Irish Road Trip - Co. Donegal

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On our final road trip stop, we will be visiting Co. Donegal. We will take a look at the vastly different landscapes of Donegal before we take a closer look at some of the attractions for tourists.
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Activity 1

Holiday Selfies
In this activity, the children will have to 'photoshop' themselves into some holiday snaps from around Donegal. I suggest you use either the tools within Word or Canva to do this. You can download teacher instructions for how to use these below
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Lesson Plan

Everything you need to give this lesson a try. On the left side we have our lesson objectives, in the middle are the activities and on the right are the assessment tools!
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From the Curriculum

Strand: Human Environments
Strand Unit:
People living and working in the local area People living and working in a contrasting part of Ireland

Curriculum Objectives

The child should be enabled to:
1) explore, investigate and come to appreciate the major features of the built environment in the locality and in a contrasting part of Ireland
2) explore and investigate, especially through practical studies, a small number of the common economic activities of people in the locality and in a contrasting part of Ireland

Learning Objectives

-use the language of history including: chronology, timeline, causes, sources.


-sequence the events leading up to the start of WW1.


-identify some of the reasons why WW1 started.


-use online sources of information to research the flags of WW1 countries.



Learning Activities

-Video Stimulus: watch the video stimulus explaining the causes of WW1, pausing the video when prompted to answer stimulus questions.
-Comic Strip Sequencing: draw a three piece comic strip that explains the events of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination.
-Summarising: using the video content, summarise three reasons why war was inevitable, even without Ferdinand's assassination.
-Flag Research: using ICT resources, research the flags of various countries that took part in WW1. Research carefully to make sure you are finding sources that show WW1 flags not modern flags.

Assessment

-Teacher Designed Tasks:
1) Comic Strip Sequence
2) Reasons for War
3) Flag Research Sheet

-Teacher Questioning:
1) Can you identify a few reasons why WW1 started?
2) Can you put the events of Franz Ferdinand's assassination in order?







Rang Maher