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Northern Bank robbery

High school (ages 12+)
Safety & Emergency

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/northern-bank-robbery

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What is the date of robbery?

  2. 2. What is the location of bank?

  3. 3. What happened at the Northern Bank on December 20, 2004?

  4. 4. How did the robbers get the money out of the bank?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Hostage

  • Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)

  • Sinn Féin

  • Taoiseach

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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