Upload
truongxuyen
View
218
Download
3
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
An Introduction to the Planning Framework for Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98
This planning framework is offered as a starting point for teachers who want to teach Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98 in a rigorous, yet engaging way. The framework provides examples of how the content of this option may be approached, alongside some suggested learning and teaching activities. It is hoped that the information and ideas contained in this planning framework will help teachers to design their own scheme of work for this option which is tailored to meet the timetabling needs of your school, reflects the staffing requirements of your department and, most importantly, meets the needs of your students. As part of the planning process, teachers may wish to consider whether a few ‘lead in’ lessons may be necessary to provide some background context depending on the department’s Key Stage 3 History programme. Finally, as this document has been designed as a planning tool, it does not replace the specification or specimen assessment materials. In addition, it is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive.
Unit Overview
Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98 is a local study, providing the opportunity for students to focus on the changing relationships between Northern Ireland, Britain and the Republic of Ireland, and among the different communities in Northern Ireland, against the backdrop of political and civil unrest. The study begins with an exploration of the different groups in Northern Ireland and the increasing discontent with the Northern Ireland government led by Captain Terence O’Neill. This option looks at the rise of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland and the unrest that followed, including the rise in paramilitary activity and the time period known as the ‘Troubles’. The focus then shifts to the change in the British government’s tactics in Northern Ireland and the search for a political solution, culminating in the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Assessment Overview
The assessment of this local study enables students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding and their ability to create structured accounts of key events in the period 1965–98 in Northern Ireland, Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
The Assessment Objectives below set out the skills students should have the opportunity to develop through their study of this option and which will be assessed in the examination paper. Students should be able to:
1
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the period studied (AO1);
explain and analyse historical events and periods studied using second-order historical concepts including continuity, change, cause, consequence, significance, similarity and difference (AO2); and
analyse, evaluate and use sources (contemporary to the period) to make substantiated judgements, in the context of historical events studied (AO3).
GCSE History and the Northern Ireland Curriculum at Key Stage 4
The CCEA GCSE History Specification aims to build on students’ learning experiences and their historical skills and understanding from Key Stage 3. In addition, through the teaching of CCEA GCSE History, opportunities exist to develop the statutory skills requirements of the Northern Ireland Curriculum at Key Stage 4. These are:
Key Stage 4 Statutory Skills Requirements
Cross-Curricular Skills Signposting in Planning Framework
Communication COMM Using Mathematics UM Using ICT UICT
Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities Signposting in Planning Framework
Problem Solving PS Working with Others WO Self-Management SM
The suggested teaching and learning activities included in this planning framework provide examples as to how, through the context of history, these statutory skills can be promoted.
Suggested Learning and Teaching Activities
Many, though not all, of the active learning and teaching methodologies suggested in this Planning Framework draw upon those described in the CCEA publication ‘Active Learning and Teaching Methods for Key Stage Three’. This document can be accessed at http://ccea.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/curriculum/area_of_learning/ks3_active_learning_teaching_methods.pdf
Getting Started – The Basics
Teachers may wish to provide students with some of the key words/terms/issues/people relevant to this option. In Appendix 1 some
2
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
‘starter’ words have been provided. In addition, as an introduction to this option, it may be also helpful to provide with a timeline of the ‘big picture’. A timeline for Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98 can be found in Appendix 2. To assist with the resourcing of this new option, we have included some possible resources which may be of use to teachers and students. Appendix 3 contains a resource list for this option.
3
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Planning Framework for GCSE History
Unit 1 Section B Option 2: Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The O’Neill years
O’Neill’s policies and actions to improve the economy: successes and failures
O’Neill’s attempts to improve community relations in Northern Ireland and the differing responses to his efforts
O’Neill’s attempts to improve relations with the Republic of Ireland and the differing responses in Northern Ireland to his efforts
Exemplification of content:At the end of this section, students should understand why O’Neill wanted to improve the economy of Northern Ireland. They should also consider O’Neill’s successes and failures. Students should be able to assess the significance of O’Neill’s attempts at improving relations with the Republic of Ireland and between the two main communities in Northern Ireland. The differing responses to his efforts to improve relations should also be considered.
Suggestions for teaching and learning: Display a map of the island of Ireland and highlight
key landmarks to provide context for this unit: e.g. the six counties of Northern Ireland, the River Bann, Coleraine, Belfast, Dublin (other areas can be developed as the unit progresses, e.g. Caledon, Burntollet)
Students could Mind Map the causes of the partition of Ireland and the consequences that this had for the island and its people (this will draw upon KS3 learning). Teachers could then make links between
SM
PS
4
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
partition and the 1960s to give context to the period Create a graffiti wall to record the problems facing
Northern Ireland when O’Neill became Prime Minister
Show pictorial sources e.g. one of O’Neill visiting a Catholic school and the other showing O’Neill meeting Sean Lemass. Ask students to consider in what ways do the sources suggest the different ways that O’Neill was attempting to build bridges as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland?
