The Irish Flag
Added: 09 Dec 2015
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Guide/notes
A Scoilnet website exploring episodes in the historical evolution of the Irish tricolour flag. Content for the site was based on original research and is presented through a 'timeline' and 'stories' associated with the flag. Most of the stories have questions for students embedded and there is a separate section for Primary Activities.
How it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- History
Strand: Supplementary Resources
Suggestions for use: The story of the flag is closely interwined with the evolution of a sovereign state. Use some of the stories here to support the textbook.
Key Skills:
- Managing Information and Thinking
- Literacy
- 5-6
- SESE History
Strand: Politics, Conflict & Society
Strand unit: 1916 and the foundation of the state
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- acquire insights into the attitudes and actions of people in contemporary Ireland
- acquire some knowledge of the major personalities, events or developments in these periods
- begin to develop some appreciation of the ‘mind-set’ of former generations
- engage in simple studies of some of the more important aspects of periods in which political changes or movements have had an important influence on the lives of people in Ireland
- explore, discuss, compare and develop some simple understanding of the attitudes, beliefs, motivations and actions of differing individuals and groups of people in the past
Suggestions for use: Get the class to explore the origins of the Irish flag. Tell the story of thomas Francis Meagher.
