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KS2 On the Move

Unit 3. What makes people travel?

Famine & Emigration

Ask the class what a famine is and what are the causes and effects of a famine. Research recent famines using the charity sites and news stories below. Ask the pupils how they would feel if this happened to them?

  • Â鶹Éç News: [article]
  • Oxfam - Ìý°Úexternal link: article]
  • [external link: article]
  • Ìý°Úexternal link: article]

Tell the pupils that 150 years ago Ireland had a famine. It is estimated that one million people died during the Famine and another two million emigrated abroad during eleven years during and after the famine.  Ask the pupils to research the cause and effects of the Famine in Northern Ireland using the TANDY project: . Ask the pupils to research the effects of the famine in their local area, is there any evidence remaining?

  • Â鶹Éç TANDY [PDF] contains useful facts and information on key aspects of the Famine.
  • Â鶹Éç TANDY project: [article & Flash activities]

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