IN 03 Making History TRB.indd 177 Sunday. Irish Independent,whileSource2isfromtheofficialreportintoevents ofBloody The sourcesbelow charttheevents ofBloodySunday. Source1isanarticlefromthe Read thearticlebelow andanswer thequestionsthatfollow. 1972 4. 3. 2. 1. LSource 2 LSource 1Monday, 31January closely supporting them.closely supporting firing weapons orhandlingbombsinthecourse oftheafternoonandthatyet others hadbeen acquitted ofcomplicity insuchaction;butthere isastrong suspicionthatsomeothers hadbeen wounded isproved tohave beenshotwhilsthandlingafirearm orbomb. Someare wholly demonstrators andthesecurityforces was almostinevitable... Noneofthedeceased or illegal march hadnotthereby created ahighly dangerous situationinwhichaclashbetween had engagedin‘willful murder’. Labor peer, L Square was blockedby soldiers using awater cannon, rubberbullets andCSgas. The crowd was listeningtospeechesatF without any provocation’. after today’s disgustingviolence. Dr Edward Daly, parishpriest, a said:‘ murder by thearmy’. British oppositionMPswere lastnightcalling thecallous killings ‘aBloodySunday’ and‘mass Regiment appeared tofire indiscriminately onacrowd ofdemonstrators yesterday. inDerry menwere killed andatleastThirteen 17others injured whensoldiers oftheP There wouldhave beennodeaths inL In a statement, a group of even iftrue, thisdoesnotexplain thekilling ofunarmedcivilians. General F strewn figures could beseenontheground. of Rossville S crowd, causingwidespread panic. Demonstrators dived for cover astroops stoodattheend ______Does Source1agreewith Ford’s explanation? Explainyour answer. ______How didGeneralFord explaintheactionofhissoldiers? ______What was thecrowd doingwhentheshootingstarted?______How many peoplewere killedonBloodySunday? ______ord, saidhismenhad come underattackfrom snipers from anearby building, but, ord F treet firingtheirautomaticweapons. enner Brockway was justbeginningaspeech whenbullets rippedintothe C atholic priests, whohad witnessed theevents, said theparatroopers They shotindiscriminately andeverywhere around them (Source: 13civiliansshotdead, IrishIndependent, 1971) ondonderry on 30 January ifthosewho organised on30January the ondonderry ree corner aftertheirbidtomarch toGuildhall (Source: onBloodySunday, report Widgery 1972) The commander oflandforces intheNorth, The BritishArmy shouldhangitshead inshame When theshootingfinally stopped, blood- ______arachute The British 177 10/07/2018 13:10

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MAKING HISTORY TEACHER’S RESOURCE BOOK • CHAPTER 26 © GILL EDUCATION AnalysingAnalysing SourcesSources 178 8. 7. 6. 5. ● ● For eachheading considerthe following: newspaper describingtheevents ofBloodySunday. Create aheadlinethatwould appearin(i)anationalistnewspaper and(ii)aunionist Follow-up exercise: (ii) Unionistheadline:______(i) Nationalistheadline:______● ● Who was responsible? Who startedtheevents ofthatday? (iii) (ii) (i) event. List threestepsthatyou would taketotryandaccuratelyresearchacontroversial ______Which sourcedoyou thinkismorereliable?Explainyour answer. ______the text.______Does Source2trytojustifythekillings?Supportyour answer withevidencefrom ______Who doesSource2holdresponsibleforthedeaths?

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