Welcome to the History Department
Ms Natalie Dalton, Mr Aidan McColgan, Ms Rebecca Jones, Ms Amanda Maher.
The study of history is about exploring human experience over time and how that experience has shaped the world we live in today. By asking questions of available evidence, students of history can make rational, informed judgements about human actions in the past and examine why people were motivated to act as they did and the effects of these actions. Studying history develops our historical consciousness, enabling us to orient ourselves in time and place our experiences in a broader framework of human experience. Being historically conscious transforms the way that we perceive the world and our place in it, and informs how we see the future development of the world.
Throughout the junior cycle programme students will study the following topics:
- The Work of the Historian.
- Archeology
- Ancient Rome
- The Middle Ages
- Renaissance
- The Age of Exploration
- The Reformation
- Revolution and Rebellions
- World War II
- The Cold War
- The European Union.
Key skills developed:
- Communicating with others
- Managing information
- Analysing and Interpreting a variety of information
- Recognising patterns
- Geographical Skills.
Assessment
There are three main components for assessing History at Junior Cycle:
| Classroom Based Assessment 1 (2nd Year) |
Complete a project on the history of your local area. |
| Classroom Based Assessment 2 (3rd Year) |
A study of a historical figure. |
| State Exam (June of 3rd Year). |
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