The Irish Potato Famine Activity Video Analysis

Students will watch and analyze a 5 minute video on the causes, course, and effects of the Irish Potato Famine by answering 24 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from TedEd.  

Sample questions include:
--How long had potatoes been a crop in Ireland?
--Why did almost half of Ireland’s population live off of potatoes?
--What was responsible for turning this from a class crisis to a national catastrophe?
--Why was 1846 a significant year?
--In what way did the media at the time make things worse?
--Summarize the impact of the previous two answers on Ireland’s 1920s population.

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