introduction
history matters 365 - think like a historian
A call to action for junior cycle history students!
video
WHAT IS HISTORY?
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] 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
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
heritage ireland
newgrange
national geographic - tomb of newgrange
commemoration
decade of centenaries
trinity college dublin - 'Ireland in Rebellion: 1782-1916' lecture series
Playlist - commemoration [3 lectures]
creative centenaries
Investigate a repository of historical evidence
royal irish academy - dictionary of irish biography
the national archives of ireland
the national archives of ireland - census of ireland 1901/1911
churchill archive for schools
central statistics office - Life in 1916 ireland: stories from statistics
imperial war museum - ireland's role in the first world war
century ireland - online exhibition - gallipoli
HOW DO ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND OUT ABOUT THE PAST?
career one stop - A Day in the Life - archaeologist
Miss Stout's History Class - An archaeologist on a dig
bbc - Hunt the Ancestor
Printable Wordsearch - The Work of an Archaeologist
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
history extra - Richard III: a ‘car park king’ timeline
bbc news - WW1 shipwrecks pictured by sonar off Welsh coast
CONTROVERSIES IN HISTORY
VERSUS HISTORY PODCASTS
PDST - Teaching the period 1919-1923 in Irish history
More Resources
HISTORY MATTERS 365 -
[PLAY ON PC ONLY] - Finding Out About the Past
the guardian - Antony Beevor: the greatest war movie ever – and the ones I can't bear
the telegraph - Rudyard Kipling's 'If' poem scrubbed off wall by students who claim he was a 'racist'
BBC - TRAVEL - THE TRAVEL GUIDES THAT CHARTED OUR WORLD
Webwise - explained: what is fake news?
world wise schools - doing development education
FOCUS TASK
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
Test Your Knowledge
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.
> 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.