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Ireland (source: Académie de Rouen) Mr Vittecocq Ia-Ipr
Ireland and Book of Kells
The Secret of Kells (film)
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Webquest (adapted from the original site)
Names : _________________________________________________
Your name is Sean O’Connell. You are Irish-American. You live in Chicago and come to Ireland for the first time with your family to discover your roots.
I) First of all, you decide to learn a bit about the HISTORY of Ireland to understand your roots.
1) Your family moved to America because of the Great Famine. You explain to your family what it is and when it occurred.
The Great Famine is also called ___________________ . It is a famine that took place in _______________ between _______ and ________. It was due to a disease that instantly destroyed the _________________________ for many Irish. The famine has other causes : __________________________________________________________________________. It is suggested that between ___________ and ____________________ people died in the three years from 1846 to 1849 as a result of ____________________, which was about _____% of the population. Many people also emigrated to _____________________________________________________________________.
2) Now, your family asks you why Ireland is mostly Catholic, whereas Great Britain is mostly protestant.
James, a Roman __________, had lost the throne of _________ in the bloodless war called “_________________” of 16___. William won the war. He was ______ of ___________, a Protestant married to ____________________, and became king of Great Britain, so the country became p_________. James sought refuge with his old ally, , who saw an opportunity to strike at William through Ireland. He provided French officers and arms Louis XIV of _______ helped James to control _________, in 16___. James quickly created a parliament, largely __________, refusing Protestantism.
3) When did Ireland become a free state ? ________
4) As you walk in a pub, you hear the song “Bloody Sunday” by U2. It is a famous historical event. Explain what it is in your own words.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
You can watch a live of the song and read the lyrics.
II) You decide to visit the country and learn a bit about the GEOGRAPHY of Ireland.
Ireland is divided in ____ parts. _______________________ is the biggest part. Its capital city is _______________. ____________________ is part of _________________. Its capital city is _______________ .
1) Write the correct names on top of each photograph (type the names in “Google images”) : Dublin, Giant’s Causeway, Cork, Connemara region.
2) Now, locate them on the map of Ireland. Print the blank map and write them on it.
3) Locate the main towns and cities on a map: Dublin, Belfast, Galway, Cork, Limerick, Wicklow, Donegal, Wexford, Kilamey.
Which photo and city is in Northern Ireland ? ___________________________________
III) Now, you go with your family to a typical Irish pub to discover the typical FOOD and DRINKS of Ireland.
1) You order a Colcannon and an Irish stew for you and your family.
What are the two main ingredients of the Colcannon ? ___________________ and kale (=___________).
Explain the tradition.__________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
What are the main ingredients of the Irish stew ? ___________________________________________________________________________
Which one would you prefer ? __________________________________________________
2) Now, you order a drink.
What is the most famous Irish beer ? ___________________
What colour is it ? _______________________
Songs and cultural facts
http://genkienglish.net/haveyouever.htm
Mother’s Roses Lyrics
We all were called to come back to the old home on the farm
Mother’s passed away what a mournful day
And as my daddy watched his eyes were filled with pain and hurt
When someone stepped upon a rose and crush it in the dirt
Don’t step on mother’s roses daddy cried she planted them the day she was my bride
And everytime I see a rose I see her smilin’ face
She made my darkest days look bright round the old homeplace
Don’t step on mother’s roses let them grow
The way they did since many years ago
They’ll bloom for me each year and I’ll have mother near
Don’t step on mother’s roses let them grow
Years have passed away and how the old homeplace has changed
Daddy had to go we all miss him so
Children pick the roses as they go along the way
But when their petals are abused I hear my daddy say
Don’t step on mother’s roses…
Mother’s Roses by Johnny Cash American singer and composer
1932-2003
We all were called to come __ _______ to the old _____on the farm
Mother’s passed away what a mournful _________
And as my __________watched his __________ were filled with pain and hurt
