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Ask About Ireland: Information on the The Famine

Added: 05 Jul 2016 Contributor: Eimear Sheehan Resource type: Guide/notes

Ask about Ireland provides lots of information on the Famine for pupils to use and read to discover more facts about life in olden Ireland.

How it maps to the curriculum

5-6
SESE History

Strand: Eras of Change & Conflict

Strand unit: The Great Famine

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • become familiar with aspects of these periods
  • examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally

Suggestions for use: Advice pupils to use this website when researching about the Irish Famine. Pupils can be asked to create a poster/project/ advertisement for olden Ireland to display their research.

Meta information

  • Asset type: Online Resource
  • Language: English
  • Rights: All rights reserved
  • Cost: No
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