'Children of the Famine' Trilogy Classroom Resources
The following website is a fantastic resource for teachers and students who are interested in learning more about the Great Famine in Ireland http://resources.teachnet.ie/jstacey/2004/description.htm
I have created a LiveBinder which includes lesson plans, resources, children's literature and assessment ideas on the topic of the Great Irish famine and emigration to America. Teachers will find many ideas and websites here that will link well with the 'Children of the Famine' Trilogy: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?present=true&id=918216
Below is a reading for fifth class from O'Brien Reading Programme for Under the Hawthorn Tree. The teaching guide integrates other subject areas with the English curriculum. There are also teaching guides for the novel and the film broken up into different episodes. I found all of these resources here http://www.obrien.ie/under-the-hawthorn-tree
The following website is a fantastic resource for teachers and students who are interested in learning more about the Great Famine in Ireland http://resources.teachnet.ie/jstacey/2004/description.htm
I have created a LiveBinder which includes lesson plans, resources, children's literature and assessment ideas on the topic of the Great Irish famine and emigration to America. Teachers will find many ideas and websites here that will link well with the 'Children of the Famine' Trilogy: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?present=true&id=918216
Below is a reading for fifth class from O'Brien Reading Programme for Under the Hawthorn Tree. The teaching guide integrates other subject areas with the English curriculum. There are also teaching guides for the novel and the film broken up into different episodes. I found all of these resources here http://www.obrien.ie/under-the-hawthorn-tree
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Below are teaching ideas for sixth class from O'Brien Reading Programme for Wildflower Girl. The teaching guide integrates other subject areas with the English curriculum. I found these resources here http://www.obrien.ie/wildflower-girl
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Below is a teaching guide from O'Brien Teaching Guides Collection 3 for Fields of Home. Other subject areas are integrated with the English curriculum. I found this resource here http://www.obrien.ie/fields-of-home
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Classroom resources for other novels written by Marita Conlon McKenna
Below is a teaching guide for the novel Safe Harbour. Other subject areas have been integrated into the English curriculum. I found this resource here http://www.obrien.ie/safe-harbour
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Below is a reading and teaching guide for the novel In Deep Dark Wood for fourth class. Other subject areas have been integrated into the English curriculum. I found this resource here http://www.obrien.ie/in-deep-dark-wood
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