Show Racism the Red Card - Educational Factsheets
Added: 16 Sep 2016
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Guide/notes
Show Racism the Red Card (SRTRC) promotes education against racism, harnessing the profile of sports stars to convey the anti-racism message. Within this resource, SRTRC provide fact-sheets on related themes such as sport & racism, football: a mans game, what can we do about racism, racism today, standards, racism: a brief history, racism & fascism, American civil rights & movement, travelers & racism, asylum seekers & refugees.
How it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- CSPE
Strand: Rights & Responsibilities
Strand unit: Prejudice/Discrimination
Suggestions for use: Students can be divided into groups. Each group can be assigned a different fact-sheet to explore. Groups must represent the fact-sheets using a graphic organiser. Teacher should provide time for students to read and discuss the fact-sheets along with preparing their presentations. Groups present the graphic organisers to their peers/ display around the room for other groups to observe.
Key Skills:
- Being Creative
- Communicating
- Managing Information and Thinking
- Staying Well
- Working with Others
- Literacy
- Managing Myself
- 5-6
- SPHE
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- explore how inequality might exist in the local community and suggest ways in which this might be addressed
- identify some local issues of concern and explore possible action that could be taken to address these issues
- recognise and acknowledge the various cultural, religious, ethnic or other groups that exist in a community or society and explore ways in which these differences can be respected
Suggestions for use: Students can be divided into groups. Each group can be assigned a different fact-sheet to explore. Groups must represent the fact-sheets using a graphic organiser. Teacher should provide time for students to read and discuss the fact-sheets along with preparing their presentations. Groups present the graphic organisers to their peers/ display around the room for other groups to observe.
