Hello, my name is Mrs. Tipping and I'm really looking forward to learning with you today all about Britain after the Romans.

And we're going to explore the question, how did Christianity survive in the British Isles? So shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to describe why Christianity grew stronger in Ireland in the fifth century.

Before we start, I would like to introduce you to some key words.

We'll be using these keywords during the lesson, so it might be a good idea to write these words down.

The keywords we'll be using today are missionary, convert, martyr.

I'm going to say those again and I'd like you to repeat them after me.

Missionary, convert, martyr.

Good job.

Now let's think in more detail about what these keywords mean by taking a look at each of their definitions.

A missionary is a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.

To convert means when someone changes their religious faith or other belief.

A martyr is a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

Pause the video here to make a note of these key words.

And when you're ready to continue, press play.

These are the learning cycles that we're working through together in today's lesson.

Christianity in Ireland.

Who was St.

Patrick? St.

Patrick, the missionary.

In this first learning cycle, we will explore Christianity in Ireland.

When the Romans occupied Britain, Christianity was an important and popular religion across the province.

It had spread throughout the Roman Empire and across Europe, and you can see that on the map there in the dark blue and the yellow.

Christianity reached Ireland through contact with Roman Britain.

Roman British missionaries from Britain travelled to Ireland to spread Christianity.

It was from this contact, that some people in Ireland had become Christian by the early fifth century in the 400 CE.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Christianity had reached Ireland through contact with Roman Britain.

Is that true or false? Pause the video here and take a moment to think and press play when you're ready to continue.

If you said that's true, you are absolutely right.

Well done.

Now looking at these two statements, which would help to justify your answer? From this contact, nobody in Ireland became Christian.

From this contact, some people in Ireland had become Christian by the early fifth century.

Pause the video here and have a quick discussion with your partner and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said from this contact, some people in Ireland had become Christian by the early fifth century, you are absolutely right.

Well done.

Although Christianity declined in Britain after the Romans left, it continued to grow stronger in Ireland.

This was in part due to the action of the Roman British missionary St.

Patrick.

Although some Irish people had converted to Christianity, St.

Patrick's spread the religion more widely across Ireland.

Aisha's made a statement.

I wonder, is she correct? Aisha says, St.

Patrick introduced Christianity to Ireland.

Hmm.

Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner.

Is Aisha correct? And press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? Well, Aisha is incorrect in this instance.

Christianity had already reached Ireland through contact with Roman Britain, and St.

Patrick spread Christianity more widely.

This brings us to our first learning task.

I'd like you to put these events in chronological order, using number one for the earliest.

So we have some people in Ireland have become Christian by the early fifth century.

Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire and across Europe.

Christianity had reached Ireland through contact with Roman Britain.

When Christianity declined in Britain, it continued to grow stronger in Ireland due to the actions of the missionary St.

Patrick.

So pause the video here.

Give yourself enough time to put these events in chronological order and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look at the order? Firstly, Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire and across Europe.

Secondly, Christianity had reached Ireland through contact with Roman Britain.

Thirdly, some people in Ireland had become Christian by the early fifth century.

And finally, when Christianity declined in Britain, it continued to grow stronger in Ireland due to the actions of the missionary St.

Patrick.

Well done if you are able to put those events into the chronological order and well done for completing that learning task.

This brings us to the second part of our lesson.

We're going to explore who St.

Patrick was.

St.

Patrick was born in Britain towards the end of the fourth century.

He lived with his wealthy parents, but at the age of 16, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish Raiders who were attacking his family's estate.

They took Patrick to Ireland where he spent six years enslaved.

During this time, he was forced to work alone as a shepherd, looking after sheep and pigs.

He suffered from hunger and neglect, and eventually, he turned to the Bible and prayer for comfort.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

How many years was Patrick enslaved for? Eight years, six years, or 12 years? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think and press play when you are ready to hear the answer.

If you said he was enslaved for six years, you are absolutely right.

Well done.

Now from St.

Patrick's writing, it is believed that he heard God speak to him in a dream, telling him it was time to leave Ireland.

So he walked until he reached the coast and was able to escape Ireland on a boat.

You can see a photo of the Irish coast there.

It would've been a long journey, I imagine, to get to the coast and it might be quite treacherous to get on a boat.

Now, when St.

Patrick reached safety, it is said that he had a second vision where he saw an angel.

The angel told him to return to Ireland as a missionary.

Patrick then trained as a priest and was sent to Ireland with a mission to serve the Christians already living in Ireland and to convert the people in Ireland who still followed pagan beliefs.

And most Irish people at that time practised a nature-based pagan religion, an Irish culture centred around a rich tradition of oral legend and myth.

You can see a photo there of a stained glass window of St.

Patrick.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Can you fill in the missing keywords to complete this sentence? Patrick became a blank and he was sent to Ireland to blank those who still followed pagan beliefs to Christianity.

