Objectives: - To know key Irish events before 1801. To understand the impact they had on the power of native Irish people. To be able to judge the impact of these events on Irish history. Outcomes: - C grades – will be able to explain the political position of the Irish over the years before 1801. B grades – will be able to analyse the political position of the Irish over the years before 1801, examining change and continuity. A grades – will be able to reach judgements about how far the political position of the Irish changed before 1801, explaining the reasons for this change. Differentiated learning : - Main activity is differentiated through outcome. Reading materials from previous lessons are differentiated. Literacy: - All VCOP triangles used in the plenary. SMSC: - Moral – students assess the morality behind the relationship between Britain and Ireland.

Starter Read through the cards you have been given. Sort them into chronological order.

Considerable continuity Vocab ascendancy or domination Connectives whereas Opening sentence A much stronger argument is… Punctuation ; What happened to the political position of the Irish during the period before 1801? Considerable change Considerable continuity

What events had an impact on shaping Irish history before 1801? Subject Objective(s) To know key Irish events before 1801. To understand the impact they had on the power of native Irish people. To be able to judge the impact of these events on Irish history. Learning Outcomes: C grades – will be able to explain the political position of the Irish over the years before 1801. B grades – will be able to analyse the political position of the Irish over the years before 1801, examining change and continuity. A grades – will be able to reach judgements about how far the political position of the Irish changed before 1801, explaining the reasons for this change.

How powerful were the Irish between 1066 and 1815? Read through the summary of each of the key events to occur in Ireland before 1801. For each event, decide how much control the Irish had over Ireland during the event. Then plot your decisions on the graph below. Power Year

Considerable continuity Vocab ascendancy or domination Connectives whereas Opening sentence A much stronger argument is… Punctuation ; What happened to the political position of the Irish during the period before 1815? Considerable change Considerable continuity

How far did the political position of the Irish change before 1801? Vocab ascendancy or domination Connectives whereas Opening sentence A much stronger argument is… Punctuation ; How far did the political position of the Irish change before 1801?

Home Learning Read through chapter 2 of the textbook, and make notes and revise section 3. Also, read through and revise the information on the sheet ‘Aspects of the Irish Problem’. You will be tested on these next lesson.