding whether to teach all or parts of these lessons.
  • 
    Resources below Irish produced (Focus Ireland) and downloadable

                             

  • No Place Like Home: Unit 1 URL
  • No Place Like Home: Unit 2 URL
  • No Place Like Home: Unit 3 URL
  • No Place Like Home: Unit 4 URL
  • No Place Like Home: Unit 5 URL
  • No Place Like Home: Unit 6 URL
  • No Place Like Home: Unit 7 URL
  • No Place Like Home: Unit 8 URL
  • The Lost Thing - Educational Resources URL
  • No Place Like Home: Pictures URL
  • 
    Holocaust Memorial Day
    
  • Article from The Guardian newspaper on Teaching Holocaust Memorial Day (Jan 2012) URL
  • 
    Human Rights        

  • Workshops below:

    Sheila Cronin, Balbriggan ETNS
    
    

  • Human Rights Education Workshops Page
  • Compasito: Activities / Lessons on Human Rights available online Page
  • Wants and Needs Cards (3rd-4th) Page
  • The Right to Education - Teacher Notes File
  • Amnesty Video on Universal Declaration of Human Righs URL
  • Link to UNICEF child-friendly version of Convention on Rights of the Child File
  • Rights and Responsibilities File
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable (Amnesty Irish Section)

  • Lift Off (2nd-4th) Page
  • Me, You, Everyone (5th - 6th) Page
  • Human Rights Stories: Tales of Human Rights Defenders for Primary Schools Page
  • Human Rights Stories File
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable (Ombudsman for Children)

  • What do you say? Exploring children's rights with children: Lessons for 3rd / 4th and 5th / 6th Class (available for download) Page
  • 
    LGBT Rights

                                                           

  • Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable (INTO LGBT group)
    

  • Different Families, Same Love - Poster (INTO LGBT group) File
  • Resources from INTO LGBT Group based on poster File
  • Range of resources from INTO LGBT group URL
  • All Together Now: Project on Homophobic and Transphobic Bullying: St Patrick's College and Belong To sponsored by DES (2016)

  • All Together Now Report File
  • All Together Now Lessons 5th / 6th File
  • All Together Now: LGBT Words File
  • All Together Now Booklet File
  • Educate and Celebrate - lesson plans for all primary age groupings from UK LGBT website File
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable
    Fintan Walsh, Griffith Barracks MDS
    

  • Teaching Gay Rights in the Primary School - Case Study File
  • Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable

    Educate Together teacher Sinéad Giblin

  • Love is.... Presentation of different kinds of love from Sinéad Giblin, Claregalway ETNS File
  • Resource below Irish-produced (Belong To)

  • Stand Up: Belong To video URL
  • Resource below from Irish LGBT Activist - fantastic speech
    

  • Panti 'Noble Call' speech in Abbey Theatre URL
  • Role-models
  • Tom Daly, UK Olympic Diving Medallist, talks about coming out URL
  • Casey Stoney, women's England captain, talks about being gay URL
  • SOAK - article and videos about young singer from Derry URL
  • The Harvey Milk Story - Educators' Guide (for information on book, see under libraries section) File
  • 
    Languages - video 

    Lucan East ETNS
    

  • Video on European Day of Languages (very funny video) URL
  • 
    Migration and Migrant Rights         

  • Irish-produced resource on migrant rights

  • Journeys: A Teachers Handbook for Exploring Migration and Migrant Rights in the Primary Classroom URL
  • Ellis Island Photographs: Stunning photographs of immigrants to US at turn of last century URL
  • Resource below Irish-produced. This is an Educate Together / Pivotal Arts joint project. Suitable for 5th / 6th.
    Authors:
    Niamh McGurk, Donabate and Portrane ETNS         
    Liz Morris, Griffeen Valley ETNS
    

                          

  • Think and Act website Page
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable. This is an Educate Together / Plan Ireland joint project. Suitable for 5th / 6th.
    Project Co-ordinator: Suzanne Smith
    Authors: Emer Byrden, Carlow ETNS and Ross O'Corráin, Citywest ETNS
    
    

  • Some content is sensitive and teachers should take into account the situation of individual students when deciding whether to teach all or parts of these lessons.
    
