Great Britain 6

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Great Britain 6

So what about Ireland?

A history of Ireland

Ireland is not part of the UK, but why not? A simple question, but a difficult answer.

In 1169 the English invaded Ireland and conquered two-thirds of the island. In the 1570s Ireland was fully conquered and governed by the English. Protestant settlers from England and Scotland were sent by the English king to occupy the lands formerly possessed by the Irish Catholics. The English also introduced the ‘Penal Laws’ which gave more rights to Protestants and less rights to Catholics. Of course, the Irish weren’t happy and there were rebellions in 1569, 1579 and 1594 to free themselves from the English. All without success.

Vanaf wanneer waren de Britten de baas over heel Ierland?

Wat zijn de "penal laws"?

1. Wetten die protestanten en katholieken minder rechten geven
2. Wetten die protestanten en katholieken meer rechten geven
3. Wetten die de katholieken meer rechten geven dan de protestanten
4. Wetten die de protestanten meer rechten geven dan de katholieken

Protestants gained even more rights after the military success of the Dutch Stadtholder William III in 1690. The Battle of the Boyne (the victory of William III over a Catholic army) is up to this day celebrated in Northern-Ireland by Protestants. This caused more problems with the Catholic population and are still present in modern-day Northern-Ireland.

Op welke manier heeft de Nederlandse stadhouder de problemen tussen protestanten en katholieken vergroot?

1. Omdat het katholieke leger verslagen was door de stadhouder
2. Omdat het protestantse leger verslagen was door de stadhouder
3. De stadhouder raakte bevriend met de katholieke gemeenschap
4. De stadhouder raakte bevriend met de protestantse gemeenschap

Disaster struck the Irish in the year 1845. The disaster called the ‘Great Potato Famine’ was a period of disease, crop failure and mass starvation. The English government did almost nothing to help the Irish. About one million people died and another one million left Ireland for America. Because the English government did nothing to help the Irish many were angry and the unrest in Ireland started again.

In 1845 ontstond een grote hongersnood in Ierland. Wat was de oorzaak van de hongersnood?

1. ziekte onder de inwoners
2. Ierland werd geplunderd
3. ziekte onder de gewassen (aardappelen)
4. Ierland werd een koninkrijk

Many Irish wanted independence. On Easter Monday 24 April 1916 rebel leaders declared independence for the Irish Republic. But within a month after the Easter Rising (as the rebellion was called) leaders were executed by the British army. The Irish were furious. There came a civil war between Irish who wanted to remain part of Ireland and those who wanted to be independent. Only in 1922 Ireland became an independent country.

Waarom is Ierland geen onderdeel van Groot Brittannië?

The Northern Irish Conflict 

00:41

Ierland werd in 1921 onafhankelijk, omdat de katholieke Ieren onder andere vonden dat ze door Engeland bestuurd werden als een kolonie in plaats van een volwaardig lid binnen de UK. Waarom bleef Noord-Ierland wel bij de UK?

00:54

‘The Troubles’ begonnen in Noord-Ierland doordat de katholieken geweld gingen gebruiken. True or false?

1. True
2. False

01:01

Waarom werd de demonstratie in 1972 ‘Bloody Sunday’ genoemd?

Warrington bombing

Warrington IRA bombing: Minute’s silence to mark 25th anniversary

Hundreds of people have held a minute’s silence in Warrington to mark the 25th anniversary of an IRA bombing which killed two young boys. Johnathan Ball, three, and Tim Parry, 12, died and 54 others were hurt when two bombs hidden inside litter bins exploded on 20 March 1993. The Provisional IRA acknowledged its involvement the following day.

Waarom werd een minuut stilte gehouden? Noem het jaartal 1993 in je antwoord.

Welke organisatie was verantwoordelijk voor de bomaanslag? Wat betekent de afkorting?

Mr Parry and his wife Wendy established a Foundation for Peace in the names of the two victims. “It’s crystal clear – a day in my life I will never ever forget,” Mr Parry said. He said “Tim died in my arms” five days after the attack on Bridge Street in the town centre, where he had gone to buy a Mother’s Day card. “I’m mostly all cried out… there are occasions when a piece of music catches you unawares”.

Wat waren de twee jongens die dag aan het doen?

1. Een kaart op de post aan het doen
2. Een kaart voor moederdag aan het kopen
3. Inkopen doen voor hun moeder
4. Wandelen in de stad

Saint Patrick's day

Patrick, whom almost everyone calls “Saint Patrick,” although he was never canonized by the Catholic Church, was born to a wealthy family in AD 387 in Kilpatrick, Scotland. His real name was Maewyn Succat. It was his extensive missionary work in Ireland for which Patrick is famous. During the thirty years of work there, he supposedly converted over 135,000 people, established 300 churches, and consecrated 350 bishops. Patrick died on March 17, 461. For over a millennium, the Irish have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on March 17.

