Contains a link to an RTÉ archives online exhibition on the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland in 1968. There are seven worksheets containing activities to accompany selected video clips from this exhibition. For LC history students.
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Online exhibition relating to events in Northern Ireland in 1969, in particular the descent into violence in Derry and Belfast in the summer of 1969. Contains background information and audio and video clips.
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Suggestions for use: Can be used in conjunction with a number of worksheets available on Scoilnet. These worksheets contain activities that link to selected clips from the online exhibition. See learning path 'Northern Ireland 1969'.
Strand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Worksheet containing activities for use with RTÉ archives audio and video clips relating to the election of Bernadette Devlin as MP for mid-Ulster in April 1969.
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Suggestions for use: The audio and video clips chosen for use with this resource relate to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, a syllabus element of the topic 'Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993'. Bernadette Devlin is also a key personality for this topic. Contains individual and group work activities that can be used over the course of a 40 minute lesson.
Worksheet containing activities for use with RTÉ archives audio and video clips relating to a vote within the Unionist Party on the issue of 'one man, one vote' in 1969. Although the vote passed the narrowness of the margin eventually forced the resignation of the prime minister of Northern Ireland, Terence O'Neill.
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Suggestions for use: The audio and video clips chosen for use with this resource relate to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, a syllabus element of the topic 'Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993'. Terence O'Neill is a key personality for this topic. Contains individual and group work activities that can be used over the course of a 40 minute lesson.
Worksheet containing activities for use with RTÉ archives audio and video clips relating to the resignation of Terence O'Neill as prime minister of Northern Ireland, the election of James Chichester-Clarke as leader of the Unionist party and reaction on the streets of Derry to the election of Chichester-Clarke.
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Suggestions for use: The audio and video clips chosen for use with this resource relate to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland and from Brookeborough to O'Neill, syllabus elements of the topic 'Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993'. Terence O'Neill is a key personality for this topic. Contains individual and group work activities that can be used over the course of a 40 minute lesson.
Worksheet containing activities for use with RTÉ archives audio and video clips relating to growing tensions in Northern Ireland in 1969, in particular the outbreak of rioting and violence in Derry.
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Suggestions for use: The audio and video clips chosen for use with this resource relate to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, a syllabus element of the topic 'Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993'. Contains individual and group work activities that can be used over the course of a 40 minute lesson.
Worksheet containing activities for use with RTÉ archives audio and video clips relating to the so-called 'Battle of the Bogside' in Derry in August 1969. Relates to footage of the Apprentice Boys march and interviews with civil rights leaders Ivan Cooper and Eddie McAteer.
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Suggestions for use: The audio and video clips chosen for use with this resource relate to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, a syllabus element of the topic 'Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993'. 'The Apprentice Boys of Derry' is a case study for this topic and John Hume is a key personality for this topic. Contains individual and group work activities that can be used over the course of a 40 minute lesson.
Worksheet containing activities for use with RTÉ archives audio and video clips relating to the arrival of British troops in Northern Ireland in 1969
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Suggestions for use: The audio and video clips chosen for use with this resource relate to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, a syllabus element of the topic 'Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993'. Contains individual and group work activities that can be used over the course of a 40 minute lesson.
Worksheet containing activities for use with RTÉ archives audio and video clips relating to the impact of the violence in August 1969 on communities in Northern Ireland.
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 5 Northern Ireland 1949-1993
Suggestions for use: The audio and video clips chosen for use with this resource relate to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, a syllabus element of the topic 'Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993'. Contains individual and group work activities that can be used over the course of a 40 minute lesson.
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