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Article
Irelands Eye

The Fenian Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The brief history of the Fenian Movement in Ireland during the mid-1800's, as they tried to fight for Irish independence and home rule.
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Article
Irelands Eye

Henry Grattan's Parliament

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Henry Grattan's influence on the Irish Parliament in the late 1700's.
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Article
Irelands Eye

Ulster Will Fight

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the religious and political struggles between what is now Ireland and Northern Ireland during the early 1900's.
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Within These Walls

For Students 9th - 10th
Creatively tells the story of a house that has been a home to five American families over the period of time from the colonial era to the Second World War. You can find information about the house itself as well as the culture of the...
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Judy Ridner, How to Teach the History of the Scots Irish in Pennsylvania

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an article about the stereotypes of the Scots Irish in early Pennsylvania. The author discusses her book "The Scots Irish of Early Pennsylvania" which challenges these stereotypes.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Irish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Irish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Scottish and Scotch Irish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Scottish and Scotch-Irish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Osu History Teaching Institute: Irish Immigration to the United States

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Brief overview of how various immigrant groups have been accepted with a focus on the Irish. Discusses the melting pot concept of immigration and how it compares to the 'salad bowl' concept of immigration.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1840: Irish and German Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
Famine and political revolution in Europe led millions of Irish and German citizens to immigrate to America in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Irish Immigrants

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Irish Immigrants to the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How 38 Ira Members Pulled Off the Uk's Biggest Prison Escape

For Students 9th - 10th
During the height of Northern Ireland's "Troubles" in the 1970s and '80s, the British government incarcerated hundreds of Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) paramilitaries inside the notorious Maze Prison. Touted as Europe's most...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: History: Northern Ireland: The Troubles, 1963 85

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives an objective view of the problems that brought about "The Troubles" that afflicted Northern Ireland between 1963 and 1985, the actions taken on all sides, and the Anglo-Irish Agreement which sought to end the conflicts.
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Website
BBC

Bbc History: Historic Figures: Oscar Wilde (1854 1900)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and critic Oscar Wilde.
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Handout
Tennessee History For Kids

Tennessee History for Kids: Kings Mountain

For Students 4th - 8th
It was the most famous road trip and the most important victory in Tennessee history. During the American Revolution, a British commander named Patrick Ferguson led an army through South Carolina. Along the way, he sent a threatening...
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Website
BBC

Bbc: History: Edmund Burke (1729 1797)

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...
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Handout
Other

Kinsella Homepage: Irish Immigrants in America During the 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives insight into what life was like for Irish immigrants who came to America during the 19th century.
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Lucy Salyer Uncovers the History of Expatriation & the Fenian Brotherhood

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholar Lucy Salyer writes about Irish Americans who joined the Fenian Brotherhood around the time of the U.S. Civil War and the shifting ideas of allegiance, citizenship, and expatriation implicated in their story. Read the following...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Irish and German Immigration

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the reasons thousands of Irish and Germans emigrated to the United States in the first half of the 19th century. Find out why there was a backlash to influx of so many immigrants, and learn about the Nativists who wanted to...
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Website
Other

Critical Survey: Irish Poetic Modernisms a Reappraisal

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly article attempts to place the Irish Literary Revival within the context of "European and American modernism - their shared preoccupation with mysticism, symbolism, millenarianism, and anti-modernization."
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Article
Other

Cassidy Clan: Irish Poetry & the Cassidy Contribution

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion and explanation of the importance of poetry in Ireland and the importance of Irish literature. Discusses the Irish masterpiece "Banshenchas" and provides a link to the actual text.
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Handout
Other

Visit Ireland: Irish Food and Drink

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of Irish food and drink.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: American Ethnic Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Educated white men weren't the only ones contributing to a truly American literature. Read about the literature written by Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Irish Americans. All added to the melting pot of...
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Handout
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Set Apart Religious Communities in Pennsylvania

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the history of Pennsylvania's religious communities in this detailed, historical account. Contained within this site are links to audio, video, and pictorial images of events and people during this era.
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Article
Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: The Great Hunger

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the aftermath of the potato famine; 4 million dead, 2.5 million refugees. Mentions the Irish peasantry, landlords, British Government, relief, and the cause of the famine.

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