By: Derry Koralek, Ray Collins. Play is the work of children  through play and interaction, children learn how to talk, listen, read, and write. Read about typical behaviors of emergent and beginning readers, and how each of these behaviors relate to reading and writing.
After years of civil war, Ireland became a republic in 1921. At this time, Britain negotiated with Ireland to keep the six counties in the north-east of Ireland. These six counties now make up what is known as Northern Ireland or Ulster. The southern part of the island is the Republic of Ireland, or Eire.
The violence, death and suffering of the Troubles was not confined to Northern Ireland. In the 1970s the Irish Republican Army (IRA) initiated a campaign of terrorist violence in England, bombing a number of military and civilian targets there.From a Provisional IRA perspective the mainland campaign, as it was dubbed, had several objectives.n the 1970s the Irish Republican Army (IRA) initiated a campaign of terrorist violence in England, bombing a number of military and civilian targets there. From a Provisional IRA perspective the mainland campaign, as it was dubbed, had several objectives.