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Unit on Ireland

Resources

Information | Culture | Maps | Economy| Education | St. Patrick's Day | History | Government | Transportation | People | Religion | Literature

Information	Irish roots, Irish music and culture, Irish property
	Information on the Irish state and it's government-easy reading
	General Information-easy to read data in a table
	Overall Information-lots of reading but good information. Has lots of pop ups unfortunately.
	Facts on Ireland-lots of good information

Culture	Ireland Culture-search engine for Irish Culture
	Culture of Ireland
	Castles of Ireland-fun website with videos and games
	Culture-short blurb, easy read.
	Arts and Music-lots of websites on this easy to navigate web page.
	Irish literature, Mythology, Folklore, and -includes background music

Maps	Colorful Map of Ireland-great to show to students
	Choose the region you want to view-breaks down Ireland for your students
	Map showing cities-focuses on the cities of Ireland
	Color In Print Out of Ireland-great for kids!
	Maps of Cities in Ireland-breaks it down to street maps of towns and cities.
	Ireland's History in Maps-breaks it down into years and has coordinating links

Economy	Overview of Ireland's Economy-brief facts, very easy to navigate through.
	Economy Statistics-more in depth, easy to read.
	Facts and Figures-not much reading, mostly numbers.

Education	History of Ireland's Education-timeline from 1920 to 1989
	Education Ireland-different links to navigate through this website. Very interesting.
	Blurb on Ireland's Education

St. Patrick's Day	What exactly is St. Patrick's Day?-wonderful information, very interesting.
	Who is St. Patrick?-wonderful website but does go into religion aspect.
	History of St. Patrick's Day-boring website but good information.
	Customs and Traditions-wonderful website, lots of reading but well worth it!

History	History of Ireland-short but sweet and to the point.
	Northern Ireland History: not the best website, but has good information.
	Irish History-includes links to important battles.
	Irish History Reference
	Northern Ireland History of Derry-good website if you don't mind lots of reading.
	Historic Irish Castles-interesting information on castles with lots of links as well
	Blarney Castle-take a tour through the famous Blarney Castle
	Troubles-breaks down the different troubles Ireland has encountered over the years.
	Potato Famine-discusses how the potato famine affected Ireland.
	In Search of Ancient Ireland-based on a documentary tv series-lots of reading, print is small.

Government	Government Stats- easy to read through.
	Ireland Government-breaks down the facts, easy to read.

Transportation	Transportation Facts: brief website
	Transportation Stats: brief website

People	Brief website including facts of the people of Ireland.
	Short website with stats of the people of Ireland.
	Irish People and Ireland - irish news, events, culture
	Who's Who: The People of Ireland

Religion	Brief blurb of the catholic religion.
	St. Patrick and his importance to the catholic religion.
	Overview of the Irish Religion: lots of reading but excellent information.
	Different Religions: links to 5 different religions practiced by the Irish.

Literature

Literature

Ireland By: Brendan January

Ages 8-10

Patrick: Patron Son of Ireland

By: Tomie de Paola

Ages 5-8

St. Patrick's Day By: Gail Gibbons

Ages 5-8

Count Your Way Through Ireland

By: James S. Haskins

Ages 6-9

Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato

An Irish Folktale

By: Tomie de Paola

Ages: 6-8

Fin M'Coul By: Tomie de Paola

Ages: 4-8

The Story of Saint Patrick's Day

By: Patricia A. Pingry

Ages 4-8

Ireland By: J. Mattern

Ages 6-9

Ireland By: Patricia McKay

Ages 7-9

The Story of Saint Patrick

By: James A. Janda

Ages: 5-8

Lindsey Rourke

Pace University

TS 653: Professor Russakoff

July 2004