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An Irish Examiner article “Keelings under fire for flying in fruit pickers from abroad during pandemic”

Added: 22 Apr 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference

This article from the Irish Examineris concerned with the news of an Irish company flying in workers from abroad, during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The article can be used by teachers and students as a means of exploring a very recent media story concerned with the hiring of labour from abroad, the movement of people, wages offered to migrant workers and adherence, or not, to government restrictions.
It can be used as a means to explore other media sources for the same story

How it maps to the curriculum

SC
Politics & Society

Strand: 7. Globalisation & Identity

Strand unit: 3. Diversity in the E.U

Suggestions for use: The resources in this learning path could be used as stimuli for students, with the teacher creating tasks around an essential question, or set of questions. Students could be asked to use the resources included to create; a paragraph response, discursive essay response, voice clip of their response, research of further data on this topic or to critically evaluate the sources, amongst other ideas. Learning Outcomes: 2.6, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4,7.2, 7.3, 7.4. Topics: Topic 7: Globalisation and Identity Topic 5: Human Rights and Responsibilities in Ireland Topic 2: Power and Decision Making at National and European Level

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