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. |