Powerpoint presentation with slides showing the causes, the leaders, the events and several photographs.
View full descriptionStrand: Politics, Conflict & Society
Strand unit: 1916 and the foundation of the state
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
Comprehensive site on most aspects of Viking life. Covers who they were, their sea skills, their warrior nature, their towns and much more. Includes quizzes and classroom activity suggestions.
View full descriptionStrand: Early People /Ancient Societies
Strand unit: Vikings
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
Suggestions for use: Use as a learning centre or station during a unit on the Vikings. The interactive games and quizzes would be a great way to help students review in addition to expanding upon that knowledge base. The activity sections within each area are really great and will provide lots of ideas for class.
This collection page on the Famine brings together all the resources that Scoilnet has amassed over the couple of months. The collection includes a Powerpoint Presentation on the famine, a short film on the famine and lots of links to other engaging and interactive resources.
View full descriptionStrand: Eras of Change & Conflict
Strand unit: The Great Famine
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
Strand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 7. The Great Famine
One of four episodes created by Beakus for BBC History to help get kids in to ancient history. This episode sees Eric, a 10-year old time-travelling boy, whizz off to the Stone Age. Duration 2.20 mins.
View full descriptionStrand: Early People /Ancient Societies
Strand unit: Stone Age Peoples
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
Suggestions for use: Discuss what life would have been like in the Stone Age. What would people eat? Where would they live?
An eyewitness account of the great ship - the Titanic - sinking into the icy waters of the North Atlantic. (Contains some advertising.)
View full descriptionGateway to the BBC's resources on Ancient Egypt. Covers daily life, pyramids, pharaohs, mummification, gods and beliefs, hieroglyphs. Excellent starting point for information.
View full descriptionStrand: Early People /Ancient Societies
Strand unit: Egyptians
Suggestions for use: You probably won't need to go much further than this site when teaching about Ancient Egypt. Clear menu links to detailed information. Not hugely dynamic but does contain images and maps so will be useful for class computer.
Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies
Strand unit: Egyptians
Suggestions for use: You probably won't need to go much further than this site when teaching about Ancient Egypt. Clear menu links to detailed information. Not hugely dynamic but does contain images and maps so will be useful for class computer.
From the Ask About Ireland site, notes about Stone Age people and tombs as well as Bronze Age people. Links also for a timeline of early people in Ireland.
View full descriptionStrand: Early People /Ancient Societies
Strand unit: Bronze Age Peoples
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
Suggestions for use: Get the children to draw a timeline for early people in Ireland. This site will provide the information needed.
Detailed National Library website covering most aspects of the Rising. Includes a huge amount of primary source material and images contained in the Library. Also contains biographical notes on the main participants and those who were executed.
View full descriptionStrand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 3 Sovereignty 1912-1949
Suggestions for use: Great source material for research study.
Here you will find a lesson plan, worksheet, stories and assessment about the 19th Century Empty Cooking Pot. Within the lesson plan there are discussion prompts about the Empty Cooking Pot, there are also links to worksheets and ideas for group work.
View full descriptionStrand: Story
Strand unit: Stories from the lives of people in the past
Strand: Eras of Change & Conflict
Strand unit: The Great Famine
Strand: Oral Language
Strand unit: Emotional & Imaginative Dev through Language
Strand: Writing
Strand unit: Emotional & Imaginative Dev through Language
Strand: Human Environments
Strand unit: People and Other Lands
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Strand: Drama to explore feelings, knowledge and ideas, leading to understanding
Strand unit: Co-operating and communicating in making drama
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