COMM
The O’Neill years(cont.)
Students complete a card sorting activity to ‘pair up’ O’Neill’s aims for Northern Ireland with his policies/actions
Provide students with a range of statistics. Using these statistics, students could present evidence to show the successes and failures of O’Neill’s economic policies
Create a table on O’Neill’s premiership under the following headings: aim, policy/action, differing responses to policy/action
Assess the different perspectives on O’Neill - both the opposition and support for O’Neill in Northern Ireland. Students consider the question: why did some of O’Neill’s policies attract opposition from both sides of the community in Northern Ireland?
SM
UM
SM
COMM
5
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
6
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The campaign for civil rights
The influence of the civil rights movement in the United States of America on Northern Ireland
Reasons for the emergence of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA), its demands and methods and the differing attitudes towards it
Early civil rights marches, including British government and police responses, O’Neill’s five- point reform programme and the differing responses to it
The effectiveness of NICRA
Reasons for the
Exemplification of content:At the end of this section, students should be able to draw parallels between the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s and the emergence of the civil rights association in Northern Ireland including its aims, demands and methods/tactics. Students should be able to explain the reactions of the different communities in Northern Ireland to NICRA and assess the effectiveness of NICRA, including the emergence of the People’s Democracy.
Suggestions for teaching and learning: Teachers could show the students video clips and
images connected to civil rights in the USA. Students could be asked to discuss why the US civil rights movement emerged
Set up different source work stations around the classroom. Students move freely around each station, gathering evidence from the different sources to tell us why some people in Northern Ireland felt there was a need for a civil rights movement. Ask the students for feedback and collate the information using a mind map - categories could include: jobs, housing, voting. Ask the students, do they think there is any connection between the problems/issues that existed?
SM
PS
PS
7
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
emergence of the People’s Democracy (PD): actions and impact
Reasons for the downfall of O’Neill
Using a range of contemporary sources e.g. posters, written sources, speeches, film footage etc. students could compare the civil rights movement in the USA with the emergence of NICRA. The following headings could be used to record information on the civil rights movement in the USA and the NICRA – e.g. demands, methods, supporters, similarities, differences
The campaign for civil rights (cont.)
Using ICT, students could design an information leaflet identifying the influences, demands and methods/tactics of NICRA
Use a card sorting activity to match O’Neill’s Five-point reform programme with the demands of NICRA. Show O’Neill’s Five-point plan/reforms - identify which of the civil rights demands were granted/withheld. Prompt students with questions such as: How far were NICRA’s demands met? Where did O’Neill’s plan fall short of NICRA demands? How satisfied would a NICRA campaigner have been with O’Neill response? etc.
Teachers could provide the class with cards which outline the key developments in the demise of O’Neill. In pairs, students could order these in the correct chronological order and then record them as a flow chart in their notes
Students could answer the following question:
COMMPS
WO
WO
8
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
‘Terence O’Neill was a successful Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.’ Do you agree?
9
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
A deteriorating situation, 1969
Increasing tensions and violence, summer 1969
The reasons for and consequences of the intervention of the Irish and British governments
Exemplification of content:
At the end of this section, students should understand why violence erupted on the streets of Northern Ireland in the summer of 1969. Students should understand the reasons for and the consequences of the intervention of the British and Irish governments to deal with the deteriorating situation, including the arrival of the British army in August 1969.Suggestions for teaching and learning: Create a class Mind Map to suggest reasons why, in
spite of the reforms introduced by O’Neill, violence still erupted on the streets in Northern Ireland
‘Consider all options’ activity - what were the options available to the British government and the government of Northern Ireland to deal with the deteriorating situation in 1971? Match each option with a corresponding response from the nationalist, republican, unionist and loyalist communities
Complete an ‘If I was in your shoes’ activity, and ask each student to put themselves in the position of the British Prime Minister in 1971. Weigh up the options available to them, make a decision to try and stop the increasing violence and justify this decision
Using ICT, create a newspaper article using 3–5 contemporary sources showing the responses of the
WO
PS
PS
UICT
10
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
British and Irish governments to the outbreak of violence on to the streets of Northern Ireland
Use a range of contemporary sources to trace the change in response within the nationalist community towards the British army in Northern Ireland – try to encourage students to think about how and why relations changed
SM
A deteriorating situation, 1969(cont.)
A living graph could be used to track the responses of the unionist and nationalist communities to the events of the summer of 1969 (for example – the apprentice boys march, NICRA marches, deployment of the army)
Construct an argument to answer the question: Did the introduction of the army make the situation in Northern Ireland better or worse?