So what are the two words that are missing from those blank spaces? Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? Shall we take a look? So Patrick became a missionary and he was sent to Ireland to convert those who still followed pagan beliefs to Christianity.

Well done if you were able to fill in those missing keywords and complete that sentence.

This brings us to our second learning task.

I'd like you to write a short biography of St.

Patrick.

You may want to include the following words: attacked, enslaved, shepherd, vision, escaped, missionary.

So pause the video here.

Give yourself enough time.

Make sure that you have a pen and some paper to write a short biography of St.

Patrick and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did you get on? Shall we take a look at an example? So your biography might look a bit like this.

St.

Patrick was born in Britain towards the end of the fourth century.

When he was 16, his family were attacked by Irish Raiders.

Patrick was enslaved and forced to work alone as a shepherd in Ireland.

During the tough times, Patrick turned to the Bible for comfort.

One day he saw a vision from God, telling him to leave Ireland.

Patrick escaped Ireland, but he received a second vision from an angel who told him to go back as a missionary.

Well done if you were able to write a short biography of St.

Patrick and well done for completing that learning task.

We're now ready to explore the third part of our lesson.

We're going to take a look at St.

Patrick, the missionary.

Historians know about St.

Patrick's life as a missionary because he wrote about it in his confession.

The confession is where Patrick wrote about his missionary activities and day-to-day life, a bit like a diary or autobiography.

The confession is the main evidence we have for St.

Patrick's life.

It details how he risked becoming a martyr when he preached to the kings of northeast Ireland.

A martyr is a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

So the kings of Northeast Ireland, they led Celtic tribes and Patrick had to tread carefully if he wanted to convince them to convert to Christianity.

Have a look there.

That photo of a stained glass window showing St.

Patrick preaching to Irish kings.

You can see the kings sat there and you can see St.

Patrick on the right.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Can you match the key words to their definitions? We have missionary, convert, martyr, someone who changes their religious faith or other belief.

A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs, a person sent on a religious mission.

Pause the video here and have a go at matching the keywords to their definitions and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look? So a missionary is a person sent on a religious mission.

To convert means someone who changes their religious faith or other belief, and a martyr is a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

Wal done if you could match those correctly.

St.

Patrick was able to spread Christianity by setting up churches across Ireland.

He was also familiar with the Irish language and culture, so he chose to include traditional rituals into his lessons of Christianity instead of attempting to remove native Irish beliefs.

For example, he placed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross.

So that worship of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish people.

Have a look there at that photo of a Celtic cross.

Can you see how there's that sun shape in the middle there, creating that Celtic cross? Patrick is known as the patron saint of Ireland because he made Christianity grow stronger throughout Ireland.

It is said that many Irish people became Christians because of his work, and now St.

Patrick's Day is celebrated every year on the day Patrick supposedly died.

You can see a photo of a stained glass window there of St.

Patrick, and you can see that he's holding on to a clover there, which is one of the symbols for St.

Patrick.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Describe to your learning partner how St.

Patrick spread Christianity in Ireland.

Think about what he set up and what he included in his lessons.

Pause the video here, and when you're ready to continue, press play.

What did you think? So St.

Patrick spread Christianity by setting up churches and including Irish traditional rituals into his lessons of Christianity.

Well done if you remembered that.

This brings us to our final learning task of this lesson.

I'd like you to write one paragraph to describe St.

Patrick's mission and how he was able to help Christianity grow stronger in Ireland in the fifth century.

You might want to consider these questions.

Why did Patrick become a missionary? What challenges did he face? How did St.

Patrick convert the Irish to Christianity? How do we know about St.

Patrick's life? So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to write one paragraph to describe St.

Patrick's mission and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did you get on? Were you able to write that paragraph describing St.

Patrick's mission and how he was able to help Christianity grow stronger in Ireland in the fifth century? Well, let's take a look at an example, shall we? So St.

Patrick became a Christian missionary after he saw visions from God and an angel.

He travelled back to Ireland to convert people to Christianity.

He risked becoming a martyr when he preached to the kings of the northeast island.

However, St.

Patrick was successful at spreading Christianity because he set up churches and included Irish traditional rituals into his lessons of Christianity.

We know about St.

Patrick's life as a missionary because he wrote about it in his confession.

Well done if you were able to write that paragraph, and well done for completing that learning task.

Before we finish this lesson, let's summarise what we've learned about St.

Patrick and Christianity in Ireland.

Christianity declined in Britain after the Romans left, but grew stronger in Ireland.

Some people in Ireland were already Christians by the early fifth century.

The Roman British missionary, St.

Patrick, spread the religion more widely by setting up churches and including Irish traditional rituals into his lessons.

He risked becoming a martyr when he preached to the kings of Northeast Ireland.

We know how St.

Patrick was able to convert the Irish from reading his confession.

Thank you for joining me in this lesson today.

I hope to see you in the next one.

See you next time.