introduction
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history matters 365 - think like a historian

A call to action for junior cycle history students!

video

WHAT IS HISTORY?
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ted ed - Why is Herodotus called “The Father of History”?


​Lagan College - What is History?

WHAT IS CHRONOLOGY?


​Lagan College - What is chronology?

working out centuries


​HOW TO MAKE A TIMELINE


​history matters 365 - HENRY VIII Timeline

Here [VIEW ON PC ONLY/FLASH PLAYER REQUIRED] is a timeline charting the wives of Henry VIII. How many times was he married? How did each of his marriages finish? He certainly led an interesting life! Timelines are a great way of placing some of the key events of a person's life in chronological order. Try making a short timeline of your own life using a similar design. Four to five events is plenty. Examples: day you were born/first day in secondary school. Use colour pencils to make your timeline visually attractive.

LOOKING AT SOURCES
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history skills -

​kinds and types of sources

interpreting political cartoons

Miss Stout's History Class - Primary or Secondary Source?


​Printable Worksheet - Sources: Strengths and Weaknesses


​Printable Crossword - The Job of the Historian

historically significant places and buildings
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heritage ireland
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newgrange


​national geographic - tomb of newgrange

commemoration
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decade of centenaries
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trinity college dublin - 'Ireland in Rebellion: 1782-1916' lecture series

Playlist - commemoration [3 lectures]
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creative centenaries

Investigate a repository of historical evidence
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royal irish academy - dictionary of irish biography

the national archives of ireland

the national archives of ireland - census of ireland 1901/1911
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churchill archive for schools
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central statistics office - Life in 1916 ireland: stories from statistics
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imperial war museum - ireland's role in the first world war
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century ireland - online exhibition - gallipoli 
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history ireland magazine - online archive

HOW DO ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND OUT ABOUT THE PAST?
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career one stop - A Day in the Life - archaeologist


​Miss Stout's History Class - An archaeologist on a dig


​Printable Wordsearch - The Work of an Archaeologist
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national geographic - Where you grew up, what you ate—your bones record your life

contribution of new technology to historical enquiry

THE IRISH TIMES - How ancient DNA is transforming history
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history extra - Richard III: a ‘car park king’ timeline
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bbc news - WW1 shipwrecks pictured by sonar off Welsh coast

CONTROVERSIES IN HISTORY

VERSUS HISTORY PODCASTS
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PDST - ​Teaching the period 1919-1923 in Irish history

More Resources
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HISTORY MATTERS 365 - 


[PLAY ON PC ONLY] WORDSHOOT - Finding Out About the Past 
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the guardian - ​Antony Beevor: the greatest war movie ever – and the ones I can't bear
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the telegraph - Rudyard Kipling's 'If' poem scrubbed off wall by students who claim he was a 'racist'
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BBC - TRAVEL - THE TRAVEL GUIDES THAT CHARTED OUR WORLD
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Webwise - explained: what is fake news?
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world wise schools - doing development education 
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rté news - Irish man sets record straight on Iwo Jima photo

FOCUS TASK
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Consider a controversial issue in history from more than one perspective. Use this template to guide your work. [Examples: Signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921, Dropping the atomic bomb, Opening of Croke Park to other sports]

REVISION
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Test Your Knowledge
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PROJECT - Time Capsule

A time capsule is a collection of sources, usually intended as a method of communication with future people. As part of junior cycle history, create your very own time capsule. Your capsule will take the form of an A3 size envelope. Items for the capsule may include:

    > A letter to your future self
    > Photographs - Family/Classmates/Local sites
    > Newspaper/Magazine Articles
    > Coins
    > Cinema Tickets
    > Text of an Interview
    > Bucket List    
    > Questionnaire responses
    > Train Timetable
    > Compilation CD
    > Class Test
    > Top 10 Lists - Songs/Films/Books/Celebrities
    > A Postage Stamp
    > A Diary of One Week in Your Life  

You should try to date as many of your items as possible. Some, such as newspaper articles will already be dated. Once you have gathered all your items they should then be placed into the A3 envelope. The envelope must be sealed and labelled with the following details: name, date, time, teacher, class and date to be opened.