Consider examination style question such as: Explain the response of the British and Northern Ireland governments to the events of summer 1969
PS
SM
COMM
11
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The re-emergence of paramilitary organisations
The re-emergence of the IRA, the split in the IRA and the objectives of the newly formed Provisional IRA
The re-emergence of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and its objectives, and the setting up of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and its objectives
Exemplification of content:At the end of this section students should be able to explain the re-emergence of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland and their objectives.
Suggestions for teaching and learning: Use contemporary sources of murals, pictures or
photographs of the IRA, the UVF and the UDA to stimulate discussion about paramilitary organisations. Study the language, colours, symbols etc. Encourage students to think about the nature and motive of the contemporary sources and why paramilitary groups had some support in local communities at this time
SM
Complete a table recording the different paramilitary groups and their objectives – the following headings could be used: Who they are, what they want, who supported them?
Students could be challenged to discuss the potential impact that the emergence of the paramilitaries would have had on the political situation in Northern Ireland
COMM
PS
12
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
Internment Reasons for and effects of internment, escalation of violence, civil rights protests against internment, Bloody Sunday and responses to it
Exemplification of content:At the end of this section students should be able to understand why internment was introduced by the Northern Ireland government and how people in Northern Ireland responded to it. Students should assess the significance of the introduction of internment for continuing civil rights protests and Bloody Sunday.
Suggestions for teaching and learning: In groups using a zone of relevance activity, students
could sort cards into the ‘most relevant’, ‘relevant’ and ‘irrelevant’ categories to answer the question, Why was internment introduced in Northern Ireland? Students should give feedback justifying where they have placed their cards, e.g. why is something more ‘relevant’ whilst others cards are rejected as ‘irrelevant’. Whole class discussion can follow on what the most important points would be if completing a structured question on the introduction of internment to Northern Ireland
Students could work in groups to discuss “If you were an adviser to the British Government – what if anything, would you have done differently to solve the problem of violence in 1969, other than introduce internment?” Teachers could assist students and
PS
PS
COMM
13
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
facilitate discussion Students could prepare a Hotseating task focused on
why Internment was introduced and its consequences. Teachers could provide role play characters such as: a Unionist, Nationalist, member of the British government, Prime Minister etc. Students could be asked questions and could respond in character
Internment (cont.)
Teachers could find 5 iconic images of Bloody Sunday. These could be flashed onto the board for 5 seconds in quick succession and students should respond by recording the first word that comes into their head when they see the picture. Teachers should use this to stimulate discussion on the events of Bloody Sunday
Analyse and evaluate a range of contemporary sources showing what happened during the events of Bloody Sunday. Consider where and when it happened and how people responded to it
Students could create a consequence wheel for Bloody Sunday. Encourage students to think about the events of Bloody Sunday and responses to it from multiple perspectives including the international perspective, the British government, the government of the Republic of Ireland and the people of Northern Ireland. Alternatively – a Hotseating task could be
SM
COMM
SM
PS
14
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
carried out to unpack reactions to the event of Bloody Sunday. Students could watch the British Prime Minister’s apology following the publication of the Saville Report
15
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
Direct rule Reasons for the fall of Stormont and the introduction of direct rule
Reaction in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland to the British government’s decision to suspend Stormont
Exemplification of content:
At the end of this section students should be able to explain the reasons for the collapse of Stormont and the introduction of Direct Rule. Students should also be able to explain the different reactions in Northern Ireland and in Republic of Ireland to the British government’s decision to suspend Stormont.
Suggestions for teaching and learning:
Using a consider all factors activity explain why the British Prime Minister, Edward Heath, decided to suspend Stormont in 1972
Students could analyse different contemporary sources showing reactions to the fall of Stormont and the introduction of Direct Rule. Record the different reactions (in both Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland) in speech bubbles/Mind Map
Students could review this topic by answering the following question: Explain the reasons for the fall of Stormont and the introduction of Direct Rule in 1972
SM
COMM
PS
SM
16
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The search for a political solution – attempt a power-sharing, 1973–74
The reasons for and responses to the introduction of a power-sharing Executive to Northern Ireland and a Council of Ireland; the effects of the Ulster Workers’ Council strike on the attempt at power-sharing in Northern Ireland; the reintroduction of direct rule
Exemplification of content:At the end of this section students should understand the attempt by the British government to devolve power to Northern Ireland, which involved the setting up of a power-sharing Executive and a Council of Ireland. Students should be able to explain why the Ulster Workers’ Council called a strike and how it brought about the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive and a reintroduction of direct rule to Northern Ireland.
Suggestions for teaching and learning: DVD – A State Apart – New Executive. This episode
could be used to introduce power-sharing in Northern Ireland
Use contemporary sources to role play the views of the key politicians in Northern Ireland, the British government and the Irish government, to identify what power-sharing would mean for them. Students then take on the role of the power-sharing Executive and try to explain their perspective on finding a political solution for Northern Ireland. They should identify what is good about their solution and also identify the problems that the power-sharing Executive faced
Write a newspaper article on behalf of the Ulster
COMM
WO
COMM
17
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The search for a political solution – attempt a power-sharing, 1973–74(cont.)
