Crofters

Scotland's Past   ->  Crofters 
P.S.- PRAKTISK SPROG has kindly permitted us to use their pages about the crofters, from no. 3 March 1992, called Highlands and Islands.

 •  Go to these pages, read the texts and do the exercises.

P.S. - PRAKTISK SPROG includes a song called 'The Flower of Scotland'
 •  Go to www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/songs/flower.html to read the text
and see what you can find about the song.

 •  Maybe your school has got the tape, ask for it and listen.
 •  On www.corries.com you can choose: Music / Flowers of Scotland and listen to the first verse of the song.

 •  If you want to read more about crofters, go to www.scu.co.uk/pubs/edgeland.html

 •  You can listen to a drama about the Highland Clearances on this site: www.bbc.co.uk/history
Click Multimedia Zone, click Audio Dramas, scroll and find the Highland Clearances.

 •  You can find more about the Highland Clearances and Crofters on: www.mac.gowan.org/higclear.html

 •  A really great site with easy-to-read texts, you find here: www.ntseducation.org.uk/
Click Pupils, click Homework, click History. Here you can read more about the Clearances.

 

Exercises

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