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ERIC Number: EJ644027
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
A Brief History of the Potato in Ireland.
Social Education, v64 n5 pm4-6 Sep 2000
Provides historical information on the potato in Ireland focusing on how the potato arrived in Ireland and the advantages and disadvantages of the potato as a food crop. Discusses the Irish potato famine in Ireland, effects of the famine, and the government's laissez-faire response. Includes a list of questions. (CMK)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Food, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Hunger, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Poverty, Social Studies, World History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Famine; Ireland
Note: Part of the supplement "Middle Level Learning" for this issue of Social Education.