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Obtaining free resources
 
The resources are largely in pdf format, but there are also simple slideshows and
some multimedia PowerPoint and similar - Opus - presentations.
 
Most of the resources can be downloaded from the following web pages.

The downloadable resources on each page are shown in blue. 

A fast broadband connection is recommended.

 
 
Irish pathways through the curriculum
 
Special themes & topics 

Brian Boru, the Vikings & Alfred the Great
A pirate in the Literacy Hour (Grace O'Malley & the Tudors)
Using Irish historical fiction in the classroom
including children as evacuees & refugees in Second World War
History, citizenship & the Irish famine
Supporting SHP Modern World Study:the Irish question
The Easter Rising 1916: 90 years on
Learning from teachers in Ireland 
PowerPoint presentations & visual sources 


New trials

Tudor conquest of Ireland (Key Stage 3)
Ireland 1801-1921 (Year 13)
Black & Tans (Year 13)

 

Published resources for developing Irish pathways 

 

For resources relating to the article on Grace O'Malley, 'A Pirate in the Literacy
Hour', in English 4-11, please click on the following link:
http://journals.aol.co.uk/iis04/GraceOMalley.