The Art of Persuasion 02

The Art of Persuasion 02

This is the eleventh in our new set of drama resources for the classroom this year. The 20 cards in the resource provide scenarios for role play/improvisation in the classroom. Each card provides the name of a pretty useless product. Working in pairs, pupils have to...
The Art of Persuasion 01

The Art of Persuasion 01

This is the fourth in our new set of drama resources for the classroom. The 20 cards in the resource provide scenarios for role play/improvisation in the classroom. Each card provides the name of a pretty useless product. Working in pairs, pupils have to persuade...
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I’m sure that many of you are aware that providing a website with more than 3,000 free resources and articles does not come cheap. Some people may think that because the resources are free, that the site also comes free. But that is not the case. Because of the...

War Children

Six stories — one set in Dublin, the others in the countryside — about children who get caught up in the War of Independence and suffer dire consequences. Mattie Foley dreams of escaping the harshness of life in the Dublin slums, but her dreams and reality...

1958 Newspaper Advertisements

This is a Powerpoint presentation looking at newspaper advertisements from Irish newspapers in 1958. It could be used for the media education strand in SPHE. It could also be used as a discussion starter to compare life in Ireland fifty years ago with life today,...