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Sunday Bloody Sunday Activities With Music Songs Nursery Rhymes - 50962
Sunday Bloody Sunday Activities With Music Songs Nursery Rhymes - 50962
How long... How long must we sing this …………………………………………? How long?...
'cause tonight...we can be as one. Tonight...tonight...
Wipe the tears from your ………………………………………… Wipe your ………………………………………… away
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Oh, wipe your bloodshot eyes
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
The band
U2 rock band comes from Ireland. Their first album dates back to 1980. Many of their songs combine an
original sound with honest lyrics and a challenging social message.
❷ How the singer emphasizes that blood and violence are everywhere:
❸ Find the lines in the song which express the following ideas:
❹ Vocabulary: write the word from column A next to its translation in column B:
A B
Words from the song Meaning of the word used in the song
Bodies strewn ………………………………………………………………………inyectado en sangre
Heed ………………………………………………………………………separados a la fuerza
Trenches ……………………………………………………………………tener en cuenta, poner atención
Immune ………………………………………………………………………trincheras
Torn apart ………………………………………………………………………lagrimas
Wipe ………………………………………………………………………cadáveres desperdigados
Tears ………………………………………………………………………reclamar
Bloodshot ………………………………………………………………………limpiar
Claim ………………………………………………………………………inmune
Some landmarks about Irish history:
In Northern Ireland until the 1990s, there was a conflict between two communities: the Irish Protestants
who supported the British government and were proud to be part of Britain, and the Irish Catholics, who
wanted independence from Britain and to be part of the Republic of Ireland. It was not just a question of
identity and religion. The Irish Catholics are less numerous than the Protestants and until the 1980s, there
was a high rate of unemployment and poverty among them, they had difficulties to find good jobs or state
jobs like policeman or teacher. There was a wall in Belfast separating the living areas of the two communities
which did not mix. The 1980s were a period of troubles with a situation of civil war and British troops were
sent there. Both communities had a paramilitary group. The most famous one was the IRA (Irish republican
Army) defending the Catholics cause. The group organized many terrorist acts in Northern Ireland and
Great Britain. In 1998, Northern Ireland signed an agreement with the British government ending 30 years
of troubles and violence.
Reading comprehension:
Photographs taken by William Rukeyser. Find the right title for each picture:
Mass arrest of civilians / Blood on the street / Blanket
Last picture: who are the people
painted on the house’s wall?