When ____________stepped upon a rose and crush it in the dirt
Don’t step on mother’s roses _______cried she planted them the day she was my bride
And everytime I see ________I see her smilin’ __________
She _________my darkest ___________ look bright round the ____ homeplace
Don’t step _____mother’s roses _________them grow
The way they ________since many years___________
They’ll bloom for me_________ _____________ and I’ll have mother near
Don’t step ______ mother’s roses let ________ grow
Years have passed __________and how the ________homeplace has changed
Daddy_____ ________ _________ we all miss him so
Children pick the __________ as they go along the way
But when their petals ____abused I hear _________daddy say
Don’t step __________mother’s roses…
Johnny Cash
I got stripes
On a monday I was arrested (Uh Huh)
On a tuesday they locked me in the jail (Poor boy)
On a wednesday my trial was attested
On a thursday they said « Guilty! » and the judge’s gavel fell
I got stripes — stripes around my shoulders
I got chains — chains around my feet
I got stripes — stripes around my shoulders
And then chains — then chains, they’re about to drag me down
On a monday I got my striped breeches
On a tuesday, got my ball and chain
On a wednesday I’m working digging ditches
On a thursday Lord I begged them not to knock me down again
On A Monday my Momma Come To See Me
On A Tuesday They Caught Me With A File
On A Wednesday I’m Down In Solitary
On A Thursday I Start On Bread And Water For A While
I Got Stripes — Stripes Around My Shoulders
I Got Chains — Chains Around My Feet
I Got Stripes — Stripes Around My Shoulders
And Then, Chains — Then, Chains They’re About To Drag Me Down
I Got Stripes — Stripes Around My Shoulders
I Got Chains — Chains Around My Feet
I Got Stripes — Stripes Around My Shoulders
And Then, Chains — Then, Chains They’re About To Drag Me
Johnny Cash (February 26th 1932- September 26th 2003) I got stripes
Le chanteur parle des vêtements des prisonniers qui ont des rayures . on peut traduire par “J’ai des rayures” ou en étoffant,
‘Je portais des rayures!’Après un passage à vide, il s’engage auprès des prisonniers et chante pour eux.
Il a donné un concert à la prison de Folsom. Sa réputation a donné lieu à des très nombreuses légendes, à un mélange étonnant d’évènements plus ou moins véridiques et plus ou moins conformes à la réalité …
I – One blank= one missing word!
- jours de la semaine
- parties du corps: épaules et pieds (attention au pluriel!)
On a ___________,I was arrested (Uh Huh)
On a ___________ ,they locked me in the jail (Poor boy)
On a ___________,my trial was attested
On a _____________,they said « Guilty! » and the judge’s gavel fell
I got stripes — stripes around my ______________
I got chains — chains around my __________________
I got stripes — stripes around my ________________
And then chains — then chains, they’re about to drag me down
On a _____________, I got my striped breeches
On a _____________, I got my ball and chain
On a _____________,I’m working digging ditches
On a ____________,Lord I begged them not to knock me down again
On a___________ ,my Momma came to see me
On a____________, they caught me with a file
On a_____________,I’m down in solitary
On a ______________,I start on bread and water for a while
I got stripes — stripes around my _______________
I got chains — chains around my _______________
I got stripes —stripes around my _______________
And then, chains — then, chains they’re about to drag me down
I got stripes — stripes around my ________________
I got chains — chains around my ________________
I got stripes — stripes around my _______________
II- En s’aidant d’un mot connu dans la phrase, il faut retrouver la phrase entière:
Je déprime en cellule d’isolement :
Je porte des rayures ou j’ai un vêtement avec des rayures:
Ils vont me traîner par terre:
Je les ai suppliés de ne pas m’assommer:
J ‘étais au pain et à l’eau pendant un moment:
Je travaille à creuser des fossés:
Maman est venue me voir:
J’ai été arrêté:
On m’a mis en prison:
Ils ont dit « Coupable! » et le maillet (marteau) du juge est tombé:
Je portais ou j’ai des culottes à rayures:
Mon procès a été attesté:
III- Quel(s) temps sont utilisé(s)?
I’ve never been to Athens and I’ve never been to Rome
I’ve only seen the Pyramids in picture books at home
I’ve never sailed across the sea or been inside a plane
I’ve always spent my holidays in Brighton in the rain.
I’ve never eaten foreign food or drunk in a foreign bar
I’ve never kissed a foreign girl or driven a foreign car
I’ve never had to find my way in a country I don’t know
I’ve always known just where I am and where I’ll never go.
I’ve read travel books by writers who have been to Pakistan
I’ve heard people telling stories of adventures in Iran
I’ve watched TV documentaries about China and Brazil
But I’ve never been abroad myself; it’s making me feel ill.
