LESSON TERM EURO FRIDAY THE 6 TH OF FEBRUARY
WORDS OF THE DAY
ðə ˈsɪlvə
ˈbʊlɪt THE SILVER BULLET THE PERFECT SOLUTION
(tuː) pleɪ ðə ˈdɛvᵊlz
ˈædvəkeɪt TO PLAY THE
DEVILS ADVOCATE
biː ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd = biː rɪˈvɛnʤd / əˈvɛnʤd be vindicated = be revenged
ðə ˈɡrɑːsruːts = ði ˈɔːdᵊnᵊri
ˈmɪlɪtᵊnts the grassroots = the ordinary militants
STEP 1 RECAP WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IRELAND ?
TEAM A VERSUS TEAM B
the protestants versus the catholics
the unionists/ loyalists versus the republicans / the nationalists
Occupied / colonised by the britons / the british crown/
The main symbol is the clover that they dubbed the shamrock
The potato famine struck irelandin 1845
The potato blightwas the disease that devastated the crops ( les récoltes)
It was divided in two / split into 2 entities in 1921
The British were mainly protestants while the irish community was primarily catholics
The irish community faced massive prejudices in the uk and in ireland as well under British domination / rule
The good Friday agreement was signed in 1998
The ira is a terrorist organisation fighting back the britishand aiming at gaining full independence
bloody Sundaywas a massacre in Londonderry in 1972 where 13 civilians were shot down by british soldiers
it is mainly a Religious conflict
a Wall of peacedivides and protects both communities in Belfast
1921 = anglo irsh treaty
U2 bloody Sunday , the world reknowned song commemorated the events of bloody sunday and helped draw worldwide attention to the irish conflict
there was Massive wave of migration in the 1850’s due to the potato famine and the ensuing demise of 1 million irish inhabitants
The south of ireland is still part of the eu while Northern ireland is no longer part of the European union ensuing the 2016 referendum vote also dubbed the Brexit.
STEP 2 IRISH QUIZ
https://create.kahoot.it/details/3b20dffe-92c0-44e1-8cc1-cea0ef14e99e
STEP 3 : THE PAST AND THE PRESENT : what has changed ? compare the 2 maps
MAP A
MAP B
THIS MAP WAS DRAWN AFTER THE ANGLO IRISH TREATY OF 1921 AND DISPLAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME NORTHERN IRELAND AS A SEPARATE ENTITY
MAP C
THIS MAP UNDERLINES THE UNION BETWEEN NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE MAIN BRITISH LAND WHILE STRESSING THE DIVISION WITH THE IRISH REPUBLIC AND WAS ISSUED AFTER 2016 AND THE BREXIT.
STEP 4 MEMORY GAME
MEMORY GAME
https://learningapps.org/watch?v=phbihnrvj23
STEP 5 THE BORDERLANDS
HOW MANY MILES IS THE BORDER ? how many kilometers ?
THE The Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, sometimes referred to as the Irish border or British-Irish border, runs for 499 km (310 mi)[1][2] from Lough Foyle in the north of Ireland to Carlingford Lough in the northeast, separating the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland.
A TEXT TO PICK UP SOME ADJECTIVES FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT : a vocabulary toolbox
1) Read the text
2) Underline the adjectives used to describe these landmarks and the geographical characteristics of the Borderlands
3) Find a définition of the borderlands
FROM A ROAD TRIP ALONG THE IRISH BORDER on https://cangeotravel.ca/article/a-journey-through-irelands-borderlands/
. Off to the west, across low hills and green valleys, the mountains of Donegal withstand the cold Atlantic. To the northwest, ruffled by the gusting wind, lies Lough Swilly, an arm of the sea. Northward looms Inishowen, an isolated and mountainous peninsula, the most northerly part of the island of Ireland. To the east is Derry City, enclosed by its own ancient walls.
. The border is somewhere in the green fields that lie between this hilltop, in the Republic of Ireland, and Derry City, in the United Kingdom, which is about five kilometres away on the banks of the River Foyle. Yet the landscapes are identical. The border itself is invisible.
Yet the borderlands are still among Ireland’s best-kept secrets. To journey along the border is to discover the beauty of landscapes that few outsiders — even from Ireland — ever explore. There are ancient sites , and quiet villages and proud stone towns . And talking to local writers, historians and residents reveals something curious: the idea that a border that few people wanted, and which currently exists in little but name, still endures in the imagination, not merely as a line of division but also as a common thread of identity.
“They should just call this region the borderlands,” says Shirley Clerkin, heritage officer for Monaghan, a border county in the southern Republic. “The border isn’t a line, it’s a place, north and south. If you ask anyone who lives along it where they’re from, they’ll say they’re from the border.”
South of Londonderry, the border follows the River Foyle south before turning east, between the lake-splashed counties of Cavan and Fermanagh
To the south of Newry lies the steep, pine-clad Gap of the North, And here, during the Troubles of 1968 to 1998, the Irish Republican Army and the British fought a cold-blooded guerrilla war.
Yet even today south Armagh remains the least well-known of Ireland’s regions of natural beauty. Those who do turn off the busy Belfast-Dublin motorway, following signs for Forkhill and Crossmaglen, are well-rewarded .Over the borderlands of counties Louth and Down, Armagh and Monaghan, rugged brown hills and rolling green fields spread out below like the maps of old battles.
NOW WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE FRAMAPAD
1. HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THE BORDERLANDS
2. WHAT ADJECTIVES WOULD YOU USE ?
AND HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF YOUR WORK
THE BORDERLANDS a definition
Andrew - borders are defined as political lines , legal or symbolic to seperate territories or states .
- borderlands are the spaces alongside the borders where cultures , economies and identities meet, mix, and often blur, shaped by interactions and common= shared historical events .
Anais & Louise
A borderland is a region along the borderline of two countries, on the one side as well as the other. It quickly shapes the identity of the citizens living there.
Evan and Ulysse Patricia
Thanks to the text we can describe a borderland as a region where the idea of a border persists in the imagination, acting not just as a line of division but also as a common thread of identity. It’s a place where the physical landscape and the sense of belonging blur together, with people identifying with the border itself.
Nohaila :
: According to the text, a borderland means the swathes ( étendues) of land located alongside the political border .. Hovewer, while the political border is invisible in the case of the partition between Northern ireland and the Republic of Ireland the boundary strongly shapes people’s identity and their everyday life.
THE ADJECTIVES TO BE USED TO DESCRIBE THE LANDSCAPE OF THE BORDERLANDS
THE best-kept secret IN Irealdn as few people know and visit this part of the island
The beauty of landscapes is reknown
It is strewn ( jonché) with quiet villages and proud stone towns
Its natural beauty is to be praised and attracts visitors and tourists who are well-rewarded for their effort in discovering the area
the border is somewhere in the green fields but quite invisible to the naked eye.
The scenery can be defined as : low ground , green with gusting ( avec des bourrasques) winds , isolated, mountainous,with scattered ( éparpillé) ancient monuments .
The visitor is astounded as the identical nature of the landscape on both sides of the border which thus is invisible
The residents are characterised as quiet, proud, curious, cold-blooded, people
Surrounded by natural landscapes and , rugged = rocky rolling hills
HOMEWORK
learn how to define the borderlands and the adjectives that could be applied to this geographical entity .
