The Irish Potato Famine and its Impact on Emigration.

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The Irish Potato Famine and its Impact on
Emigration.
Year 7 Cookstown Primary School
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The Irish Famine

• What happened?
• What were the effects?
• How was our local area impacted?
• What procedures were put in place locally to deal
  with the disaster?

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Geography

• Exploring local area
• Comparing maps- old and new
• Studying passenger lists from the 1800s
• Identifying some of the reasons why people today
  might choose to emigrate

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Literacy

• Under the Hawthorne Tree by Marita McConlon
• The Fairies by William Allingham
• Robert Whytes Famine Ship Diary
• Fields of Athenry
• Ulster in Focus Series
• Drama-Role Play Scenarios

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ICT

• Digital Video filming at the Ulster American
  Folk Park
• Importing and editing footage on computer
• Taking photos on digital camera, importing,
  adding captions and printing

• Using the Internet to research Irish Famine
  Memorials all over the world
• E-mailing a modern day emigrant in Canada
• www.makepovertyhistory.com

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The Potato Crop has
Failed.
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What will the Future
Hold?
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Take 12!
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In the Ticket Office.
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Resting by
the Docks!
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Time to Board!
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Home Fades into the
Distance!
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PD

• Raising the individuals Self Esteem
• Giving the children control of their learning
• Building Teamwork
• Developing Empathy