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New Resources Commemorating the Decade of Centenaries

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD announced the launch of the Junior Cycle Decade of Centenaries Research Collection, produced by the Department’s Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) initiative. This research collection aims to support teachers in teaching research techniques and to act as a resource for teachers as they support students in completing their classroom-based assessments.

The Decade of Centenaries recognises the commemoration of a hundred years since the key events in the formation of the state. In the decade from 1912to 1922in the Island of Ireland was dramatically changed by events,including World War 1,the Home Rule crisis and the signing of the Ulster Covenant in 1912, the Lockout, women’s suffrage, foundation the state of Northern Ireland in 1920 and of the Irish Free State in 1922, and the Civil War.

The collection is comprised of the following supports and resources for teachers:

1. Guide to support Researching the Decade of Centenaries in the Junior Cycle History Classroom. This is a hyperlinked guide with embedded online resources, for post-primary History teachers and their students, created to support their engagement in historical research on the period 1912- 1922.

2. Directory to support Researching the Decade of Centenaries in the Junior Cycle History Classroom. This is a hyperlinked directory of 21 repositories of historical evidence, collated together, for post-primary History teachers and their students to support their engagement in historical research on the period 1912- 1922.

3. A collection of three History Teaching and Learning strategies to support Researching the Decade of Centenaries in the Junior Cycle History Classroom:

Commemorating Bloody Sunday – a classroom discovery strategy
Commemorating Bloody Sunday – a classroom display strategy
Commemorating Bloody Sunday – a classroom investigation strategy
The strategies are accompanied by supporting graphic organisers and templates.

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