Modern Ireland and Civil Rights · 1960 to 1998

The Civil Rights Movement

Studying the influence of the US Civil Rights movement on Northern Ireland.

Key Questions

  1. 1How did the tactics of Martin Luther King Jr influence activists in Derry and Belfast?
  2. 2What specific inequalities were the marchers protesting against in the 1960s?
  3. 3How did the government response to peaceful protests escalate the tension?

NCCA Curriculum Specifications

NCCA: Primary - Politics, conflict and societyNCCA: Primary - Eras of change and conflict
Class/Year: 6th Year
Subject: Voices of Change: Ireland and the Wider World
Unit: Modern Ireland and Civil Rights
Period: 1960 to 1998

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