{"id":3636,"date":"2014-09-22T12:37:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T12:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/?page_id=3636"},"modified":"2018-09-11T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T11:02:53","slug":"brief-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/resources-general\/secondary-education\/brief-introduction","title":{"rendered":"Lesson plan III – a brief introduction to Irish life during the Rising and the First World War"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 28 February 1916<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why use Letters 1916-1923 in schools?<\/h4>\n

Letters 1916-1923 is Ireland\u2019s first crowd-sourced digital humanities project. It has created a new online archive of letters written from, to or about Ireland between 1 November 1915 and 31 December 1923. We are collecting letters from libraries and archives across Ireland and abroad. Many people have donated copies of their private family papers to the archive.<\/p>\n

What is the educational objective of this particular lesson plan?<\/h4>\n

Different private and public letters from our unique collection are used in our lesson plans and bring to life what it was like to live in Ireland in 1916. The lesson plan provided here was initially developed for St. Angela’s School (Waterford), the Hartstown Community School (Dublin) and the Beara Community School (Cork). The sources used cover the Easter Rising of 1916, the First World War, and everyday life in early twentieth-century Ireland. By engaging with original primary documents, students will discover life stories which are not covered in history books and learn about the joys and sorrows in wartime Ireland.<\/p>\n

Click here\u00a0to download Teacher’s Pack (.docx 121kB). All documents needed for the exercises are linked below.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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1. EASTER RISING<\/h4>\n

1. \u00a0 Letter from Edward H. Andrews to Lord Stamfordham, 5 May 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 Letter from Kathleen Hogan to Nancy O\u2019Rahilly, 29 May 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 Letter from Patrick Carphin to Jo Carphin, 28 April 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916 (Typed version)<\/a><\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 Postcard to Miss Macoun, 10 May 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Letter from Gladys Johnson to Ellen Vickery, 15 May 1916 (images of her included)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2. GREAT WAR<\/b><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 Letter from Gerald O\u2019Driscoll to Denis O\u2019Driscoll, 24 May 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 Letter from William Ahern to Lady Clonbrock, 29 July 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Mrs Budson, 19 April 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

see also: 4. Letter #70<\/a><\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 Letter from Tom Dolan to his father, 11 May 1916<\/a><\/td>\n

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3. ORDINARY LIFE<\/h4>\n

1. \u00a0 Letter from James Finn to May Fay, 16 May 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 Letter from Peter McGinn to Robert Chalmers, 20 May 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 Letter from Matthew Nathan to Andrew Philip Magill, 19 April 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 Letter from William George Lyon to J. G. Swift MacNeill, 10 April 1916<\/a><\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 Letter from Ursula Mahon to Lady Clonbrock, 18 July 1916<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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CONTRIBUTORS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barney Doherty, Maynooth University, Kildare<\/p>\n

Danielle O\u2019 Donovan, Bridge 21, Dublin<\/p>\n

Dr Brian Hughes, Maynooth University, Kildare<\/p>\n

Niamh Crowley, St. Angela\u2019s School, Waterford<\/p>\n

Pauline Hurley, Beara Community School, Cork<\/p>\n

Thomas Gerrard, Hartstown Community School, Dublin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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