Workers’ Council outlining their reasons for striking against power-sharing
Draw a table and use the following headings to summarise the reasons for the strike, the tactics, success/failure and impact on the power-sharing Executive
DVD – A State Apart – Ulster Workers’ Strike. This episode could be used to reinforce the significance of the strike. Students could answer the following exam style question: Explain the effects of the Ulster Workers’ Council strike in 1974 on the attempt at power-sharing in Northern Ireland
As a summary activity, students could use the internet to research and construct a timeline of key events from 1973-74
COMM
SM
UICT
18
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
Changing Republican strategy
The reasons for the hunger strikes, 1980–81; the impact of the hunger strikes, including change in Republican strategy; the effect of Sinn Féin’s electoral success on the SDLP
Exemplification of content:At the end of this section students should be able to explain the reasons for and the impact of the hunger strikes. They should be able to assess the effectiveness of the British government’s response to the hunger strikes in 1980 and 1981 and how they came to an end. In the aftermath of the hunger strikes, students should recognise the change in strategy of the Republican movement, including the electoral success of Sinn Féin and its impact on the fortunes of the SDLP.
Suggestions for teaching and learning: As an introduction, students could watch the trailer
for Steve McQueen’s film “Hunger”. Teachers could facilitate a class discussion to help provide context for this topic. In pairs, issue students with a range of cards covering the reasons for the hunger strikes. Students should prioritise the reasons and justify their decision
Using contemporary sources and independent research, students should compile notes on how the following groups viewed the hunger strikes: unionists, nationalists, the British government and the Irish government
As a follow up, students could look at the short-term
PS
COMM
19
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
and longer-term impact of the hunger strikes, including change in Republican strategy and an increase in electoral success for Sinn Féin
Students could create a visual diagram to chart the change in Republican strategy in the 1980s
COMM
20
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
Changing Republican strategy (cont.)
Students could watch “A State Apart – Hunger Strikes” to reinforce content and ideas discussed
As a plenary activity, students could discuss - If you were a member of the British government, what, if anything, would you have done differently? If you were a nationalist/nationalist politician in the Republic of Ireland, how might you have reacted? etc.
PS
21
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
Changing relations - towards closer co-operation
Reasons for closer co-operation between the Irish and British governments in the 1980s; the terms of the Anglo-Irish Agreement: its significance for relations between Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and for how Northern Ireland would be governed
Exemplification of content:
At the end of this section students should be able to explain the reasons for closer co-operation between the British and Irish governments. Students should also understand the terms of the Anglo-Irish Agreement and its significance for how Northern Ireland would be governed.Suggestions for teaching and learning:
Students should analyse a set of contemporary sources to identify the reasons why the British and Irish governments felt the need for closer co-operation
Create an information poster from either a unionist or nationalist perspective showing their viewpoint towards the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Four corner debate on the different views of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, including unionist, nationalist, Irish and British. Ensure the statements cover the range of diverse opinions to the Agreement. You may wish to ask students to justify their choice of ‘corner’
Analyse contemporary sources showing the reactions to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Give students a source-based exercise on why the unionist campaign
PS
UICT
PS
PS
22
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
against the Agreement failed. Students should analyse the utility and reliability of the source
Students could watch “A State Apart – Anglo-Irish Agreement” episode – or the RTE documentary “Ireland and the Iron Lady”
23
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The Downing Street Declaration, 1993
The Hume-Adams initiative; the Downing Street Declaration: the key terms and responses to the Declaration in Northern Ireland and its significance for paving the way for the ceasefires
Exemplification of content:
At the end of this section students should understand the significance of the Hume-Adams initiative. Students should be able to know the key terms of the Downing Street Declaration and explain the responses and significance of the Declaration in bringing about the paramilitary ceasefires.
Suggestions for teaching and learning:
Create Factfiles on John Hume and Gerry Adams. As a class, explore why both individuals came together in an effort to move Northern Ireland forward
Create a timeline of the key events and individuals who played a part in leading to the signing of the Downing Street Declaration
Draw and complete a mind map showing the terms, reactions to and significance of the Downing Street Declaration
In groups, complete a carousel activity, comparing the Sunningdale Agreement, the Anglo-Irish Agreement and Downing Street Declaration. Students could look at the following:
– Similar issues e.g. self-governance, cross border organisation and principal of consent
– Reactions to the agreements from the
UICT
SMCOMM
PS
24
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
different perspectives in Northern Ireland, Britain and the Republic of Ireland
25
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The Downing Street Declaration, 1993 (cont.)
