Introduction lesson on the Northern Ireland Troubles.

This is the first lesson in an expanding series on the Northern Ireland troubles, it is suited to 15-16 year old class.

I am an IB teacher and therefore tailor these lessons for an MYP audience, I teach the Northern Ireland conflict as a model for conflict resolution in other civil conflicts. However some of the series may well be useful for GCSE students.

This introduction lesson is tailored for students who are not from Northern Ireland and therefore in this lesson, symbols, language and flags used to identify the two communities are taught in this lesson.

Students will research numerous symbols used in Northern Ireland, as well as the key words used in the Northern Ireland conflict. The students will also research the complex issue of flags and must identify the communities that identify with the flags in Northern Ireland.

The Plenary of the lesson is a short 5 minute video that explores Belfast murals.