The History department strives to promote excellence and to cultivate independent, lifelong learning. Through positive relationships, we hope to build your future through discovery of the past. “To learn and teach History is an act of hope for the future”.
What is History & the role of an Historian.
Types of Evidence & words to describe the past
Case Study – James Francis Doherty
The Normans - Who were they?
Ireland before the Normans & the Norman conquest of Ireland.
John deCourcy & the Norman conquest of Ulster
Motte & Bailey castles
Features of a stone castle
Carrickfergus castle including site visit
Health & Hygiene in the Middle Ages.
Explanations of illness & disease
The Black Death – Causes & cures.
Medieval Towns
The Black Death – Causes & cures.
Medieval Towns
1500 – 1700 – Significant events
Developments in Art, culture, religion, exploration
The Reformation – Causes & consequence
English plantations in Ireland
The Ulster Plantation – Causes & consequence.
The 1641 Rebellion
The English Civil War
Cromwell in Ireland
The Cromwellian Plantation
Causes of the famine
Famine relief measures
Consequences of the famine
The Growth of Belfast
Belfast’s industrial past
Belfast - Segregation & separation
Titanic
Why did Titanic sink? – The evidence
The Belfast Blitz
The road to war
The Blitz
Continuity & Change during the 20th century
Significant events &
Individuals who have changed the world.
Ghandi
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Martin Luther King
Live Aid
Mein Kampf
The Great Depression
Hitler’s ideas
The treatment of Jews pre 1933
Treatment of Jews 1933-39
The Holocaust
Ireland in the 19th century
Types of Nationalism
Unionist Opposition to Home Rule
The Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914
Easter Rising 1916
Rise of Sinn Fein 1918
War of Independence 1919-1921
The partition of Ireland
Civil War
NI the early years.
Discrimination
Housing
Voting
Employment
The influence of the Civil Rights movement in the USA
The NI Civil Rights Association
The aims & methods of NICRA
From Civil Rights to Civil Strife – NI 1965-69
1969 - The outbreak of “the troubles”.
Year 11
A Study in Depth: Germany 1918–1939 and Changing Relationships: Britain, Northern Ireland, and Ireland, 1965–1985.
Year 12
An outline Study: International relations 1945-2003
Overview of KS5 Curriculum CCEA GCE History
Year 13
AS Unit 1: Germany 1919 - 1945
The Weimar Republic & the rise of the Nazi Party 1919-1933 & Nazi Germany 1933-1945.
AS Unit 2: Russia 1914 - 1941
The Revolutions of Feb & Oct 1917; Lenin’s Russia 1917-1924; Stalin’s Russia 1924-1941.
Year 14
A2 Unit 1: Unionism & Nationalism in Ireland 1800 – 1900
Nationalism: Cultural, Revolutionary &, Constitutional perspective; Unionism 1800-1900; The British government response to Irish nationalism.
A2 Unit 2: The partition of Ireland 1900 - 1925
The Home Rule Crisis 1900-1914; Political events 1914-1918; Events in Ireland 1919-1925
January 14, 2025 January 15, 2025 January 16, 2025 January 16, 2025 January 17, 2025
Principal, Miss Mary McHenry and Assistant Principal, Mrs Ellen Smyth will be available on Saturday 18th May from 10am-1pm to take calls regarding admission queries. Please contact us on the school number: 02890325631