Students could be provided with cards containing key events and developments which helped to bring about the ceasefires in 1994. Each card could have an accompanying description which the students could match. These cards could be used to engage in class discussion about how the ceasefires came about
Students could write a newspaper front page article for the ceasefires and include reactions in their writing
PS
COMM
26
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The Good Friday Agreement, 1998
The key terms and responses to the Agreement including the referendum; the significance of the Agreement for relations between Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
Exemplification of content:
At the end of this section students should know the key terms of the Good Friday Agreement. They should also be able to explain the different responses of the people of Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Britain to the Good Friday Agreement and the results of the referendum. Students should also appreciate the significance of the Good Friday Agreement for relations between Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland today.
Suggestions for teaching and learning:
Complete a fishbone diagram explaining the reasons for the signing of the Good Friday Agreement
Provide students with the key terms of the Good Friday Agreement and ask students to colour code the terms suggesting which group in Northern Ireland each term was aimed at and why
The students could prepare a class debate. One side could argue in favour of the Agreement and one side against
Analyse the outcome of the referendum and identify which sections of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were in favour of the Good Friday Agreement. In groups, look at a range of
SM
PS
COMM
WO
27
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
contemporary sources and sort them into the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ perspectives. Students should suggest reasons why people held these perspectives. Students then analyse each source, identifying the usefulness and reliability to an historian
Option Content
Elaboration of Content
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning Activities Supporting Cross- Curricular Skills, Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
The Good Friday Agreement, 1998 (cont.)
Access contemporary media clips, sources and pictures to create a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation on the significance of the Good Friday Agreement for Northern Ireland
Students could reflect on attempts to find a political solution in this unit. As a class suggest reasons why agreement was possible in Northern Ireland in 1998 but not before
UICT
COMM
28
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Appendix 1Developing Language for Learning: Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98
It is widely recognised that History is a highly literate subject where reading and writing, as well as historical analysis and interpretation of evidence, is required. It is for this reason that some students, in spite of their passion for studying history, become demotivated due to difficulties they may have in accessing the subject. To aid learning we have produced suggested key words, individuals and terms associated with Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98. The key words produced are not intended to be exhaustive but are simply offered as a starting point for teachers to help their students develop the language for learning associated with this option.
Using Key Words
The key words provided below can be used in a variety of ways. Below are some suggestions for using key word led activities to improve learning and teaching in GCSE History.
Possible Key Word Activities
Students could play ‘Odd One Out’ - they identify which word is different (or out of sequence from the others and give a reason for their choice. Alternatively, students could cluster the key words through making connections and give a reason for their cluster.
Students could be asked to provide definitions for key words.
Words could be used at as lesson starters or as plenary prompts.
Individual words could be placed on ‘flashcards’ and used as prompts for knowledge in completing an extended writing exercise.
Students could also be asked to use words in their correct context, for example, during source-based work.
Teacher could design a ‘concept map’ or display a visual image - ask students to link the key words with lines, annotating these with an explanation of how they are linked.
Show on separate cards some key words (or events). Students arrange these in what they think are a suitable order of rank importance (i.e. in terms of answering a particular question). Alternatively, a number of students could stand at the front of the class and display their cards – the remainder of the class decide on the ordering (students with cards will be told where to position themselves in order of importance or maybe asked to sit down).
29
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Lists could be used for spell checks.
30
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
The O’Neill years
Taoiseach University Proportional
representationCouncils
Gerrymandering Derry/LondonderryRates Discrimination
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Captain Terence O’Neill
Jack Lynch StormontCommunity
relations Irish Trades Union
CongressBrian Faulkner Economic Council
Ministry of Development
Craigavon
Coleraine Sean LemassOfficial Unionist
Party (OUP)Reverend Ian
Paisley
31
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
The campaign for civil rights
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
(NICRA)
Martin Luther King
One man one vote William Craig
Curfew Coalisland–Dungannon March
Apprentice Boys Five-point reform programme
Crossroads speech People’s Democracy (PD)
Burntollet bridge Cameron Commission
Crossroad’s election
James Chichester-Clarke
32
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
A deteriorating situation, 1969
Loyalist RepublicanBombay Street Battle of the
BogsideRoyal Ulster Constabulary
(RUC)
Harold Wilson
The Downing Street Declaration
Hunt Report
The re-emergence of paramilitary organisations
Official IRA (OIRA) Provisional IRA (PIRA)
Curfew Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Ulster Defence Regiment (UDA)
Brian Faulkner
Internment