Op welke datum wordt Saint Patrick’s Day gevierd en waarom deze datum?

History records that Saint Patrick, at age sixteen, was captured by Irish raiders and spent several years as a slave in Ireland. It was during this time that he learned the various rituals, customs, and language of Druids, and it was these people that he eventually evangelized. Patrick apparently had a dream in which God spoke to him, saying, “Your ship is ready.” Patrick was then able to escape Ireland by ship. Shortly thereafter, he experienced another dream in which he received a letter that was labeled the “voice of the Irish.” When he opened it, he heard the voices of all those whom he had met in Ireland begging him to return.

Saint Patrick then returned to Ireland to tell people about Christ. Though the task was difficult and dangerous, he persisted and was able to build a strong foundation for Christianity. The Irish people were receptive to his teachings, especially in light of the fact that he was able to take several of their Celtic symbols and “Christianize” them. The most well-known of Patrick’s illustrations is the shamrock, a certain type of clover sacred to the Druids, which he used as a symbol of the Trinity.

Wat is de shamrock en waarvoor heeft Saint Patrick dit gebruikt?

1. Een klaver, gebruikt om geesten af te weren
2. Een bloem, gebruik om geesten af te weren
3. Een bloem, gebruikt om het Christendom over te brengen
4. Een klaver, gebruikt om het Christendom over te brengen

Each year millions of people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It is a national holiday in Ireland when people do not work but worship and gather with family. In the United States, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade was held in New York on March 17, 1762. It consisted largely of Irish soldiers. Today, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated by wearing green, which symbolizes spring as well as Irish culture.

Wat is er bijzonder aan de datum 17-03-1762?

Iedereen draagt iets groen op Saint Patrick’s Day. Waar staat het symbool voor?

1. Herfst en de Ierse cultuur
2. Herfst en de Britse cultuur
3. Lente en de Ierse cultuur
4. Lente en de Britse cultuur

00:22

Aan welke sporten doet Gaelic Football je denken?

1. Voetbal en paardrijden
2. Voetbal en rugby
3. Rugby en paardrijden
4. Voetbal en hockey

00:47

Op welke twee manieren kan je scoren en hoeveel punten krijg je als je scoort?

1. In het doel 3 punten Over het doel 1 punt
2. In het doel 1 punt Over het doel 3 punten
3. In het doel of over het doel 1 punt
4. In het doel of over het doel 3 punten

03:03

In Gaelic Football kan een scheidsrechter drie kaarten uitdelen, namelijk een rode, een gele en een zwarte kaart. Wat gebeurt er als een van deze kaarten wordt uitgedeeld aan de spelers?

Peace walls

Northern Ireland’s peace walls: the great divide keeping Troubles at bay

One of the walls which divide Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland.

More than 15 years on from what was known as the Troubles, walls, gates and fences still separate some Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland.

The longest of these barriers, separating the Shankill and Falls roads in Belfast, is more than 10 metres high in parts; an imposing structure of concrete and steel fencing.

Why have walls been built in Belfast?

At nightfall and weekends massive steel gates at crossing points are locked and often the stone-throwing begins, each side blaming the other for rocks found lying close to the wall most days.

In most other countries they have all sorts of sports; soccer, cricket, whatever. In Belfast we have something called recreational rioting.

A Belfast resident

The 1998 Good Friday agreement signalled an end to the sectarian violence that had dogged Northern Ireland since the 1960s, but the so-called ‘peace walls’ remain.

Many say this is for good reason.

“They’re called peace walls I suppose because they’re there to keep the peace between communities where there have been attacks, attacks on houses,” he said.

“Literally in the past you know there would have been shootings, petrol bomb attacks, people burned out of their houses.”

Northern Ireland’s government has put forward a proposal for the dozens of existing walls or interfaces to be removed within the next 10 years, but the plan is unpopular with those who live in their shadow.

“Literally in the past you know there would have been shootings, petrol bomb attacks, people burned out of their houses.”

Waarom noemen ze de muur "peace wall"?

Northern Ireland’s government has put forward a proposal for the dozens of existing walls or interfaces to be removed within the next 10 years, but the plan is unpopular with those who live in their shadow.

“If the politicians are going to say it’s a good idea, I don’t know what they’re thinking about, because there’s too much bitterness between the two communities,” one woman living on the Shankill side of the divide said.

“I’m not proud of it, but it’s there to keep the two communities separated, so there’s nobody gets really hurt, because if that peace wall came down there’d be more lives taken.”

What is going to happen to the wall?

Final assignment

Maak een infographic over Groot-Britannië.

Gebruik daarvoor de volgende onderdelen:

1: history

2: food and drink

3: sports and art

4: visiting Britain

5: Northern-Ireland

Beoordeling:

Je wordt beoordeeld op de volgende punten:

- inhoud en hoe dit overeenkomt met wat je geleerd hebt in de LessonUp's

- creativiteit

Uiterlijk inleveren:

week 21