Anglo-Irish Relations (The Troubles)

Contains 6 lessons and Knowledge Organiser on relations between England and Northern Ireland and the development of the Troubles. These lessons are aimed at year 9 (KS3). All resources are differentiated. Resources have been adapted to support lower ability/ nurture pupils where indicated.

Knowledge Organiser includes information relating to the history of the relationship between England and Ireland from the Middle Ages up until the start of the Troubles (Battle of Bogside).

Early Anglo-Irish Relations

Lower ability resources included.

Lesson includes:

Differentiated starter activity using simple maps
Discussion task using maps
Differentiated time line activity
Dual coding plenary activity

Protestant Plantation in Ireland

Nurture/ Low ability version of resources included.

Lesson Contents:

Gap fill activity
Key words activity
Differentiated comprehension activity
Dual coded plenary

Why was Ireland divided by 1921?

Lesson Contents:

Big question starter activity
Differentiated diamond 6 activity with fact file
Differentiated ‘Relig-o-meter’ plenary- pupils explore how far they agree that religion was the main cause of tension in this time period

Why did partition not bring peace in Northern Ireland?

Low ability resources included.

Lesson includes:

Recall quiz starter
Differentiated map/ data analysis task
Differentiated venn diagram activity
Big question plenary

Irish civil rights movement

Learning activities to support understanding of the Irish Civil Rights movement prior to the Troubles. Used as part of a full lesson that included a short video (omitted for copyright reasons).

Includes:
Key words starter activity
Differentiated timeline activity with fact file
Big question activity

Why did paramilitaries become powerful?

Low ability resources included.

Lesson includes:

Starter quiz
Discussion activity
Differentiated information gathering and analysis exercise
Pie chart analysis plenary
Fact files outlining 5 major reasons for paramilitaries increasing their strength in Northern Ireland