Internment Operation Demetrius
Social Democratic and Labour
Magilligan internment camp
33
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Party(SDLP)Parachute Regiment
Bloody Sunday
Lord Widgery
34
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Direct rule
Edward Heath William WhitelawUlster Vanguard Suspension
Bloody Friday ClaudyOperation Motorman
Westminster
35
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
The search for a political solution – attempt at power sharing, 1973–74
Proportional representation
The Council of Ireland
Democratic Unionist Party
(DUP)
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
William Craig United Ulster Unionist Council
(UUUC)Assembly Power sharing
Northern Ireland Labour Party
(NILP)
Alliance Party Northern Ireland
(APNI)UWC strike Gerry FittCouncil of Ministers
Sunningdale Agreement
Ulster Workers’ Council (UWC)
Ulster Army Council
36
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Changing Republican strategy
The Maze Special Category Status
Conservative government
H-Blocks
Blanket protest Margaret ThatcherDirty protest Bobby Sands Member of
Parliament (MP)Fermanagh-South
TyroneConcessions Criminalisation
Sinn Féin Gerry AdamsArmalite and the
Ballot BoxPolitical Status
John Hume No wash protest
37
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Changing relations – towards closer co-operation
Anglo-Irish Agreement
Garret FitzGerald
Mary Robinson New Ireland Forum
Secretariat DevolutionThe Downing Street Declaration, 1993
John Major Albert Reynolds
Jim MolyneauxCombined Loyalist Military Command
(CLMC)Gerry Adams Loyalist ceasefireIRA ceasefire Ian PaisleyJohn Hume Hume-Adams talksSecret talks Self-determinationPrinciple of
consent
38
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
The Good Friday Agreement, 1998
David Trimble Mo MowlamSenator George
MitchellBertie Ahern
Referendum Bill ClintonFirst Minister Deputy First
MinisterTony Blair Seamus Mallon
North-South Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly
(Parliament)Decommissioning
39
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Appendix 2 Timeline: Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98
The timeline below could be given to students to provide them with an overview of the option. Students could be encouraged to add to the timeline as they move through the study of this option. This timeline is not exhaustive or prescriptive. For definitive guidance in your teaching of this option, reference should be made to the specification and specimen assessment materials.
Year Month Event
1965 January
February
O’Neill meets with the Taoiseach Séan Lemass
O’Neill visits Séan Lemass in Dublin
1968 August
October
November
NICRA march between Coalisland and Dungannon
NICRA march in Derry/Londonderry
O’Neill’s Five-point Reform Programme announced
1969 January
April
July - August
People’s Democracy march attacked at Burntollet Bridge
O’Neill resigns
Major James Chichester-Clarke becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Violence in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry
British army arrive in Northern Ireland
Downing Street Declaration
The IRA re-emerge
1970 July Curfew on the Lower Falls Road1971 August Operation Demetrius; Internment re-introduced
1972 January
March
July
NICRA march in Derry/Londonderry; Bloody Sunday
Direct Rule introduced in Northern Ireland
Bloody Friday1973–
74Decembe
rPower-sharing agreed
The Sunningdale Agreement
40
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
1974 May UWC strike
Direct rule re-introduced
1976 May Removal of special category status for prisoners1978 Blanket and dirty protests by Republican
prisoners
1980 October First hunger strike
1981 March
April
May
October
Second hunger strike
Bobby Sands is elected MP for Fermanagh-South Tyrone
Bobby Sands dies
Hunger strike ends
Concessions granted for prisoners1985 Novembe
rThe Anglo-Irish Agreement signed
Protest at the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement at Belfast’s City Hall
1988 January Gerry Adams and John Hume begin talks
1989 November
Peter Brooke, the Northern Ireland Secretary, calls for talks with Republicans
1993 December
The Downing Street Declaration
1994 August
October
IRA ceasefire
Loyalist ceasefire
1998 April
May
Good Friday Agreement
Good Friday Agreement Referendum in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
41
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Appendix 3Resources: Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98
The resources below can be used by teachers and students for this option. This resource list is not definitive, while the inclusion of a particular resource on this list does not indicate its endorsement by CCEA. The resources identified are suggestions and they vary in depth, pitch, accessibility and purpose. While these resources may be used to support the learning and teaching of this option, reference should be made to the specification and specimen exemplar materials for definitive guidance on your teaching of this option. Textbooks
Madden, F and D. Clare, J (2017) CCEA GCSE History Third Edition, Hodder EducationMadden, F (2017) My Revision Notes: CCEA GCSE History, Hodder EducationDoherty, B (2001) Northern Ireland Since c.1960, Heinemann
Websites
BBC Bitesize Video clips –Northern Ireland www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z8d82hv/resources/1
Terence O’Neill and his policieswww.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zww99j6/revision
NICRAwww.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3w2mp3/revision
Violence in 1969www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3jmxnb/revision
The emergency of paramilitary opposition www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zwnv34j/revision
Internment www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3qx6sg/revision
Direct Rule, 1972www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8pyvcw/revision
42
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Power sharing, 1973–74www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zxg9kqt/revision
Hunger Strikes, 1980–1981www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zyw2mp3/revision
Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1985www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8nv34j/revision BBC History – The Troubleswww.bbc.co.uk/history/troubles
