The Rise of Sinn Fein

As a group, read through the reasons why Sinn Fein rose to prominence and then rank this across the room from most important to least important reason to explain their rise.

Subject Objective(s)• To know the reasons why Sinn Fein rose to prominence.

• To be able to evaluate sources using NOPA.

Impact of the Easter Rising 1 – How significant was the

rise of Sinn Fein?

Learning Outcomes:• C grade – will be able to explain and evaluate the content and provenance of a range of contemporary sources.

• B grade – will be able to analyse the strength of the evidence by examining the provenance and context of the source.

• A grade – will be able to reach a substantiated conclusion to an enquiry question focusing on the strength of the evidence presented.

Sinn Fein SourcesGrade C – Understanding - Answer the question about the sources.

Grade B – Evaluating – Evaluate the sources using NOPA. Remember that your analysis needs to think about the sources in their historical context.

Grade A – Synthesising – Now use the evaluation of the sources to explain how far they support the statement:

Sinn Fein had a positive effect on Anglo-Irish relations.

Source work Vocabulary Pyramid

How many of these words can you use in your answer?

exaggerated primary secondary contradict oppose motive comparison

feasible suspected suggested

biased trustworthy information useful accurate evidence

support inaccurate certainly almost

reliability utility purpose author unreliable

limited witness perhaps probably possibly

source trust date false

maybe likely unlikely might

true time

lie

Critical Evaluation Vocabulary Pyramid

discriminates effectively... indiscriminate in its use of.. authentic… authenticity can be questioned…

corroborated by… lacks corroboration...

overly optimistic… unduly pessimistic... objective… subjective...impartial… partial… states accurately…

understates/overstates… unproblematic... problematic...

supported by...inconsistent... successful in assessing…

unsuccessful in assessing.... substantiated by...unsubstantiated... goes far

enough... goes too far...well evidenced... lacks evidence...

contradicted by...

typical… assesses well… fails to assess… untypical... hard to question… questionable...

developed… undeveloped…

balanced… unbalanced...

highly convincing… not convincing... valid... invalid… explains

well....fails to explain... reliable...

unreliable...

accurate… correct…

wrong… strong…weak...

inaccurate… Webb’s analysis is/can be

considered… …because…

This had a significant impact because…

As a result of this action… This was a more important factor because…

These factors worked together to…

However, a stronger factor was…

This limited the impact…

This is important because…

This led to…

Openers Pyramid

The impact of this factor was lessened by…

B - What does this suggest about the significance of Sinn Fein?

A - What does this suggest about the potential of reaching an agreement about Ireland’s future post-1918?

Homework for ThursdayRead the section of the chapter you have been given. You are going to be an expert on each of these areas.

You are going to produce, in lesson, a helpsheet for the rest of the class on your given area. This helpsheet must:•Summarise the key events, facts and happenings.•Demonstrate how your event links to the Easter Rising.•Demonstrate how the event impacted on republicans and unionists.•Explain the impact it had on the political relationship between Britain and Ireland.

As a result, you must ensure that your reading leads you to this information.