Arbeitsaufträge

Den Lückentext des Songs "Zombie" von den Cranberries sowie den Text des Songs "Give Ireland back to the Irish" von Paul Mc Cartney finden Sie im Download.

• Task 1
  Listen to the song and fill in the blanks!
• Task 2
  Which words are being used repeatedly and what do they express?
• Task 3
  Explain the meaning of the following phrases:
  "When the violence causes silence we must be mistaken"
  "What's in your head, in your head Zombie"

Arbeitsauftrag 2:  Historical background

Im Anschluss an die Hörverstehensübung können die nachfolgenden Aufgaben und Aufträge in Form der Partner- und Gruppenarbeit gelöst werden. Die Schülerinnen und Schüler bestimmen die Darstellungsformen der Lösungen weitgehend selbst: Tabelle, Poster, Folie, Powerpoint Präsentation.

• Task 1:
  Draw a timeline of the events in Northern Ireland and give some short information about the following dates: 1801 - 1912 - 1916 - 1921 - 1968 - 1969 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973/74 - 1982 - 1985 - 1998!
  Match the following titles which are not in chronological order with the correct dates and find some information about those events with the help of the internet or other media!

• Chronology from 1968 till today
  Use this website as a first reference guide.
  

Events

• Act of Union
• Anglo-Irish Accord
• Civil Rights Movement
• Direct Rule (Bloody Sunday)
• Easter Rising
• Northern Ireland Assembly
• Partition of Ireland
• Peace Talks
• Stationing of British troops
• Sunningdale Agreement

• Task 2
  Which are the political parties and the paramilitary groups involved in the conflict?
  Find out about their main programmes and attitudes !
  
• Political Parties
  DUC; SF; SDLP; UDP; UUP;
• Paramilitary Groups
  IRA; INLA; UDA; UFF; UVF

• Northern Ireland and the Basque conflict
  Use this website as a first reference guide.
  

Arbeitsauftrag 3

Discuss in class some ways of solving the problem! What do you think about the referendum and the Northern Ireland Assembly?

• An Outline of the Main Political 'Solutions' to the Conflict
  Use this website as a first reference
  guide.
  
• The Northern Irish Conflict: A Chronology
  A complete chronology gives more information.