Getting Started & Project Ideas
Here are some ideas of how you can present your project:
Write it
Write a short story; write a letter; compile a diary; compile a newspaper or magazine; write
a poem.
Record it
Make a movie; act out a story as drama; audio-record a story or an interview.
Picture it
Take photographs; use photos to show contrasts, to show possibilities, to show what can be done.
Draw it / Paint it / Make it
Design a poster; paint a wall frieze; make up a collage; build a model; invent a board game; make a map.
Ask it
Set up an interview; do a vox pop at your school or shopping centre; carry out a small survey of what people know, or of what people think about a poverty question; devise a quiz in your school.
Sing it
Write a song; make up a rap; put new words to a popular song.
For more information about planning and presenting your projects and ideas on how to spread the word about what you have learnt, refer to pages 4 and 5 of the Our World Irish Aid Awards Teacher’s Booklet
- Teachers Booklet
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When you are thinking about how to introduce material to your class you may find it helpful to follow the approach is used in the lesson plans provided in this pack.
