4. As a class, discuss and evaluate the changes that have occurred for women over the last 100 years. Do you believe that women now have the same rights and opportunities as men?
5. What events occurred in Ireland during the 1960s that changed society? Use the following headings: (a) Religion (b) Education (c) Economics
6. Write about the importance of the civil rights movement in the USA and explain how it influenced the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland (see chapter 16).
7. Do you think that the 1960s was an important decade in the history of the world? Give reasons for your answer.
8. Evaluate the importance of television to the development of the civil rights movement and cultural change.
FURTHER RESEARCH
9. Working with a partner, research and create a project on any of the following women’s organisations: (a) The Irish Housewives’ Association (b) The Irish Women Workers’ Union (c) The Dublin Women’s Suffrage Association (d) The Irish Woman’s Franchise League (e) The Irish Women’s Liberation Movement
10. Choose an important personality from this chapter and create a project about him or her. Examples could be (a) Bob Dylan (b) Nell McCafferty (c) Countess Markievicz (d) Malcolm X (e) Rosa Parks
11. Research other important events from the 1960s such as: (a) The anti-apartheid movement in South Africa (b) The Vietnam War
12. Interview a woman who was active in any of the women’s organisations in the 1970s. 13. Invite a member of an active women’s organisation to visit your class. 14. Research the history of women’s organisations in your own area. 15. Working in pairs or small groups, create a timeline for the changes in women’s equality during the twentieth century.
16. Working in pairs or small groups, create a project on one of the following topics: (a) The Selma to Montgomery march (b) The Little Rock Nine (c) Woodstock Festival (d) The Apollo 11 expedition