Northern Ireland has had a long history of conflict between those who want it to remain part of the United Kingdom and those who want it to join the Republic of Ireland. The textbook discusses the origins of the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland over British rule. Students are tasked with learning more about Northern Ireland's history from their textbook or online research, and watching a YouTube video about the ongoing tensions to understand how conflict has persisted over time.

1. Northern Ireland
Introduction

2. Review
• In the past few lessons you learnt about the civil
war in Sri Lanka and its impact on the country and
her people.
• In the next few lessons, we are going to look at the
conflict in another country – Northern Ireland. As
we move through the lessons, try to look out for
similarities and differences between the two case
studies (i.e. Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland).

3. Europe
United Kingdom

7. TASK
• Read pages 111 – 113 of your textbook to
find out about the history of Northern
Ireland…alternatively, you could do your
own research using the internet.

8. Activity
• Watch the youtube video below. You could
download the lyrics and read them as you
listen to the song. What do you think the
song is about? Post your comments below
(don’t forget to leave your name)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=5CNMJSXSsFw&feature=fvst