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Section 4Planning a course based on the Junior Certificate History syllabi:time managementA perennial complaint about history courses worldwide is that they are ‘too long’.Whatever one’s view on this issue, it is undoubtedly the case that careful planning andtime management can help to ensure that courses taught fulfil curricular requirements andare educationally meaningful. Incorporating syllabus emphases into one’s teaching canhelp to ensure that time is being used effectively to develop students’ on-goingunderstanding and competencies.The following templates are intended to assist history teachers and departments inorganising their teaching of syllabus topics within viable time parameters.Junior Certificate History syllabus: Template 4ASection I: How we find out about the pastTopicIntroduction:• The job of the historianTo becompleted by…Numberof classesavailableSyllabus emphasesHistorical methods,different types of sourcesOur roots in ancientcivilisation:• Pre-Christian & earlyChristian Ireland• Ancient Egypt, Greece,Rome or other ancientcivilisationStudy based onarchaeological evidenceof• Houses, food, familylife• Work, art, crafts, tools• Burial customsCastle, church and city:• Medieval society• Medieval city• Medieval manor• Medieval castle• Medieval monastery andparishStudy based on buildings,settlements, other materialsourcesLocal examples and/ornational examples and/orEuropean examplesRenaissance:• Renaissance art• Renaissance architecture• Renaissance printing andlearningStudy based on visualsources and biography© 2008 History In-Service Team [HIST] - 10 -
Junior Certificate History syllabus: Template 4BSection II: Studies of changeTopicTo becompletedby …Numberof classesavailableSyllabus emphasesChanges in European view of theworld: ExplorationExploring changethrough• Why people wanted new searoutes• What made the voyagespossible• The main consequences of thesevoyagesSpecial study: An account of ONEexploration• Understanding ofcause &consequence• Use of appropriatedocumentarysources• The special studyReligious change: Reformation• Why the Reformation occurred• How different people wentabout reform• The main consequences of theReformationSpecial study: Life of ONEreformer & the effect he hadExploring changethrough• Understanding ofcause &consequence• Use of appropriatedocumentarysources• The special studyChanges in land ownership:Plantation in IrelandExploring changethrough• Why the land changed hands• How the land changed hands• Main consequences of thechangeSpecial study: ONE plantation inIreland• Understanding ofcause &consequence• Use of appropriatedocumentarysources• The special study© 2008 History In-Service Team [HIST] - 11 -
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