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Documentary On One & Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) Partnership

RTÉ has partnered with Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) to bring radio documentaries into the classrooms around Ireland.

Doc on One: Playing with Pride

The story of a girls' Gaelic football team from Sheriff Street in inner city Dublin in the run up to a Cumann na mBunscoil semi-final.

Junior Cycle • 21 Oct 21

Doc on One: Lumps of Coal

Stories of bold children and vindictive Christmas visitors are told in this documentary. Students make naughty and nice lists, study interview and questioning techniques and finally research and make a short documentary.

Junior Cycle • 22 Feb 24

Doc on One: Superdog

Ten year old Eoghan Clonan wants a dog – but not your average mutt. He's looking for a very special dog. Students will work through a series of comprehension and creative tasks preparing them for the final task - a radio review.

Junior Cycle • 09 Nov 21

Doc on One: Because You Can't Smell Someone On Skype

What happens when you fall in love online with someone who lives on another continent? Students will do anticipation, comprehension and creative activities leading to the final task; a persuasive speech.

Junior Cycle • 21 Oct 21

Doc on One: Live Where You Learn

6th class boys stay overnight in a boarding-school to see if they like it. Students will listen for sound, compare and contrast what they hear and finally prepare a persuasive talk about their own school

Junior Cycle • 17 Oct 21

Doc on One: Good Day At Blackrock

A man fulfils a childhood dream; to visit the lighthouse where his grandfather worked and was last seen. Students will do comprehension and resequencing activities, letter-writing and finally tell a story of their own.

Junior Cycle • 17 Oct 21

Doc on One: Dracula was Irish

Bram Stoker's life and influences are the focus of this documentary. Students analyse readings, listen for sound effects and prepare for the final task; a dramatic reading from a gothic novel of their choice.

Junior Cycle • 18 Oct 21

Doc on One: Generation X-Factor

Jedward-mania hit the country in the autumn of 2009. This documentary looks at life inside the pop bubble – and what happens when the bubble bursts.

Junior Cycle • 21 Oct 21

Doc on One: Info Lady

Women in Bangladesh cycle around villages, bringing the internet to rural communities. Students listen to for sounds effects, compare and contrast life in Ireland and Bangladesh and prepare to make a radio advertisement.

Junior Cycle • 17 Oct 21

Doc on One: Gleeless

Gleeless looks at US high schools and examines what they are really like. Students think about their knowledge and stereotypes of the American education system, compare it to our own system, examine music in documentaries and write a script for a scene.

Junior Cycle • 17 Oct 21

Friends Natasha (13) (left) and Minahil (13), who live in Athlone Direct Provision Centre at Lissywollen. Photo: Bryan O'Brien, The Irish Times

Doc on One: The Outsiders - Our Teenage Life Behind Barriers

A view inside the Irish direct provision system through the eyes of two 13yr old girls. Living in mobile caravans on an industrial park near Athlone, they've recorded their lives over the last few months - asylum seekers awaiting their fate from the state

Junior Cycle • 17 Oct 21

Doc on One: The Undetectables

You can't see HIV in someone's face. Thousands of Irish people live with HIV. But many live in the shadows, hiding their HIV status, fearful of judgement from society. We meet four Irish people who are positive, HIV positive - two women and two men (2019)

Documentary On One • 26 Oct 21

Documentary On One

Documentary On One & Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) Partnership

Doc on One: Playing with Pride

Doc on One: Lumps of Coal

Doc on One: Superdog

Doc on One: Because You Can't Smell Someone On Skype

Doc on One: Live Where You Learn

Doc on One: Good Day At Blackrock

Doc on One: Dracula was Irish

Doc on One: Generation X-Factor

Doc on One: Info Lady

Doc on One: Gleeless

Doc on One: The Outsiders - Our Teenage Life Behind Barriers

Doc on One: The Undetectables

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