Immigration lesson

Irish famine 1845 -1855
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This lesson contains 24 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 60 min

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Irish famine 1845 -1855

Slide 1 - Slide

Planning for today
  • What do you know now?
  • Video on Irish migration
  • Reading about the famine
  • Difficult words
  • Quiz
  • Statistics
  • Pratical assignment

Slide 2 - Slide

What do you already know about migration?

Slide 3 - Mind map

What do you want to learn today?

Slide 4 - Mind map

Slide 5 - Link

Reading the text

Slide 6 - Slide

Reading the text
  • Read the text carefully
  • Highlight the words you think are difficult
  • Try to think about what the words might mean
  • After 5 minutes discuss with your neighbour about what you both think those words might mean
  • After another 5 minutes we will discuss the keywords together and make a glossary

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Slide

What is migration?
A
Moving between countries
B
Moving to the city
C
Moving to another country
D
Moving to the countryside

Slide 9 - Quiz

How many migrants where there between 1845 -1855
A
1.500.000
B
1.100.000
C
50.000
D
250.000

Slide 10 - Quiz

Where did the great famine mainly take place?
A
London
B
Scotland
C
Ireland
D
Wales

Slide 11 - Quiz

How come there are so many people of Irish heritage in the US?
A
They moved there because of the great famine
B
They moved there because of the many wars
C
They moved there because of the plague

Slide 12 - Quiz

When did the Irish Potato Famine occur?
A
1845-49
B
1840-45
C
1855-63
D
1887-1893

Slide 13 - Quiz

Slide 14 - Slide

This graph does not include those who emigrated to England, Scotland an Wales. 

Slide 15 - Slide

Let's make a poster!
  • On your poster you will describe the following things:
  • The causes and effects of migrations
  • At least two graphic diagrams about Irish migration
  • A timeline of the famine and migration
  • Your personal glossary  (the words you think are difficult)
  • What did you learn today?
  • You can be as creative as you like and work in pairs!

Slide 16 - Slide

example of the poster

Slide 17 - Slide

We learned about Irish migration during this project. What do you know about migration in the Netherlands?

Slide 18 - Open question

Slide 19 - Slide

Did you enjoy the project
Yes
No

Slide 20 - Poll

What did you like about the project

Slide 21 - Open question

What did you dislike about the project?

Slide 22 - Open question

What would you change about the project?

Slide 23 - Open question

Slide 24 - Slide