1. Changes in Population Revision

2. The 3 main areas you need to revise are: Reasons for the growth in the population Details of the Highland Clearances The impact of Irish immigration

4. Working with a partner try to revise and write down answers to the following questions. Ensure that you make it clear what your five points are referring to.

5. 1.Reasons for the increase in Britain's population. 2.Countries where Scots emigrated to after the Highland clearances. 3.Five reasons why Irish migrants didn’t always receive a warm welcome from the Scots.

6. The Highland Clearances 1800s Sheep more Profitable than people People moved from the land to make way for sheep Many scenes of violence throughout the highlands as people were moved Many moved to cities, other abroad to the ‘New World’ Assisted passage encouraged emigration. Highlands of Scotland under populated.

7. Many faced starvation and were weak to disease The west of Ireland was hit the worst Lots of people migrated abroad and to Britain Many in Ireland Relied on the Potato crop for survival A blight on the 1845 Crop destroyed ½ Continued into the next year

8. Why was the west of Ireland hit the worst by the famine? Write down 3 reasons Start your answer The west of Ireland was hit the worst because…

9. Practise your Enquiry Skills Complete questions 2 and 6 from page 19 of your textbook.