economic Factors
What: To consider the causes, course and impact of the Economic hardship in Ireland mid-nineteenth century.
How: Write and account of the famine from the perspective of a witness to the famine.
How: Write and account of the famine from the perspective of a witness to the famine.
Ireland's Economy before the great famine
Summaries the key Economic changes that occurred in Ireland between 1800 to 1845.
Land ownership
Using the information on Page 208 from the textbook (Todd and Bottaro, En. 1) create a hierarchy diagram (triangle) to demonstrate landownership in Ireland. Demonstrate the land and payments that flowed between the different groups.
The great famine 1845-1849
Write an account of the Famine during the period 1845 - 1849 from one of the following perspectives:
- The Chief Secretary for Ireland
- Valentine Brown Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry
- A Protestant landowner in Munster
- A Cottier in Skibereen
The impact of the great Famine
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