  • Link to Video with Introduction to Lessons URL
  • Migration: Lesson 1 File
  • Migration: Lesson 1 Cards File
  • Migration: Lesson 1 Worksheet File
  • Migration: Lesson 1 Sources File
  • Migration: Lesson 1 Powerpoint File
  • Migration: Lesson 1 IWB Powerpoint File
  • Migration: Lesson 2 File
  • Migration: Lesson 2 Worksheet File
  • Migration: Lesson 2 President's Speech File
  • Migration: Lesson 2 Script File
  • Migration: Lesson 2 Powerpoint File
  • Migration: Lesson 3 File
  • Migration: Lesson 3 Passports File
  • Migration:Lesson 3 Ibrahim Wait Documentary File
  • Migration: Lesson 3 Wildcards File
  • Migration: Lesson 3 Powerpoint File
  • Migration: Lesson 3 IWB Powerpoint File
  • Migration: Lesson 4 File
  • Migration: Lesson 4 Sources File
  • Migration: Lesson 4 Powerpoint File
  • Migration: Lesson 5 File
  • Migration: Lesson 5 Sources File
  • Migration: Lesson 5 Worksheet File
  • Migration: Lesson 5 Powerpoint File
  • 
    Natural Disasters
    
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced (Trócaire)

  • Tales of Disaster (5th-6th) Page
  • 
    People Who Made a Difference
    
  • Gandhi

  • Gandhi File
  • 
    Eileen Gray
    
  • Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable. This is a project of The Royal Irish Academy, The National Museum of Ireland and The Irish Times supported in its and piloting and development by Educate Together.
    

                                                     

     

  • Lesson and related resources for Senior Classes on Eileen Gray Chair. Gray was renowned Irish designer and architect, who forged her own path in a time when women were discouraged from doing so - integration with history URL
  • Martin Luther King

    Resources below Irish-produced

    Maeve Trehy, Lucan ETNS

  • I Have a Dream File
  • Worksheets etc. on Martin Luther King File
  • The Life of Martin Luther King File
  • Martin Luther King File
  • 
    Nelson Mandela
  • Nelson Mandela - BBC Schools Website URL
  • Nelson Mandela File
  • 
    Daniel O'Connell
  • Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable. This is a project of The Royal Irish Academy, The National Museum of Ireland and The Irish Times supported in its developmentand piloting by Educate Together.

                                             

  • Lesson and related resources for Senior Classes on Daniel O'Connell chariot. Links to Catholic Emancipation (human rights) and Anti-Slavery movement - integration with history URL
  • 
    Poetry
    
  • Anna the Goanna and other poems Page
  • 
    Poverty: Lesson Plans
    
  • 
    Lessons developed by Educate Together teachers in collaboration with Plan Ireland - downloadable

  • 
    This resource is aimed towards 3rd / 4th but may also be suitable for older classes. Some content is sensitive and teachers should take into account the situation of individual students when deciding whether to teach all or parts of these lessons.
    
    
  • Lessons on Poverty for 3rd / 4th Class File
  • Responsible Pet Ownership: Lessons for 5th / 6th  

    Lesson for 3rd / 4th under Moral and Spiritual

    
    

  • Lessons developed by Educate Together teachers in collaboration with Done Deal, ISPCA and Dogs Trust Ireland:

    Author: David O'Neill, Skerries ETNS

  • Lesson 1 File
  • Lesson 2 File
  • Lesson 3 File
  • Lesson 4 File
  • Lesson 5 File
  • Lesson 6 File
  • Lesson 7 File
  • Lesson 8 File
  • Lesson 9 File
  • Lesson 10 File
  • 5 Promises Pledge File
  • 5 Promises Poster File
  • Cats Make Great Pets File
  • 
    Social Entrepreuneurship (making a difference) Lesson Plans
    
  • 
    Lessons developed in collaboration with Educate Together - downloadable
    
  • Lessons on Social Entrepreneurship - making an change for the better in your immediate environment for 3rd / 4th Class File
  • 
    Slavery     

  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable. This is a project of The Royal Irish Academy, The National Museum of Ireland
    and The Irish Times supported in its development and piloting by Educate Together.

  • Lesson and related resources for Senior Classes on Viking Slave Chain - slavery; integration with history URL
  • 
    Traveller Culture
    
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable. This is a project of The Royal Irish Academy, The National Museum of Ireland and The Irish Times supported in its development and piloting by Educate Together.

                                                                            

  • Lesson and related resources on Emigrant's Teapot - integration with history URL
  • Resource below Irish-produced

    Cecelia Gavigan, Balbriggan ETNS

  • Learning Cant: The Language of Irish Travellers URL
  • 
    Resource below Irish-produced and downloadable (Pavee Point)

  • Traveller Lives File
  • Traveller Lives Learning Material File