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Discussing Michael Collins - the Film

PRE-VIEWING ACTIVITIES - Cloze Text
WHILE-VIEWING ACTIVITIES
AFTER-VIEWING ACTIVITIES

PRE-VIEWING ACTIVITIES

Prepare yourself for watching and discussing the film by searching for information about the key issues with the help of the references given beneath. Learn the facts as well as new vocabulary so that you can answer the following questions as a test afterwards.

Answering these questions you prove that you are able to use the Internet as a resource for learning and that your knowledge about Ireland is sufficient to discuss the film.

When and why was the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland proclaimed in 1801?
What was the situation after the Act of Union till the end of the 19th century characterized by ? Generalize (no details).
Who founded Sinn Fein, when and what were the political aims it put on the agenda ?
What happened on Easter Monday April 24, 1916 ? (Who? Objectives ? Events?)
What was the outcome of the events of 1916 ?
In how far had the role and the position of Sinn Fein changed after 1916 ?
What did Sinn Fein MPs do in 1919 ?
What did the Government of Ireland Bill of 1920 say ?
Why was there a civil war after the signing of the treaty between representatives of the national Irish assembly and the British government on December 6, 1921 ?
When was the Irish Free State instituted ?
What happened in December 1925 ?
Why did De Valera's Party win in the elections of 1927 ?
What did De Valera do when he became head of the government in 1932

You should be able to describe these characters :
Cosgrave, Cathal Brugha, Harry Boland, Joe O'Reilly, James Conolly, P.H. Pearse, Arthur Griffith, Eamon DeValera, Michael Collins, etc.

Find information about

Michael Collins	Skibbereen

- turn to an exercise dealing with his childhood (cloze text) http://www.michaelcollins.com/	http://www.toad.net/~sticker/nosurrender/chistory.html http://inac.org/history/hunger.html

Irish History on the Web
http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~jdana/irehist.html

The seven signatories of the Easter Proclamation (from left):

Padraig Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Sean MacDermott, Joseph Plunkett & Eamonn Ceannt
http://www.agenda.co.nz/poblacht.htm

For annotations and assignments that go with the Easter Proclamation click on Easter 1916

The Partitioning of Ireland and the Government of Ireland Bill	Lloyd George

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/fox.htm#chap4 http://proni.nics.gov.uk/records/private/carson.htm	http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/eng/stamps/dlgbio.htm

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