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The Great Famine - Coggle Diagram
The Great Famine
The Progress of the Famine
Outline the main events during the Famine
AfL: chronological timeline of the Famine
AoL: symptoms of diseases activity
Examine the local areas during the Famine
AoL: visual inspection of different areas (visuals, extracts)
AoL: investigation into the Skibbereen workhouse
The British Government
Consider how the British Government coped with the Famine
AfL: key figure profile: Robert Peel vs Lord
AoL: comparing governments during the Famine
AoL:
Higher Order Thinking
- analyse different Acts (Soup Kitchen Act, Laissez-faire policy, public work schemes), evaluate their impact on the population
Analyse the government's actions during the Famine
AoL: Debate ("Did the government do enough for Irish people?"
Emigration during the Famine
Investigate the role of emigration in the Great Famine
AfL: Source analysis (looking at Coffin ships)
Compose a map of where people emigrated to
AoL: Timeline of when people emigrated (graph of numbers)
The Irish Diaspora
Define "Irish Diaspora"
AoL: keyword bank
Evaluate the significance of Irish Diaspora
AoL: graph/sequence of events after the Famine
AfL: looking at celebrities of Irish Diaspora (Ed Sheeran, Demi Lovato, Henry Ford, Muhammed Ali, Anne Hathaway)
AoL: key figure profile: pick on celebrity and connect them to Irish Diaspora (mind-map, graph, poster, written answer, etc.)
Ireland in 1840
Describe the condition of Ireland before the Great Famine
AfL: Think-pair-share "What was Ireland like before the Famine?"
AoL: Compare/contrast activity
The Causes
Examine the causes of the Famine
AfL: Rank the causes of the Famine
AoL: source analysis (I see, I think, I wonder)
Consequences
Explore the consequences of the Great Famine
AfL: rank the consequences of the Great Famine
AoL: mind-map of the consequences