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Politics and Society Learning Path - Coronavirus and Inequality Learning Path

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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.
8 resources in this Learning Path

1

Coronavirus and Inequality

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...break-inequality-austerity-pandemic Added: 20 Mar 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Other

UK media article from The Guardian on how social inequality may determine the effects of the Coronavirus in wider society. The article can be used as a source to explore the link between social class and the effects of the Coronavirus.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Politics & Society

Strand: 2. Power & Decision Making: National/EU

Strand unit: 3. Social Class & Gender

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.

Possible learning outcomes:

2.3, 2.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.3, 5.4, 6.2, 6.3, 7.6

Topics:

Globalisation and Identity, Human rights and responsibilities in Europe and the wider world, Human rights and responsibilities in Ireland, Power and decision-making at national and European level.

2

Coronavirus and Social Class

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/...he-coronavirus-being-rich-1.4195275 Added: 20 Mar 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Other

Irish Times article on how social inequality may determine the effects of the Coronavirus in wider society. The article can be used as a source to explore the link between social class and the effects of the Coronavirus.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Politics & Society

Strand: 2. Power & Decision Making: National/EU

Strand unit: 3. Social Class & Gender

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.

Possible learning outcomes:

2.3, 2.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.3, 5.4, 6.2, 6.3, 7.6

Topics:

Globalisation and Identity, Human rights and responsibilities in Europe and the wider world, Human rights and responsibilities in Ireland, Power and decision-making at national and European level.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

3

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation

https://experience.arcgis.com/exper...ce/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd Added: 20 Mar 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Other

World Health Organisation data source on the spread of Coronavirus globally from the World Health Organisation.
This online source can be used to provide statistical data on the spread of the virus.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Politics & Society

Strand: 6. Human Rights+Responsibilities: Wider World

Strand unit: 3. International Cooperation & Human Rights

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.

Possible learning outcomes:

2.3, 2.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.3, 5.4, 6.2, 6.3, 7.6

Topics:

Globalisation and Identity, Human rights and responsibilities in Europe and the wider world, Human rights and responsibilities in Ireland, Power and decision-making at national and European level.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

4

Coronavirus: In the Age of Inequality

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020...-pandemic-inequality-among-workers/ Added: 20 Mar 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Other

World Economic Forum Data data source on the likely effects of inequality on individual outcomes during the Corona-virus crisis. This data could be used to explore the link between social inequality and healthcare outcomes, particularly during a crisis like the Coronavirus.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Politics & Society

Strand: 2. Power & Decision Making: National/EU

Strand unit: 3. Social Class & Gender

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.

Possible learning outcomes:

2.3, 2.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.3, 5.4, 6.2, 6.3, 7.6

Topics:

Globalisation and Identity, Human rights and responsibilities in Europe and the wider world, Human rights and responsibilities in Ireland, Power and decision-making at national and European level.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

5

Coronavirus and Inequality

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/o...ght-inequality-200316204401117.html Added: 20 Mar 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Other

Al Jazeera opinion article on what corona-virus has taught us about inequality. The article links global inequality to the likely outcomes of the spread of the Coronavirus. This article could be used to link the case study of the Coronavirus to broader themes of globalisation, inequality and development.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Politics & Society

Strand: 7. Globalisation & Identity

Strand unit: 6. Globalisation & Political Power

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.

Possible learning outcomes:

2.3, 2.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.3, 5.4, 6.2, 6.3, 7.6

Topics:

Globalisation and Identity, Human rights and responsibilities in Europe and the wider world, Human rights and responsibilities in Ireland, Power and decision-making at national and European level.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

6

Kathleen Lynch - Key Thinkers

https://www.ncca.ie/media/2566/kathleen-lynch.pdf Added: 12 Dec 2017 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Guide/notes

Source: NCCA website. The ideas and resource provided here are not prescriptive. This document on the big thinker, Kathleen Lynch, is very formative. Key concepts include; patriarcy, gender, social Class, equality, social justice.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Politics & Society

Strand: 2. Power & Decision Making: National/EU

Strand unit: 7. Participants in these Debates


Strand: 2. Power & Decision Making: National/EU

Strand unit: 3. Social Class & Gender


Strand: 5. Human Rights & Responsibilities: Ireland

Strand unit: 4. Arguments About Rights

Asset type: Document
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

7

Karl Marx NCCA Resource

https://www.curriculumonline.ie/get...-a265-8d86bfa6514a/Karl-Marx-V2.pdf Added: 20 Mar 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Other

Biography and some Main Ideas of Key Thinker Karl Marx. Important Thinker on topics like social class, inequality and capitalism.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Politics & Society

Strand: 2. Power & Decision Making: National/EU

Strand unit: 3. Social Class & Gender

Suggestions for use: A good primer for students as background reading on Karl Marx, a key thinker on the Leaving certificate Politics and Society Course.

Asset type: Document
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
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8

An Integrated Approach to Learning, Teaching and Assessment

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/29422/29158.pdf Added: 08 Apr 2019 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Activity

The following PDST booklet 'An Integrated Approach to Learning, Teaching and Assessment' aids teachers in considering what methodologies could be used in class to support the inquiry process.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Agriculture Science

Strand: Teaching and Learning

Strand unit: Pedagogy

Suggestions for use: Placemat: (Page 73)
Placemat can be used to encourage students to share ideas and reach a consensus about a topic or goal. It can be used to activate prior knowledge of a topic among students. It can help students share problem solving techniques, take group notes during a video/oral presentation, to summerise learning after the class or to begin an opening review of a subsequent lesson.
Anticipation Exercise: (Page 35/36)
The anticipation exercise could be utilised to assess students prior knowledge of a topic. This will give the teacher a picture of the students’ awareness of the concepts involved. However it could also be used as an assessment tool after the learning to see if the students have understood the concepts which they were presented with.
Think-Pair-Square-Share (Page 71)
The think-pair-square-share methodology can be used throughout the inquiry process to enable reflection and discussion among the pupils on the stage of the inquiry or the economic knowledge being explored.

Asset type: Document
Language: English
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