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Resources: Secondary history

NB. New Key Stage 3 Programme of Study
For a detailed catalogue of how IiS resources can be used to deliver and enrich the new
programme, please click here.

1. Overviews of Irish history
2. Irish pathways through Key Stage 3 History
3. A Norman conquest of Ireland?
4. Elizabeth I's Vietnam? - including 17th century aftermath & Cromwell
5. An United Kingdom?
    a. Irish Famine  b. 1916  c. other study units
6. Using historical fiction - children as evacuees & refugees in Second World War
7. Northern Ireland - getting behind the headlines?

IR indicates that the resource was devised by teachers or curriculum authorities in Ireland,
north or south, but can be adapted to the curriculum in England, Scotland and Wales.

1. Overviews of Irish history 

Mythical Ireland

Introduction to Irish History (PowerPoint)

Ireland's History in Maps

How differently have the English & Irish regarded events in Ireland since the 12th century? - an overview of Anglo-Irish relations in one lesson

1. Lesson   2. Sources & images (PowerPoint)

2. Irish pathways through Key Stage 3 History 

Romans to Rising - Trafford Irish pathway: Year 8 Tudor & Stuart Ireland


Tuxford's Irish pathway

1. Overview                                   2. Introduction: About Ireland
3. Y7 Term 1 Normans & Ireland    4. Y7 Term 3 Ulster Plantation
5. Y8 Term 1 Cromwell & Ireland    6. Y8 Terms 2 & 3 Irish Famine
7. Y9 Terms 1 & 2 Ireland in First World War & Beyond


Thinking Skills - Normans, Plantation of Ulster, Northern Ireland

Irish history & the Secondary National Strategy

3. A Norman conquest of Ireland?

Study units
Normans & Ireland & Aoife's Story (Y7) - Birmingham

  Norman greed, Irish weakness or something else?
Normans & Ireland (Y7) - Nottingham (Tuxford)

  How complete was the Norman Conquest? Ireland as a case study
Normans & Ireland (Y7) - Trafford

  How far did the Celtic peoples survive the Norman attempt to conquer the British Isles?  An Irish case study.
Normans Ireland: Advance Organiser (KS3 - Secondary National Strategy)

A Norman Conquest of Ireland? - a quick exercise using three types of sources


Resources
Norman Images of Ireland

  Gerald of Wales & the Origins of English stereotypes about Ireland

Norman Intervention in Ireland through a Variety of Sources


Norman Ireland: Planning  IR
Normans & Ireland: Questions & Answers  IR - interactive


Invasions of Ireland 1170-1320 (BBC)
4. Elizabeth I's Vietnam? - including 17th century aftermath & Cromwell 

Texts for pupils (PowerPoint)
Who Should Control Ireland? (also pdf version)
Ireland & the Spanish Armada (also pdf version)
Two Gaelic Poems (in English) (also pdf version)


Visual (~ please contact IiS)
Slideshows (jpeg files - editable) ~
Sequencing the Life of Grace O’Malley pdf version with captions
Grace O’Malley, Granuaile, & Her Times ~
Maps of Ireland ~


Study units (* pdf format)
Tudor Fortune Line (Y8)
Why Were There So Many Armada Wrecks off the West of Ireland? (Y8)
Who Should Control Ireland: Tudor Monarchs or Irish Lords (Y8)

  1. Note for Teachers   2. Student Booklet: Who Should Control Ireland?
  3. Worksheets           4. Images used in Worksheets (PowerPoint)

  5. More resources


Reputations: Cromwell at Drogheda (Y8)*
Cromwell in Ireland: Collective Memory (Y8)*
Battling for Ireland in 17th Century (Y8)*
United Kingdom - Forced or Made? (Y8)*
Uniting the United Kingdom (Y8)*
Starters - Cromwell & Ireland (Y8)*


Resources (~ please contact IiS)
Tudor Images of Ireland*
Grace O’Malley
1. The Background* 2. & Elizabeth I* 3. Maps, Images, Notes*
Grace O’Malley - Songs*
Eclipse of Gaelic Ireland - Poetry*
Historical novels about Tudor Ireland (PowerPoint)~
1641 Rising: Protestant Propaganda (PowerPoint)

Loyalist Mural Celebrating Cromwell's Arrival in Ireland
Dates as Symbols for the People of Northern Ireland (1641, 1649, 1688, 1689, 1690)
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BBC: Plantations  William III


Click here for further resources on Tudor Ireland.