BBC History - Peace in the Troubles www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/troubles_peace#default
BBC History – The Good Friday Agreementwww.bbc.co.uk/history/events/good_friday_agreement
BBC History - Northern Ireland’s Path to Peacewww.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22449987
The Nerve Centre – Teaching Divided Historieshttp://nervecentre.org/education/teaching-divided-histories
Nerve Centre – NICRAhttp://nervecentre.org/education/teaching-divided-histories/northern-ireland-civil-rights-movement
The Conflict in Northern Irelandhttp://nervecentre.org/education/teaching-divided-histories/conflict-northern-ireland
Pathways to Peace in Northern Irelandhttp://nervecentre.org/education/teaching-divided-histories/pathways-peace-northern-ireland
RTE Archives - Violence in Northern Ireland, 1969www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1042-northern-ireland-1969/
RTE Archives – Civil Rights in Northern Ireland 1968–9www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1031-civil-rights-movement-1968-9/
DVDs
All of the DVDs referenced in this document are available from the Southern Education and Library Board's Audio Visual Recording Service (www.selb.org/avrecording/index.htm)
Study Ireland History – BBC
43
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
A State Apart Separate Government The Civil Rights Movement The Ulster Worker’s Council Strike The Hunger Strike Campaign The Anglo-Irish Agreement
History In Action – CH4 Protest in Northern Ireland 1968–1969
Understanding Northern Ireland– CH4 Reform and Reaction: 1960–68 Civil Rights to Civil Strife: 1968–72 Direct Rule: 1972–1981 Anglo-Irish Agreement: 1981–89 The Problem Unresolved: 1993–94 The Downing Street Declaration: 1993–94 A Lasting Peace: 1994-96
Battle of the Bogside –BBC1
From our Ireland Correspondent – BBC1
The Hunger Strike – BBC1
No Go: The Free Derry Story – BBC1
Seven Ages – BBC2 Religion, Politics and the North in the 1960s
The Troubles I’ve Seen – ITV
44
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Resource List for Planning Framework
Content Elaboration ResourcesThe O’Neill years
O’Neill’s policies and actions to improve the economy: successes and failures
O’Neill’s attempts to improve community relations in Northern Ireland and the differing responses to his efforts
O’Neill’s attempts to improve relations with the Republic of Ireland and his differing responses in Northern Ireland to his efforts
Websites O’Neill’s policies www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zww99j6/revision
Videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=jI-q59ycMws
The Day the Troubles Beganwww.youtube.com/watch?v=qcpE-jJ14pQ
Images www.google.co.uk/search?q=terence+oneill&biw=1366&bih=631&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8z4bR8sHPAhUEIMAKHZwPC9EQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=terence+oneill+and+sean+lemass&imgrc=MGi5bCrK1tJ0HM%3A
The campaign for civil rights
The influence of the civil rights movement in the United States on Northern Ireland
Reasons for the emergence of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA), its demands and methods and the differing attitudes towards it
Early civil rights marches, including British government and police responses, O’Neill’s five-point reform programme and the differing responses
Websites http://nervecentre.org/education/teaching-divided-histories/northern-ireland-civil-rights-movement www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1031-civil-rights-movement-1968-9/www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3w2mp3/revisionwww.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1031-civil-rights-movement-1968-9/1036-protests-escalate/319532-oneill-appeals-for-calm-on-eve-of-derry-march/
VideosNICRAwww.youtube.com/watch?v=KJHpMUfSxwc www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/troubles_politics#p016l13q The Day the Troubles Began www.youtube.com/watch?v=U115UYrHRDc
45
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
The effectiveness of NICRA
Reasons for the emergence of the People’s Democracy: actions and impact
Reasons for the downfall of O’Neill
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU6Mg4wQMKY www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUqTCdIVC7U ImagesUSA Civil Rightswww.google.co.uk/search?q=terence+oneill&biw=1366&bih=631&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8z4bR8sHPAhUEIMAKHZwPC9EQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=US+CIVIL+RIGHTS&imgrc=yx6ddqd93s0u2M%3A NICRA www.google.co.uk/search?q=terence+oneill&biw=1366&bih=631&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8z4bR8sHPAhUEIMAKHZwPC9EQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=NICRA
Podcastwww.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2012/0703/647116-documentary-podcast-northern-ireland-civil-rights-association-movement/
A deteriorating situation, 1969
Increasing tensions and violence, summer 1969
The reasons for and consequences of the intervention of the Irish and British governments
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3jmxnb/revisionhttp://nervecentre.org/education/teaching-divided-histories/conflict-northern-ireland
VideosThe Troubles www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVNOqkJLAUc www.youtube.com/watch?v=enSELK0MDOA www.britishpathe.com/video/troubles-in-northern-ireland/query/1969
The Day the Troubles Began www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1CTWv8zpPI www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u2jOS-ANnY
46
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=terence+oneill&biw=1366&bih=631&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8z4bR8sHPAhUEIMAKHZwPC9EQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=summer+of+1969+northern+ireland
The re-emergence of the IRA, the split in the IRA and the objectives of the newly formed Provisional IRA
The re-emergence of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and its objectives, and the setting up of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and its objectives
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/troubles_paramilitaries
VideosThe Troubles www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0vwt_Itlg0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=is1ysfdpMyg www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/troubles_paramilitaries#p016kxh4
Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=terence+oneill&biw=1366&bih=631&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8z4bR8sHPAhUEIMAKHZwPC9EQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=summer+of+1969+northern+ireland
Reasons for and effects of internment, escalation of violence, civil rights protests against internment, Bloody Sunday and responses to it
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3qx6sg/revisionwww.bbc.co.uk/history/bloody_sunday
VideosInternment in Northern Ireland (1971) www.youtube.com/watch?v=c64_K76lk2E www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1iwueLGHfM www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yxlVlAPzo4
Bloody Friday Documentary (BBC)www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s1iH3z8EhY
47
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Pgmhr_Dx4
Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=terence+oneill&biw=1366&bih=631&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8z4bR8sHPAhUEIMAKHZwPC9EQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=internment+northern+ireland+1971
Reasons for the fall of Stormont and the introduction of direct rule
Reaction in Northern Ireland and in Republic of Ireland to the British government’s decision to suspend Stormont
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8pyvcw/revision
VideosThe Troubles www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCZK5ekX5cw
Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=terence+oneill&biw=1366&bih=631&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8z4bR8sHPAhUEIMAKHZwPC9EQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=direct+rule+1972
The search for a political solution – attempt at power-sharing, 1973–74
The reasons for and responses to the introduction of power-sharing Executive to Northern Ireland and a Council of Ireland; the effects of the Ulster Workers’ Council strike on the attempt at power-sharing in Northern Ireland; the reintroduction of direct rule
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zxg9kqt/revision
Videoswww.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/troubles_politics#p016l0gn www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDJWJpHhno0
The Troubles www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKYtTCQe0G8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsBde4xbPts
Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=terence+oneill&biw=1366&bih=6
48
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
31&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8z4bR8sHPAhUEIMAKHZwPC9EQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=sunningdale+agreement
Changing Republican strategy
The reasons for the hunger strikes, 1980–81; the impact of the hunger strikes, including change in Republican strategy; the effect of Sinn Féin’s electoral success on the SDLP
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zyw2mp3/revisionwww.bbc.co.uk/history/events/republican_hunger_strikes_maze
Videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=1SJZbvk02EY www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/republican_hunger_strikes_maze#p00kk1n6 www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/republican_hunger_strikes_maze#p00hhdr9 www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/republican_hunger_strikes_maze#p00kkk68
Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=hunger+strikes+northern+ireland&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzrsqngcLPAhVsIsAKHXTjARQQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=631
Changing relations – towards closer co-operation
Reasons for closer co-operation between the Irish and British governments in the 1980s; the terms of the Anglo-Irish Agreement: its significance for relations between Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and for how Northern Ireland
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8nv34j/revision http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/aia/sum.htm www.britannica.com/event/Anglo-Irish-Agreement
Videoswww.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/troubles_politics#p016l07z
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34808797 www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1111/741159-anglo-irish-
49
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
would be governed agreement/ Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=anglo+irish+agreement&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6tdj_hMLPAhUqJcAKHYZjC24Q_AUICSgC&biw=1366&bih=631
The Downing Street Declaration, 1993
The Hume-Adams initiative; the Downing Street Declaration: the key terms and responses to the Declaration in Northern Ireland and its significance for paving the way for the ceasefires
Websites http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/dsd151293.htm www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25379328
Videoswww.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/troubles_politics#p016kzyq www.rte.ie/archives/2013/1213/492668-20-years-since-the-downing-street-declaration/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?53040-1/northern-ireland-peace-process http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_7969000/7969063.stm
BBC John Hume Documentarywww.youtube.com/watch?v=68agPtnsA9M
Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=downing+street+declaration&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimibPKg8LPAhULKsAKHe1-BVAQ_AUICSgC&biw=1366&bih=631
The Good Friday Agreement, 1998
The key terms and responses to the agreement, including the referendum; the significance of the
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/good_friday_agreement http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4079267.stm http://education.niassembly.gov.uk/
50
CCEA Planning Framework for GCSE History
Agreement for relations between Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
post_16/snapshots_of_devolution/gfa
Videoswww.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/troubles_politics#p016kzg2 http://bestfreedocumentaries.org/the-good-friday-agreement/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_7971000/7971694.stm www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB8FjC3Myzw
Imageswww.google.co.uk/search?q=good+friday+agreement&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfhcC3g8LPAhXLBcAKHbHmBuMQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=631
51