Syllabus


Document Write-ups


Easter Rising Paper

Links Used in Class




Date

Assignments & Readings


Monday
11 Jan 16

Introduction to class; Basics of Home Rule and World War I; Foreward

Wednesday
13 Jan 16

Chapter 1 – Our war, our history (pages 1-14)

Friday
15 Jan 16

Chapter 1 – Our war, our history (pages 15-34)

Monday
18 Jan 16

Chapter 2 – Going to war (pages 35-48)

Wednesday
20 Jan 16

Chapter 2 – Going to war (pages 49-62)
Friday
22 Jan 16

Prof. Keith Jeffrey on Recruitment of the Irish

Document Write-up Due



Monday
25 Jan 16


Chapter 3 – 200,000 volunteer soldiers (pages 63-77)

Wednesday
27 Jan 16


Chapter 3 – 200,000 volunteer soldiers (pages 78-94)
Friday
29 Jan 16


Jim McDermott on Ulster Catholics, Belfast in particular and the Great War


Document Write-up Due


Monday
1 Feb 16


Chapter 4 – The politics of war (pages 95-107)

Wednesday
3 Feb 16


Chapter 4 – The politics of war (pages 108-130)
Friday
5 Feb 16


Patrick Pearse and the First World War


Document Write-up Due


Monday
8 Feb 16


Chapter 5 – Home front and everyday life (pages 131-142)

Wednesday
10 Feb 16


Chapter 5 – Home front and everyday life (pages 143-156)
Friday
12 Feb 16


Belgian Refugees in Ireland; Press Censorship in the War; Popular wartime songs

Document Write-up Due


Monday
15 Feb 16


“In Flanders Fields: Uncovering the carnage of World War I” (Handout)

Wednesday
17 Feb 16


Time Team Special – The Lost WWI Dugout

Friday
19 Feb 16


Time Team Special – The Lost WWI Dugout

Monday
22 Feb 16


Discuss Time Team Special

Wednesday
24 Feb 16


Review Day

Friday
26 Feb 16


No class…Study!

Monday
29 Feb 16


Midterm Exam

Wednesday
2 Mar 16


Midterms Returned; Easter Rising Paper Assignment handed out…

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Monday
14 Mar 16


Discuss/Work on Easter Rising Paper

Wednesday
16 Mar 16


Discuss/Work on Easter Rising Paper

Friday
18 Mar 16


Meetings with Dr. Myers

Monday
21 Mar 16


Meetings with Dr. Myers

Wednesday
23 Mar 16


Proofreading session in class - Paper on the Easter Rising Due @ Midnight

Friday
25 Mar 16


No class…Happy Easter!

Monday
28 Mar 16


No class…Happy Easter!

Wednesday
30 Mar 16


Chapter 6 – Fewer ladies, more women (pages 157-170)

Friday
1 Apr 16


Chapter 6 – Fewer ladies, more women (pages 171-180)

Monday
4 Apr 16


Chapter 7 – War, work and labour (pages 181-194)

Wednesday
6 Apr 16


Chapter 7 – War, work and labour (pages 195-208)
Friday
8 Apr 16


Irish Trade Unionism and the Response to War; Catríona Crowe on Suffragettes

Document Write-up Due


Monday
11 Apr 16


Chapter 8 – Survivors (pages 209-223)

Wednesday
13 Apr 16


Chapter 8 – Survivors (pages 224-232)
Friday
15 Apr 16


Prisoners of War: Treatment & Mistreatment; John Horne 'Lions led by Donkeys'

Document Write-up Due


Monday
18 Apr 16


Chapter 9 – Writing the war (pages 233-246)

Wednesday
20 Apr 16


Chapter 9 – Writing the war (pages 247-260)
Friday
22 Apr 16


An Irish Airman Forsees His Death by William Butler Yeats; Clips from The History Boys

Document Write-up Due


Monday
25 Apr 16


Chapter 10 – Echoes of war (pages 261-276)

Wednesday
27 Apr 16


Chapter 10 – Echoes of war (pages 261-276)
Friday
29 Apr 16


Philip Orr on The Great War, the Somme and the Ulster Protestant Psyche


Document Write-up Due


Monday
2 May 16


Review Day

Wednesday
4 May 16


Review Day

Tuesday
10 May 16


Final Exam @ 11:30 a.m.