I’ve studied several languages like Hindi and Malay
I’ve learnt lots of useful sentences I’ve never been able to say
The furthest place I’ve ever been was to the Isle of Man
And that was full of tourists from Jamaica and Japan.
I’ve never been to Athens and I’ve never been to Rome
I’ve only seen the Pyramids in picture books at home
I’ve never sailed across the sea or been inside a plane
I’ve always spent my holidays in Brighton in the rain.
Famine
by
Sinead O’Connor
“Famine”
OK, I want to talk about Ireland
Specifically I want to talk about the “famine”
About the fact that there never really was one
There was no “famine”
See Irish people were only ALLOWED to eat potatoes
All of the other food
Meat fish vegetables
Were shipped out of the country under armed guard
To England while the Irish people starved
And then in the middle of all this
They gave us money not to teach our children Irish
And so we lost our history
And this is what I think is still hurting me
See we’re like a child that’s been battered
Has to drive itself out of its head because it’s frightening
Still feels all the painful feelings
But they lose contact with the memory
And this leads to massive self-destruction
ALCOHOLISM DRUG ADICTION
All desperate attempts at running
And in its worst form
Becomes actual killing
And if there ever is gonna be healing
There has to be remembering
And then grieving
So that there can be forgiving
There has to be knowledge and understanding
An American army regulation
Says you mustn’t kill more than 10% of a nation
‘Cos to do so causes permanent “psychological damage”
It’s not permanent but they didn’t know that
Anyway during the supposed “famine”
We lost a lot more than 10% of a nation
Through deaths on land or on ships of emigration
But what finally broke us was not starvation
BUT ITS USE IN THE CONTROLLING OF OUR EDUCATION “Schools go on about “Black 47”
On and on about “The terrible “famine””
But what they don’t say is in truth
There really never was one
So let’s take a look shall we
The highest statistics of child abuse in the EEC
And we say we’re a Christian country
But we’ve lost contact with our history
See we used to worship God as a mother
We’re suffering from POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Look at all our old men in the pubs
Look at all our young people on drugs
We used to worship God as a mother
Now look at what we’re doing to each other
We’ve even made killers of ourselves
The most child-like trusting people in the Universe
And this is what’s wrong with us
Our history books THE PARENT FIGURES lied to us
I see the Irish As a race like a child
That got itself bashed in the face
And if there ever is gonna be healing
There has to be remembering And then grieving
So that there can be FORGIVING
There has to be KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING
Copyright material
Internet Sites
Natural Disasters
http://www.click2disasters.com/great_hunger/great_hunger_ch1.htm
Great Famine Commemoration Exhibit
http://www.skibbheritage.com/famine.htm
Slide Show
http://205.213.162.11/project_write/PW_2002/handouts/sampleppt/sld001.htm
Primary sources-newspaper articles
http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE/
Diary, primary sources
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Irish/Famine.html
Poetry, etc.
http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE/
Memorial in Boston
http://www.boston.com/partners/famine_memorial/
Memorial
http://www.batteryparkcity.org/ihm.htm
Songs
http://ingeb.org/catei.htm
Clip art, etc.
http://www.eirefirst.com/index.html
Audio on famine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/longview_20020402.shtml
Irish immigration to America
http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm
Immigration
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish2.html
Animated map of settlement
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish_map.html
Portals to Other Links
http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/irish/irhist.html
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/2807/
http://www.local.ie/general/history/famine/
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/famine.html
http://www.seark.net/~sabra/potato.html
http://www.seark.net/~sabra/ireland.html
http://www.edc.org/CCT/NDL/1998/institute/stan/immlinks.html#irish
Tools
Click here for a sample scrapbook
Rubric for Grading of the Scrapbook
Teacher Reference page
References
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary lets you quickly get definitions to words. Bookmark this as a favorite site so you can get to it easily. ( http://www.m-w.com/)
Roget’s Internet Thesaurus allows you to find words that have similar meanings. (http://thesaurus.reference.com/thesaurus/)
The Citation Machine helps with citing your sources for the bibliography page.
(http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php?mode=form&cm=9&list=nonprint)
Created by Judy Annan, CCSD School District
Charleston, South Carolina
February, 2004
Judy_Annan@charleston.k12.sc.us
