Contains several resources that can be used to teach the 2nd year history unit 'Plantations in Ireland'.
11 resources in this Learning Path
Powerpoint presentation introducing the three groups living in Ireland before the Plantations: Gaelic Irish, Anglo-Norman lords and English living in the Pale. Includes lesson objectives and think-pair-share activity.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: This presentation can be used in conjunction with other resources in the 'Introduction to the Plantations' learning path.
Worksheet containing exercises for students studying the topic Plantations. Contains a map which students can cut out and mark showing the areas of land ownership belonging to different groups living in Ireland before the plantations. Also contains an exercise where students fill in a table with information relating to the groups.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: Can be used in conjunction with other resources as part of the 'Introduction to the Plantations' learning path.
Timeline of key events relating to the Plantations in Ireland from 1500s onwards. Contains spaces for students to fill in the ruler in charge of each plantation.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: Students should be given this timeline at the beginning of the unit on the Plantations in Ireland. They can fill in the timeline as they learn about each plantation in class. This resource can be used in conjunction with other resources that make up the 'Introduction to the Plantations' learning path.
Contains a cloze test exercise on the policy of surrender and regrant pursued by Henry VIII in Ireland in the 16th century. There is also a primary source exercise relating to surrender and regrant.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: Having taught the policy of surrender and regrant, teachers could give students this worksheet in order to assess their learning.
Strand: Early Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 1 Tudor Ireland 1494-1558
Suggestions for use: Having taught the policy of surrender and regrant, teachers could give students this worksheet in order to assess their learning.
Presentation for a single class lesson on the Laois-Offaly plantation. Contains lesson objectives, questions for think-pair-share activities, a map activity and primary source activity.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: The content of this presentation could be used to deliver a single class lesson on the Laois-Offaly plantation.
Presentation (in pdf format) on the Munster Plantation. Suitable for a single period class lesson on the Munster Plantation. Contains a slide with a revision summary of the Laois-Offaly plantation, cartoons helping to illustrate why the Munster plantation happened and an explanation of how the plantation happened.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: Could be used with the worksheet 'Plantation of Munster' also available through the Scoilnet website.
Strand: Early Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 2 Elizabethan Ireland 1558-1603
This video clip contains excerpts from the BBC documentary 'The Story of Ireland' relating to the Munster Plantation in Youghal, Co. Cork. There is a worksheet available through Scoilnet containing questions based on this video clip.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: Use in conjunction with the worksheet available through the Scoilnet website containing questions based on this video clip.
Strand: Early Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 2 Elizabethan Ireland 1558-1603
Suggestions for use: Use in conjunction with the worksheet available through the Scoilnet website containing questions based on this video clip.
Worksheet containing questions based on a video clip on the Munster Plantation. The video clip is accessible here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLwjmrohDhI&list=PLWYRzBXFZzywL868d5i1QdabzW8Tjp45D&index=1 and is an excerpt from the BBC documentary 'The Story of Ireland'. This video clip will help higher ability students to understand why planters like Walter Raleigh and Edmund Spenser felt justified in taking control of lands around Youghal, Co. Cork.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: Distribute copies of the worksheet to students. Play video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLwjmrohDhI&list=PLWYRzBXFZzywL868d5i1QdabzW8Tjp45D&index=1 Play twice to allow for student understanding.
Key Skills: Managing Information and Thinking Literacy
Strand: Early Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 2 Elizabethan Ireland 1558-1603
Suggestions for use: Distribute copies of the worksheet to students. Play video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLwjmrohDhI&list=PLWYRzBXFZzywL868d5i1QdabzW8Tjp45D&index=1 Play twice to allow for student understanding.
Archived site - Considered to be one of the best sites about the Plantation of Ulster. From the BBC it covers all aspects of the causes, course and effects of the plantation. It includes an interactive map and interviews with historians.
View full descriptionStrand: Early Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 3 Kingdom v Colony 1603-1660
Strand: Politics, Conflict & Society
Strand unit: 16th and 17th Century Ireland
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
Archived site - Very clear map that shows the broad pattern of settlement during the Ulster plantation. On the same page you can listen to a historian explain the process of settlement.
View full descriptionStrand: Early Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 3 Kingdom v Colony 1603-1660
Class test on the topic 'Plantations in Ireland' Includes a picture question, document question, short questions and people in history question. Test questions based on past Junior Certificate history examination questions.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 1. Pattern of Settlement & Plantations
Suggestions for use: Class test could be given to 2nd year students at the end of the unit 'Plantations in Ireland'.
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