Smartphones and Sustainability Video
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Contributor:
Tara Fitzharris
Resource type:
Audio / Video
This 5.36 minute video shows how smartphones are created and the global impacts that this has. The video explains that raw materials are sourced in the Congo where the money earned is used to fund Civil wars. The phones are manufactured in factories with poor working conditions in China. This is a useful resource for the teaching of ESD for Junior or Senior Cycle students.
How it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- CSPE
Strand: Interdependence
Strand unit: Trade
Suggestions for use: This can be used as teaching aid to facilitate further discussion by students on the topic of unfair trade and sustainability.
- JC
- Geography
Strand: 3. Exploring People, Place and Change
Strand unit: 6. Global Patterns of Economic Development
Suggestions for use: This can be used as teaching aid to facilitate further discussion by students on the topic of unfair trade and sustainability.
