Background to The 1918 Election: Lesson Plan 1

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Background to The 1918 Election: Lesson Plan 1 Ireland From 1916 to December 1918

All you know… Working in pairs students write down everything the know about the 1916 Rising in 2 minutes. They then share their findings with the class

Look at this picture of Dublin City centre in the aftermath of the fighting in Easter 1916. What do you think the ordinary Dublin person reaction to the Rising was? Why? Aftermath

Changing Attitudes Ordinary people were very angry about the damage caused to the city after 1916 but… Can you think of anything which might have changed peoples attitudes towards the Rising? What else was happening in Europe in 1916?

World War One In 1916 and 1917 some of the most deadly battles in the First World War were fought The first day of the battle of the Somme for example in 1916 saw over 19000 British troops were killed These troops had to be replaced and in April 1918 the British prime minister introduced conscription

Lloyd George and John Redmond

Lloyd George English Prime Minister Member of the Liberal party Wanted to introduce conscription (compulsory military service) into Ireland How do you think this was received in Ireland? Do a quick Think Pair Share activity around this

John Redmond Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (Home Rule party) Had wanted Irishmen to go and fight when war broke out in 1914 Died before Conscription came in but party was blamed for failing to stop it What political party do you thing was going to benefit from the events after 1916 and conscription?

1918 Election World War One ended on the 11th November 1918 and an election was called for 14th December For the first time women were going to have a vote (limited to women over 30 and property holders) thanks to the Representation of the People Act 1918 Two women stood for election in Ireland: Countess Markievicz in Dublin and Winifred Carney in Belfast They would not have been able to do so if the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 had not been passed

Results Sinn Féin won 73 seats The Home Rule party won 6 Are you surprised with this result? Why or why not? Sinn Féin refused to take their seats in the parliament in London What do you think they did instead??

Looking Back Get students to complete a 3,2,1 exercise on todays lesson 3 things they learned 2 things they found interesting 1 thing they would like to know or have a question on.