5a. An United Kingdom? - the Irish Famine (~ please contact IiS)

IiS teaching schemes- pdf
History - Famine

Why Did Baby Bridget Die? (KS2 & 3)
State Aid or Self-help (Y9)
Great Irish Hunger (Y9)
Famine in British & Irish History (Y9) ~
Why Is the Irish Famine Important in British & Irish history? (Y8/9)
1. Notes for Teachers  2. Student Workbook

The Truth about Coffin ships?   (also pdf format) (KS3)

History - Migration & Britain

Who has come to Britain, and when? An overview in one lesson (KS3) (01/08/08)

1. Lesson (pdf)  2. Images (PowerPoint)
Thinking Skills (A Mystery) - Irish Diaspora (Y8)
What was it like to be an Irish immigrant in 19th century Britain? (KS3) (revised 20/05/07)
1. Study unit (pdf)  2. Visual Sources & Other Illustrations (PowerPoint)
Liverpool & the Irish Famine (Y9)
Irish in Victorian Britain (A-level)

English, drama, music
Under the Hawthorn Tree - Famine Story (Y5 & 6)
Doolough - A Playscript (KS3)
Drama, Citizenship & the Famine (Y10)

Non-fiction texts for Literacy Hour & English
Famine in Ireland (KS2 & 3)
AEB English Examination (A-level)

IiS resources
Children in the Irish Famine (pdf)
Visual Sources: 'Death Stripped of All Dignity'

Irish Countryside in Painting (pdf)
Sample pages: early 19th century early 20th century
Famine Images (pdf)
  1. Starvation  2. English Press 3. Evaluation

  A selection of these images is available in jpg format at
 
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?alb=0

  Click on 'Browse Member' and enter iis01 in box
Famine in Poetry & Song (pdf)
Famine in Ireland (PowerPoint) - collages of some slides
(Please contact IiS for a download link for the complete file)


An Integrated Approach: the Famine IR
Role Play: the Famine IR
Children of the Famine IR
http://www.irishpotatofamine.org  IR
Towards Famine? Agrarian Society in Ireland Before 1845 IR
De-industrialisation and a Changing World 1820-1850  IR

The Famine: Dealing with the Catastrophe  IR
Private Responses to the Famine  IR


The Irish Famine (BBC)


Click here for further resources on the Famine.

5b. An United Kingdom? - 1916

1916: Presentations & slideshows
Fighting for whom? 1916: the Easter Rising & the Western Front
The Easter Rising & the Somme: Images
(Please contact IiS for download links for these files.)


1916: Study units & resources - pdf format unless otherwise stated
Fighting for whom? 1916 in Ireland & on the Western Front
  1. Student Workbook  2. Notes for Teachers
  (click here for further details)
1916 at Tuxford School

1916 in Trafford

1916 - & Michael Collins - in Blackpool   PowerPoint   (added 30/04/07)
Fighting for whom? - 1916 - Relational Diagram   (added 30/04/07)
The Easter Rising & Beyond

Marches & Murals - 1916 & Present
Images of 1916 (Ppt)
1916 in Irish Art (Ppt)
'Irish battle of Somme stamp is first to mark British military past',
The Guardian, 23 June 2006
1916: Cross-curricular possibilities


The Easter Rising  BBC


Leaders of 1916 by the Irish artist Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin

1916: Seven Days in History  IR
On the Trail of the Easter Rising 1916  IR (Link not working, 18/11/07)
Ireland - a 20th Century Timeline, with Changing Views of O'Connell Street  IR

Postage Stamps Commemorating Irish Struggle for Independence 
Postcards of 1916

5c. An United Kingdom? - other study units & resources

Ireland in Photographs, c.1860-c.1910 - selected photographs
Catholic Emancipation & O’Connell (A-level)
Gladstone & Ireland (A-level)
Fenians to Partition (A-level)
Parnell & the New Ireland (A-level)

