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Students from Ballybay Community School with artwork
done for the launch of Irish Independent supplement series.
2016
is a very important
year in Irish history and plans are well
underway to mark this significant
moment through a year-long initiative
called the Ireland 2016 Centenary
Programme.
Ireland 2016 is a once in a lifetime
opportunity to remember the events of
1916, to reflect on our achievements
over the last 100 years and to reimagine Ireland for future generations.
The programme, which is divided into
seven programme strands, involves a
diverse range of historical, cultural and
artistic activities designed to facilitate
commemoration, celebration and
discussion.
Children and young people are at the
heart of Ireland 2016 and the
Department of Education and Skills has
developed a fantastic programme of
participation-led activities and projects
to engage students and teachers,
across all aspects of the curriculum, in
2015/2016.
Whether your passion is History, Irish,
Art or English, or you are working with
this year’s Transition Year students,
there is a wealth of resource material,
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James Hughes from
Ballybay Community
School playing at the
launch of the Irish
Independent
supplement series.
lesson plans and class ideas in the
Ireland 2016 Youth and Imagination
strand. Whether it’s inspiring your
students to create a brilliant art piece, or
challenging them to write their own
‘Proclamation for a New Generation’, or
helping them to discover their family’s
hidden histories, there is something for
every interest in this specially curated
education programme.
The events of 1916 were a seminal
moment in Ireland’s history. The annual
all-island schools’ history competition
has a special focus on these events for
the centenary year. Local education
centres will also run a range of history
competitions for all ages, full details
available at www.ateci.ie or at your local
centre.
The Department of Education and Skills
in partnership with the Royal Irish
Academy has developed a special
series of post-primary history lesson
plans focusing on a selection of special
1916 objects from the ‘Ireland in 100
objects’ series. These will be available
at http://www.100objects.ie/portfolioitems/post-primary-lesson-plans.
Ireland 2016 is encouraging everyone
to become a detective for a year and
trace their family’s history in 1916! Help
your students to discover the secret
stories of their family, their community
or their local area and embark upon a
trail of discovery using the resources of
our national cultural institutions.
The Military Archives has come
together with NUI Maynooth to develop
a major Transition Year Unit and
resource for schools, based on primary
source material held in the Military
Archives and in the Letters of 1916
project. Check out
http://dh.tcd.ie/letters1916 and
http://www.militaryarchives.ie.
As part of the 1916 ancestry project
the National Archives has developed a
special resource to show teachers and
students how to engage in ancestral
research. This will be hosted on
www.Irishgenealogy.ie and will go live
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Artwork done by students from Ballbay Community
School for l