Learning Outcomes

The child shall be enabled to:

• identify and name basic rights e.g. the right to food, water, shelter, health, play, to be safe, not to be hurt etc.
• describe what makes a home feel safe/unsafe
• identify the reasons why people might migrate

Introduction

Discuss different types of homes and what makes our homes feel safe.

Introduce concept of migration and put up poster with a definition.

Development

Using the book/posters ‘If the World Were a Village’, introduce concepts of inequality in the world.

Discuss reasons that people might choose to/need to leave their homes.

In a whole-school setting, create artwork to represent different cultures/backgrounds of people in Ireland.

Plenary

Display the artwork in a prominent space/use as the focal point for an assembly on this topic.