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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

World Hunger - A Cultural Crisis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the problem of world hunger and starvation. After a class discussion, students use a map to identify specific areas where populations are starving. In groups, high schoolers research reasons for the lack of food....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Today and Yesterday: The Praties They are Small

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the tragic circumstances of the Great Famine of 1845-1849. They watch a program that explores the causes and consequences of the famine. Students discuss the causes of the famine. They identify the effects and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Social Reformation-Irish Immigration in the 1800s

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss the causes of the influx of Irish immigrants between 1800 and 1875. They focus on what immigrants' lives were like in the United States and what impact the move across the Atlantic had on thier families. They complete a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Living During the Little Ice Age

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars brainstorm what living conditions during the period known as the Little Ice Age (1350-1850) might have been like. They research lifestyles, the economy, crop yields, and human and livestock mortality.
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Lesson Plan
Nebraska Department of Education

Laws that Isolated and Impoverished the Irish

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars identify the reasons for the mass starvation in Ireland in the 1800's. They analyze the historical and political forces that caused the famine and discuss the potato blight itself in detail.