Irish Home Rule & the British Comic Press, 1886-93 (PowerPoint) (added 25/06/08)

(Please contact IiS for details of the article analysing the cartoons.)
Ulster Crisis (A-level)
Michael Collins - Fortune Line   (added 30/04/07)
The Black & Tans and the Auxiliaries (Post-16)
1. Documents & Sources 2. Images (PowerPoint)
Ireland 1801-1921 (A2 - Y13)   (revised 28/04-01/05/07)


Tampering with the Union: O'Connell and Reform 1830-1846  IR
Repeal As A Politiciser 1830-1846  IR
The Campaign for Catholic Emancipation, 1823–1829  IR

Home Rule - The Elections of 1885 & 1886  IR

History of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)  IR
The Treaty Negotiations, October-December 1921  IR

6. Using historical fiction - click here to access these resources

Children as evacuees & refugees in the Second World War

1. How Far Does Reading & Writing Historical Fiction Help Us to Understand the Past? Yrs 5/6 /7, mainly History & PSHE
  a. Evacuees - London to Co. Wicklow, Eire, using Safe Harbour
  b. Refugees - Vienna to Co. Down, N. Ireland, using Faraway Home,
  c. Notes for Teachers
2. What Was it Like to be a Child during WWII? - Yr 5 but can be adapted to Key Stage 3, mainly History, but using Safe Harbour
3. Safe Harbour - Yr 6NLS Planning Sheet, can be adapted to Key Stage 3
4. The Holocaust: an Irish Response - KS3 RE, using Faraway Home and the Millisle Refugee Farm
5. Ireland & World War II - Images
7. Northern Ireland - getting behind the headlines?  (~ please contact IiS)

Study units
Key Stage 3
What Happened in Omagh? An Introduction of Irish History (Y7)
  1. Lesson Plans  2. Resources (PowerPoint)  (added 03/05/07)
Resolving Conflict in Northern Ireland (Y8)
English Attitudes to Ireland (Y9)
Peace in Northern Ireland (Y9)
Interpreting Irish History - Michael Collins (Y9)

Timeline Activity   New - 31/01/2008

  1. pdf version   2. PowerPoint

 
GCSE
Division & Peace
Ireland’s Bloody Past 1 - Lower
Ireland’s Bloody Past 2 - Higher
Orange Marches
Bloody Sunday & IRA 1 - Assignments
Bloody Sunday & IRA 2 - Background
Partition of Ireland
  1. Study Unit  2. Documents
Conflict at Holy Cross School, Belfast

Warrington & Reconciliation (GCSE - RE)
Cal & A Modest Proposal (GCSE)

KS3/GCSE
Poetry & The Troubles 1 - with Students’ Work ~
Poetry & The Troubles 2 - without Students' Work


Resources - pdf format
Media Diary
Ireland Quiz 1
- 'entry'
Ireland Quiz 2 - 'exit'
Background on Conflict in Northern Ireland
  1. Three Questions for Teachers - Partition & Political Violence
  2. Ireland Background for Students Doing Coursework
Ulster Unionism: Some Questions
Murals in Northern Ireland*
  1. Symbols  2. Loyalist  3. Republican  4. Sorting Exercise
   The images are available in jpg format at
   http://irelandinschools.myphotoalbum.com
Marches & Murals - 1916 & Present
Reading Images: Murals in Northern Ireland   PowerPoint
'Gables' end: Murals to be replaced', The Guardian, 12 July 2006
Bombing of Markethill
  1. Behind the Headlines  2. Growing up in NI
Warrington Bombing - Press Reactions ~
Irish History in Song
Art & ‘the Troubles’
  1. PowerPoint  2. Three examples (pdf)
Seeing the Whole Picture in Northern Ireland (PowerPoint)

* Slideshows
Murals in NI: 1. Symbols 2. Loyalist 3. Republican


BBC:

Northern Ireland 1965-85  Northern Ireland 'Troubles'  A State Apart


Kathryn Conrad's Northern Ireland Photo Gallery: murals, graffiti, marches, & protests


Click here for further resources on 'Supporting SHP'.