This is the first book in the famine trilogy where the Great Irish Famine is recreated through the story of three young survivors. Ireland in the 1840s is devastated by famine. When tragedy strikes their family Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves. Starving and in danger of ending up in the dreaded workhouse, they escape. Their one hope is to find the great-aunts they have heard about in their mother’s stories. With tremendous courage they set out on a journey that will test every reserve of strength, love and loyalty they possess.
This book by Marita Conlon Mc Kenna is aimed at pupils in senior classes. These link to documents for the teacher below contain suggestions on how to use the book as a cross-curricular resource in the Fifth Class classroom, as well as approaches to the film in the classroom. There are also worksheets for the pupils to complete.
Check out the O’Brien website here: https://obrien.ie/under-the-hawthorn-tree
Hello looking at under the hawthorne tree, episode teaching guides are excellent, where would I get the episodes from? thank you
You may have to do an online search for the DVD at this stage.
It’s available from http://www.bookdepository.co.uk
Unfortunately none of the teacher guides are available on the O’ Brien Press website any more. The links are all dead.
Hi Susan, I’ve updated the links on this page and they now link to the resources on the O’Brien website.
The links to the teacher guides are not working.
Hi Anne, I’ve checked the links to all of the resource material and they are all working.
Links to teaching guide and teaching ideas for Under the hawthorn tree aren’t working
HI Joan, I’ve fixed the link to the resources on the O’Brien website. They are under the “Resources” tab.