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Topic Guide |
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| Ancient Civilisation |
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| Rome: |
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| The life of a Roman |
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| Entertainment in Roman times |
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| The life of a Roman soldier |
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| Ireland |
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| Celtic dwelling places |
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| Celtic burial places |
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| The life of a monk in early Christian Ireland |
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| Medieval Times |
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| The life of a knight |
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| Features of a castle |
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| The coming of the Normans |
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| The life of a monk in a medieval monastery |
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| Renaissance & Exploration |
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| What was the Renaissance and why did it begin in Italy? |
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| The life of a painter, sculptor, writer, scientist. |
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| New features and techniques of the Renaissance. |
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| Reformation |
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| Abuses and indulgences. |
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| The life of Martin Luther or John Calvin |
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| Plantation |
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| Why the plantations happened and the scheme of plantation |
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| Write about one of the plantations and a person associated with it. |
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| Revolution (American/French/Irish) |
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| Write about the life of a person associated with one of them. |
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| Write about the causes of the Revolution |
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| Agricultural & Industrial Revolutions |
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| Why they began in England |
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| Life of a factory worker |
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| The life of someone from the industrial revolution |
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| The life of someone from the agricultural revolution |
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| Political developmentsin 20th century Ireland |
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| The development of nationalism and the 1912 Home Rule Bill |
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| The significance of cultural nationalism |
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| Padraig Pearse and the 1916 rising |
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| From the war of independence to civil war – Michael Collins |
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| Ireland 1922-1985 (all governments) |
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| Northern Ireland 1922-1965 |
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| Northern Ireland 1965-1985 |
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| International relations in the 20th century |
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| Fascism and Mussolini |
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| Hitler’s rise to power |
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| Hitler in power and his foreign policy |
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| World War Two |
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The Cuban missile crisis; Korean War; Berlin blockade
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European integration |
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| Social change in 20th century Ireland |
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| The role of women |
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| Work and leisure |
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| Urban and rural life |
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| Transport and communications |
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