Learning Path
The Irish Famine Learning Path
By Louise Clarke
Sources for History Lessons
3 resources in this Learning Path
1
Irish Famine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv_s27Zbg90 Added: 01 Jul 2018 Contributor: Caroline Sweeney Resource type: Audio / VideoBrief clip on the causes and effects of the Irish Famine of 1845
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- SESE History
Strand: Continuity & Change Over Time
2
Letter Home from an Irish Emigrant - Thomas Reilly
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/32582/32324.pdf Added: 17 Apr 2020 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type:Written in 1848 the letter describes the author's sailing to America and the terrible storms encountered on the voyage. Reilly, who is now based in Albany, New York, describes the difficulties of settling in a new land. This letter is part of a wider project on migration by the US website Re-imagining Migration. The letter is followed by questions aimed at students.
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- 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: Read in class and pose the questions listed.
- JC
- History
Strand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 7. The Great Famine
Suggestions for use: Read in class and answer the questions posed.
Key Skills: Communicating Literacy
3
Letter to Irish Emigrant in America from Sister in Ireland - Hannah Curtis
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/32581/32323.pdf Added: 17 Apr 2020 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Primary SourceA letter from Hannah Curtis to her brother John in Philadelphia in 1848. Hannah is writing from Co Laois and describes conditions in Ireland due to the potato famine. This letter is part of an American project exploring migration. A year after the letter was written Hannah and her husband also emigrated to America.
View full descriptionHow 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: Read the letter in class and explore conditions in Ireland during the famine. Answer the questions posed at the bottom of the letter.
- JC
- History
Strand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 7. The Great Famine
Suggestions for use: Read the letters in class and answer the questions posed. Great for students to experience a first-hand report of conditions in Ireland.
Key Skills: Managing Information and Thinking Literacy
