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  1) Use your knowledge to complete the beginning of this article. 2)   Why does street art keep changing in this country? 3)   Why can we say that street art is the “voice of a new generation”? 4) Browse the web to find when same-sex marriage was finally adopted in Northern Ireland.    Street Art In Northern Ireland: The Voice Of A New Generation by Rebecca Anderson https://impakter.com/street-art-northern-ireland-voice-new-generation/ When one reveals that they are from __________________, the inevitable questions about the Troubles are sure to follow. Northern Ireland, a small country of just 1.8 million people, is famous, or perhaps infamous, for the Troubles. This refers to a period of _____________________ which began in the late 1960s and ended with what is referred to as ___________________________, in 1998. The Troubles is a complicated topic, and it is not my intention to discuss it in any great detail here. Broadly speaking, the Tr...

 USE YOUR OWN WORDS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS: a) Explain what a peace wall is. b) What will happen in 2023? c)What do young people think about it? Why? Will NI's peace walls come down by 2023 to meet 10-year target? 3 May 2018    BBC news This month marks the half-way point in a 10-year plan to bring down all of Northern Ireland's peace walls, but only a few have been removed so far. The barriers were erected to separate mainly unionist and mainly nationalist areas, to prevent attacks on residents living along the interfaces. Many residents view the peace walls as a necessary form of protection. However, some members of a cross-community youth programme in Belfast have called for the walls to come down. Could a new generation, who grew up after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, help bring an end to the physical legacy of sectarian division? "We don't see the need for peace walls," 18-year-old Aoife Loughran told BBC News NI. She said the sectarian v...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  2.6 The Guernsey Literary… Society…   (activities 3)   A)    Answer the following questions :   1)     Why does Juliet keep travelling ? 2)       Explain the incident with the tea pot… 3)     What do you learn about Juliet’s private life ? Why did she break up with her boy friend ? What happened to him ? 4)     Explain the story of the pig. 5)     What kind of article does the Times want Juliet to write ? Why does Juliet tell Dawsey about it ? (Feb. 3rd) 6)     Who is Mr Reynolds ? 7)     Why does Juliet ask Mrs Taunton and Reverend Simpless to write to Amelia Maugery ? What do you learn about Juliet in each of their letters ? (You can use your homework).     B)    Going further :   Browse the web to find war time cartoons (WW2 ...