{"id":8198,"date":"2018-05-31T11:46:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T11:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/?page_id=8198"},"modified":"2018-10-25T14:17:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T14:17:05","slug":"digital-treasure-hunts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/resources-general\/digital-treasure-hunts","title":{"rendered":"Digital treasure hunts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exploring Irish history wherever you are<\/h3>\n
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\"\"<\/a>One particularly successful tool has been our digital treasure hunt<\/strong> \u2014 a history quiz based on the Letters 1916-1923<\/em> database and similar online resources<\/a>. Originally designed for secondary-school pupils, we have expanded our treasure hunt to suit the interests and needs of adults.In the form of case studies and challenge questions<\/strong>, which can be re-arranged and customized, we introduce first-time users of the Letters 1916-1923<\/em> website to the technical features of a digital archive and show them how our search engine and our browse options can take them to exciting content. The worksheets<\/strong> we offer on this page are the results of training sessions we have hosted over the years, and we are still working on their improvement.<\/p>\n

If you are a parent, educator, group leader, or someone who has done the treasure hunt at home, please contact us<\/a> to receive a link to all the answers<\/strong>. To get started, please download our About the Digital Treasure Hunt<\/a> handout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n1. Digital treasure hunt \u2014 general questions about Letters 1916-1923<\/em> and the usage of digital archives<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2. Digital treasure hunt \u2014 case studies highlighting individual correspondents or topics<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) Women\u2019s stories of the Easter Rising and the Great War<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nMarie Martin (WWI, nurses and VADs, life at the front, Catholic family life)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nAugusta Dillon, Lady Clonbrock (WWI, Co. Galway, Anglo-Irish aristocracy, volunteering and philanthropy)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nDr. Kathleen Lynn (Dublin, Easter Rising, republican women, medical services, city life)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nCase study Rebecca Shackleton (family life, business, Easter Rising, religious minorities, city life in Dublin)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

b) Irish republicans and their networks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nAustin Stack (Co. Kerry, republicanism, Irish politics)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nSe\u00e1n Thomas O’Kelly (Irish politics)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nRoger Casement (Easter Rising, Irish links with Germany, imprisonment)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nCharlie Daly and his family (Co Kerry, republicanism, female letter-writers, family life, Civil War)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nThomas O\u2019Rahilly (Co Kerry, politics, Irish Volunteers, nationalism)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

c) The British administration in Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nCase study Chief Secretary of Ireland (official correspondence, law, judiciary)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nAdministration and politics in County Kerry (British peace-keeping efforts, local disturbances, the complexity of Irish politics during the Rising and the First World War)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

d) Ireland and the First World War<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n

\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Irish soldiers in WWI (military action, social life, family relations, experiences abroad)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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