History
About Bram Stoker
This comprehension activity is based around the series of stamps developed for the centenary anniversary of Bram Stokers death where the pupils read the extract and answer a series of questions. The extracts focus on the life of Bram Stoker and his infamous work of fiction Dracula.
Curriculum links
English and Drama
The activity links to elements of the English Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to identify and evaluate the key points, issues and central meaning of a text and organise efficiently the information gained.
History
The activity links to elements of the History Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to study a person from the past in order to develop a balanced understanding local / national history.
Irish Myths and Legends
This comprehension activity is based around the series of stamps developed to remember some of Ireland’s most famous myths and legends where the pupils read the extract and answer a series of questions. The extracts focus on the Children of Lir, Deirdre of the Sorrows, Fionn Mac Cumhaill and Cúchulainn.
Curriculum links
English and Drama
The activity links to elements of the English Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to identify and evaluate the key points, issues and central meaning of a text and organise efficiently the information gained.
History
The activity links to elements of the History Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to develop a sense of personal, local and national, identities through studying the history and cultural inheritance of local and other communities. This fits in with the Stories Strand of the History Curriculum.
The GPO quiz sheet
These are comprehension activities where the pupils read extracts from www.anpost.ie and answer a series of questions. The extracts focus on the history of The GPO and also its role in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Curriculum links
The activity links to elements of the English Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to identify and evaluate the key points, issues and central meaning of a text and organise efficiently the information gained.
Getting a passport
This passport activity and questions will help pupils to develop reading and writing skills along with counting and addition skills. It will also help to develop awareness of other countries by completing the additional activities. The pupils create a passport for Rás Ruarí and then complete a series of mathematical problems.
Curriculum links
Mathematics
The activity links to elements of the Mathematics Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to recognise and appreciate measures in everyday use (money) and applying mathematical concepts and processes.
English
The activity links to elements of the English Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to write for different purposes and different audiences, to write in a variety of genres appropriate to school and outside needs. It also allows pupils to explore and develop ideas and concepts through talk, directed discussion and writing and to organise, clarify, interpret and extend experience through oral language activity and writing.
Geography
The activity links to elements of the Geography Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to acquire an ability to understand, develop and use a growing range of maps and globes.
History
The activity links to elements of the History Primary School Curriculum, for example, by allowing pupils to study a range of people and events in the past in order to develop a balanced understanding of world history.