SC History - CPD Resources

SENIOR CYCLE HISTORY CPD RESOURCES

 

This page features workshop resources from previous PDST workshops.  

 

Please also check the Curriculum Resources page for further CPD resources from the PDST LC History DBQ Case Study Workshops, and History Alive for all resources from previous History Alive Conferences.

 

 

General CPD Resources for Senior Cycle History

 

Including original HIST In-Service Materials

 

Documents Based Questions

 
Click here to download the teaching and learning resource to accompany the Document Based Question workshop  
 
Click here to download the "Oral Evidence in Film booklet"  
 
Click here to download the booklet "Developing students' critical thinking skills through the documents based study"  
 
Click here to download the PowerPoint "Developing students' critical thinking skills through the documents based study"  
 
Click here to download the booklet "Approaches to teaching the documents based study"  

 

 

The RSR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to download The Research Study: Examples of Subjects And Sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to download A Student Guide to the Research Study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TY History

 

  
 
Click here to download Approaches to teaching History in Transition Year  

 

 

 

 

An introduction to teaching a topic in Leaving Certificate History

 

The booklet which contains helpful tips, suggestions and recommended approaches to teaching Leaving Certificate History through an enquiry-focused approach is available here.

 

 

Approaches to teaching key personalities for Leaving Certificate

 

Click here to download the booket "Approaches to teaching key personalities" featuring Irish personalities
 
Click here to download the booklet "Teaching key personalities" featuring international personalities

 

 

 

Teaching the Irish Civil War, 1922-1923

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to download Teaching the Irish Civil War, 1922-1923 - Applying the lessons of research on teaching emotive and controversial history to develop senior cycle students’ ability to think critically about a historically contentious episode (November 2019)