Understanding 1917 & Beyond
Lesson 1 - Second Dáil
Following the outbreak of the War of Independence in January 1919, the British Government prohibited the first Dáil Éireann (although it continued to meet in secret). Following the introduction of the Government of Ireland Act in 1920, elections took place in May 1921 to decide membership of the House of Commons of Southern Ireland (established under the Act). Refusing to accept this new British-imposed parliamentary system, Sinn Féin instead looked upon the election as elections to Dáil Éireann.
Resources with links to Statutory Requirements
Intentions
Intentions
- Review the resources and links to understand why Dáil Éireann was established and how it impacted upon the larger political landscape of the time.
- Using the information from the links as an example, prepare and complete a creative response to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the topic.
Parliament in Ireland
Environment and Society: History
(Objective 1) Developing pupils as Individuals
Explore how history has affected their personal identity, culture and lifestyle.
(Personal Understanding)
Investigate individuals who are considered to have taken a significant moral stand and examine their motivation and legacy.
(Moral Character)
(Objective 2) Developing pupils as Contributors to Society
Investigate the long and short-term causes and consequences of the partition of Ireland and how it has influenced Northern Ireland today including key events and turning points.
(Citizenship)
Investigate critical issues in history or historical figures who have behaved ethically or unethically.
(Ethical Awareness)
Language and Literacy: English With Media Education
(Objective 1) Developing pupils as Individuals
Engage, through language, with their peers and with fictional and real-life characters and situations, to explore their own emotions and develop creative potential.
(Personal Understanding)
Develop the ability to use language (including body language) effectively in communicating with and relating to others.
(Mutual Understanding)
(Objective 2) Developing pupils as Contributors to Society
Use literature, drama, poetry or the moving image to explore others’ needs and rights.
(Citizenship)
Language and Literacy: Irish (in Irish Medium Schools) With Media Education
(Objective 1) Developing pupils as Individuals
Engage, through language, with their peers and with fictional and real-life characters and situations, to explore their own emotions and develop creative potential.
(Personal Understanding)
Develop an understanding of the power of languages (including bi-lingualism and body language) to communicate and empathise with others.
(Mutual Understanding)
(Objective 2) Developing pupils as Contributors to Society
Use literature, drama, poetry or the moving image to explore others’ needs and rights.
(Citizenship)
Learning For Life and Work: Local and Global Citizenship
Diversity and Inclusion
Investigate factors that influence individual and group identity.
Democracy and Active Participation
Investigate the basic characteristics of democracy.
House of the Oireachtas
Tag: Info
The First Dail Eireann
Environment and Society: History
(Objective 1) Developing pupils as Individuals
Explore how history has affected their personal identity, culture and lifestyle.
(Personal Understanding)
Investigate individuals who are considered to have taken a significant moral stand and examine their motivation and legacy.
(Moral Character)
(Objective 2) Developing pupils as Contributors to Society
Investigate the long and short-term causes and consequences of the partition of Ireland and how it has influenced Northern Ireland today including key events and turning points.
(Citizenship)
Investigate critical issues in history or historical figures who have behaved ethically or unethically.
(Ethical Awareness)
Language and Literacy: English With Media Education
(Objective 1) Developing pupils as Individuals
Engage, through language, with their peers and with fictional and real-life characters and situations, to explore their own emotions and develop creative potential.
(Personal Understanding)
Develop the ability to use language (including body language) effectively in communicating with and relating to others.
(Mutual Understanding)
(Objective 2) Developing pupils as Contributors to Society
Use literature, drama, poetry or the moving image to explore others’ needs and rights.
(Citizenship)
Language and Literacy: Irish (in Irish Medium Schools) With Media Education
(Objective 1) Developing pupils as Individuals
Engage, through language, with their peers and with fictional and real-life characters and situations, to explore their own emotions and develop creative potential.
(Personal Understanding)
Develop an understanding of the power of languages (including bi-lingualism and body language) to communicate and empathise with others.
(Mutual Understanding)
(Objective 2) Developing pupils as Contributors to Society
Use literature, drama, poetry or the moving image to explore others’ needs and rights.
(Citizenship)
Learning For Life and Work: Local and Global Citizenship
Diversity and Inclusion
Investigate factors that influence individual and group identity.
Democracy and Active Participation
Investigate the basic characteristics of democracy.
History Ireland
Tags: Info, Article, Images
Irish election, 1921
Environment and Society: History
(Objective 2) Developing pupils as Contributors to Society
Investigate the long and short-term causes and consequences of the partition of Ireland and how it has influenced Northern Ireland today including key events and turning points.
(Citizenship)
Language and Literacy: English With Media Education
(Objective 1) Developing pupils as Individuals
Develop the ability to use language (including body language) effectively in communicating with and relating to others.
(Mutual Understanding)
Language and Literacy: Irish (in Irish Medium Schools) With Media Education
(Objective 1) Developing pupils as Individuals
Develop an understanding of the power of languages (including bi-lingualism and body language) to communicate and empathise with others.
(Mutual Understanding)
Irish Political Maps
Tags: Info, Images
Opportunities for Cross Curricular learning
Using ICT
The resources examine the topic utilizing a number of different media, which serve to engage pupils with the material, challenging them to think more creatively and encourage discussion.
The resources could inspire tasks that would support presenting, researching, desktop publishing, working with images and working with sound.
Communication
The resources provide pupils with the opportunity to develop their talking and listening, reading and writing skills through independent learning and shared experience.
Opportunities for Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
Using the content, pupils have the opportunity to investigate meaning, explore ideas and analyse the information they are provided with. Within their individual learning, through group work and by questioning ideas, there is ample scope within the materials to include a focus on TS & PC. For this section, the following strands from the TS & PC framework are the most obvious to consider:
Managing Information
Pupils have the opportunity to:
- plan and set goals and break a task into sub-tasks;
- use their own and others’ ideas to locate sources of information; and
- communicate with a sense of audience and purpose.
Thinking, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
Pupils have the opportunity to:
- make links between cause and effect;
- justify methods, opinions and conclusions; and
- make connections between learning in different contexts.
Being Creative
Pupils have the opportunity to:
- make new connections between ideas/information;
- challenge the routine method; and
- take risks for learning.
Working with Others
Pupils have the opportunity to:
- listen actively and share opinions;
- take personal responsibility for work with others and evaluate their own contribution to the group; and
- suggest ways of improving their approach to working collaboratively.
Self-Management
Pupils have the opportunity to:
- set personal targets and review them;
- organise and plan how to go about a task; and
- focus, sustain attention and persist with tasks.
Opportunities to develop
Possible Task
Using presentation / desktop publishing software, create a timeline of important events both leading up to, and following the establishment of the second Dáil.
Working in pairs, research and save a number of relevant images for each event and script captions to go along with the images. Use the software to order the events into a timeline and assess the causes and consequences of each event.
Areas of Learning: Language and Literacy (English/Irish with Media Education), Environment and Society (History)
