The Great Famine Project
An Gorta Mór
In your project, you must include information on
- The lead up to the famine
- Some statistics on population/immigration
- The British response to the famine
- Worldwide response to the famine
- Personal testimonies/stories either through mock letters/diary entries/newspaper articles
- Information on daily life in Ireland Workhouses/ Soup Kitchen / Public Work Schemes/Absentee Landlords/Exports vs Imports (Choose at least three of these)
Your project can be presented through many different mediums.
Choose from each of the following (or choose both!):
- Poster or Display book
- Memory Box/Craft eg. Workhouse/Famine Cottage/Famine Ship
- Use labelled pictures (diagrams)/pie charts and timelines to convey information
This is great place to start your research:
https://www.scoilnet.ie/learning-path/ref/4891/
- askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/5th-+-6th-class/history/historythe-full-story/ireland-in-the-19th-centu/the-great-famine-an-gorta/
- Information about the Great Famine
- abandonedireland.com/Workhouse.html
- Information about life in a workhouse
- http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/sadlier/irish/Famine.htm
- Images of the Great Famine
- choctawnation.com/history/choctaw-nation-history/choctaws-helped-starvingirish-in-1847-this-act-shaped-tribal-culture/
- Information about how the Choctaw tribe helped the Irish during the Great Famine
- moytura.com/grosse-ile.htm
- Information about the Irish who emigrated to Canada
- historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/quakers-the-famine/
- Information about the contribution of the Quakers
