IRE Educator Guide - Activity Guide

Aug 23, 2026

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Activity Guide for Ireland provides classroom-ready activities and challenges that spark curiosity about Ireland’s culture and history. Designed for teachers, home-school groups, scout groups, families, and informal educators, it uses engaging, interactive tasks spanning geography, traditions, and heritage. The guide frames learning through “learners” and “learning groups,” and includes educator materials plus a structured set of activities, beginning with Giant’s Causeway and extending across multiple cultural and historical themes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages25

Reading Time39 min

AccessFree to download

Overview

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Activity 1: Giant’s Causeway

Activity 2: Potatoes and Irish History

Activity 3: Irish Soda Bread

Activity 4: Irish Folklore, Fairies and Pots of Gold

Activity 5: Irish Emigration

Activity 6: The Book of Kells

Activity 7: Ancient Irish Alphabet: Ogham

ACTIVITY GUIDE Dear teachers, par ent sand informal educators Welcome to the Activity Guide for Ireland. As filmmakers for the giant screen, we have more than 30 years of experience taking audiences on cinematic learning adventures around the world. In our documentary film Ireland, produced for IMAX® and giant screen theaters, we explore the natural wonders and rich, cultural heritage of the island of Ireland. From such spectacular natural landmarks as the giant Cliffs of Moher, the volcanic Giant’s Causeway and the rugged Skellig Islands, to such cultural treasures as Dublin and Belfast, Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone and the Trinity College Library, home to the world’s most famous illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, Ireland celebrates the vibrant traditions and sacred customs of this ancient land. With this Activity Guide, learners of all ages can explore Ireland’s natural wonders and cultural traditions in more detail with fun and interactive activities. Whether writing and illustrating a poem in the style of the Book of Kells or learning about the importance of the potato to Ireland’s history while making a potato battery, this Guide offers a variety of activities that will bring alive the magical place that is Ireland. We hope you enjoy these activities at home, at school orin youth groups. And have fun learning about the joy and diversity of all that Ireland has to offer. —The Ireland Filmmaking Team For more information about Ireland and where it is playing, [visit](visit www.IrelandMovie.com)[ ](visit www.IrelandMovie.com)[www.IrelandMovie.com](visit www.IrelandMovie.com) . OVERVIEW This Activity Guide provides activities and challenges to inspire a curiosity into the culture and history of Ireland. It is intended for use by schools, home school groups, informal educators, scout groups, families, and anyone wishing to share a love of Irish culture. To encourage life-long learning, this guide will use the terms “learners”and “learning groups” throughout the activities to encompass the learner in all of us. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Project Manager: Lori Rick, MacGillivray Freeman Films Activity Concept: Diane Carlson, Giant Screen Cinema Consulting, LLC Design and Illustration: Danny Evans, Flipside Graphic Design Ireland is produced and distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films . [macgillivrayfreeman.com](macgillivrayfreeman.com) Ireland Activity Guide ©2021 MacGillivray Freeman Films . Individual artworks and photographs are copyright their respective creators . IMAX® is a registered trademark of IMAX Corporation . TABLE OF CONTENTS ACTIVITY 1 ................................... 4 Giant’s Causeway ACTIVITY 2 .................................. 7 Potatoes and Irish History ACTIVITY 3 ................................. 10 Irish Soda Bread ACTIVITY 4 ................................. 12 Irish Folklore, Fairies and Pots of Gold ACTIVITY 5 ................................. 15 Irish Emigration ACTIVITY 6 ................................. 19 The Book of Kells ACTIVITY 7 ................................. 24 Ancient Irish Alphabet: Ogham 3 ACTIVITY 1 Giant’s Causeway IN THIS ACTIVITY: In this activity, you’ll make an underwater volcano while learning about Ireland’s volcanic history and the natural wonder called Giant’s Causeway. INTRODUCTION The island of Ireland is a place of fascinating geology. It was formed about 420 million years ago when two land masses collided. One part of the land mass helped to create Europe, Africa and Australia as well as Ireland. The other land mass went on to form part of North America and northwest Ireland. That is why there are geologic similarities between the mountains of Appalachia in the eastern United Sates and northwestern Ireland. In 2011 the Irish section of the International Appalachian Trail was established, and it passes an extraordinary geological formation, the Giant’s Causeway. A caus

FAQs

Who is the Activity Guide for and how should it be used?

It is intended for schools, home school groups, informal educators, scout groups, families, and anyone wanting to share a love of Irish culture. The guide supports learners of all ages with activities and challenges.

What does the guide aim to achieve for learners?

The guide is designed to inspire curiosity about Ireland’s culture and history and to encourage lifelong learning. It provides fun, interactive activities that bring Irish traditions and natural wonders to life.

What is Activity 1 about and what will learners make?

Activity 1 focuses on Giant’s Causeway and Ireland’s volcanic history. Learners make an underwater volcano and connect the model to the geological formation of the causeway.

Aug 23, 2026

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