Divided Island

For the less academic pupil, this series provides a resource for the delivery of the curriculum in a colourful way, enticing children to enjoy learning. This book covers Divided Island, focusing on the 19th century rebellions in Ireland for KS3 History.



Contents:



1 The Story



2 What is a nation?



3 Symbols of a nation



4 The British Empire



5 Ireland and the British Empire



6 Living in Ireland



7 The Great Famine 1845-1849



8 How a landlord helped in Black '47



9 Emigration



Activity page: A Coffin ship arrives in Derry



10 Britain: workshop of the world



11 Trade and industry in Ulster



12 Industries in Belfast



13 The Act of Union



14 Opposition to English rule



15 The Home Rule Party



16 The Land League and Home Rule



17 The Land War



18 Gladstone and the First Home Rule Bill



19 The downfall of Parnell



20 The Gaelic Revival



21 Unionists in the south of Ireland



22 Unionists in the north of Ireland



23 The Third Home Rule Crisis



24 Unionists against Home Rule



25 Ulster Day, 28th September 1912



26 The Ulster Volunteer Force



27 The UVF needed guns



28 The Larne gun-running, 1914



Activity page: compare two sources



29 The Irish Volunteer Force, 1914



30 Gun-running at Howth, 1914



31 Remember Bachelor's Walk



32 The Third Home Rule Bill passed



33 The First World War, 1914-1918



34 "It's not Ireland's war"



35 Why I went to war



36 The Easter Rising, 1916



37 A week in Dublin in 1916



38 The rebels surrender



39 What the papers said



40 The execution of the leaders



41 Countess Markievicz



Activity page: Markievicz is sentenced



42 The horror of war



43 Nationalists against conscription



44 The soldiers return home from the war



45 The General Election of 1918



46 Dail Eireann



47 The War of Independence



48 The Black and Tans



49 Partition



Timeline



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