V4 - P3 - Week 8 - Lesson 3 - Poetry reader - The Troubles

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Poetry Reader - The Troubles

Lesson goals

- You will have worked on the poetry project

- You will have analysed a song

- You will have learned more about a specific conflict in history

- You will have successfully worked in pairs

Today's Lesson

Learn about:

The Troubles

What do you know about
the history between Ireland and Britain?

The Irish Conflict

You have been reading about conflict in WW1.

> An important part of British history is the conflict between it and Ireland.

This dates back to centuries before, but came to a big explosion in 1916 called The Easter Rising

> All of this happened in the name of the War of Independence 

> Ireland wanted to be independent from Britain. 

> We will watch a video about how the conflict came about

Bloody Sunday

The Irish band U2 wrote a song about this day and it's one of their most overtly political songs, its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, mainly focusing on the 1972 Bloody Sunday incident in Derry where British troops shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters. 

> We will listen to the song together (read along) and answer questions about it afterwards.

What do you think about the song and
it's topic?

The Troubles - Assignment

You know more about the conflict due to the British occupation of Ireland and the War of Indepence that resulted from that. 

You will now answer questions about this ongoing conflict. 

Use the Internet to help you. 

- In pairs

- Reader page 18

- Answer the questions in English

Lesson goals

- You have worked on the poetry project

- You have analysed a song

- You have learned more about a specific conflict in history

- You have successfully worked in pairs