3. Key stage 3 What drove people to migrate? The Irish

This is the third lesson in the What drove people to migrate? series of lessons for a half term. This series of lessons is designed to follow on directly from the Migration to Britain series of lessons available to buy in my shop.

This lesson aims to enable students to describe at least 3 facts about the Great Famine in Ireland, identify and list how Irish migrants were mistreated in England and use sources to make 2 inferences about the experiences of Irish migrants in England.

This lesson consists of a power point with all resources and information included. The power point includes:

Title slide with joke and riddle
Differentiated SMART learning objectives
Starter: students must try and think of a reason why Ireland’s population was in decline up to the 1960’s
Activity 1: Students watch a video and answer the questions
Activity 2: Students work in pairs to identify the ways that Irish migrants to England were mistreated
Activity 3: Students analyse 2 sources and attempt to make 2 inferences from each
Plenary: students choose 3 emojis to represent how Irish migrants would have felt
Homework: Students choose whether to create a comic strip or write a newspaper article