Preview learning resources which target a range of age groups, using primary sources to explore history, society and politics in the early 20th century from a local perspective. This afternoon programme will explore a range of learning resources and associated workshop content for use in schools and with schools groups which have been developed incorporating archives from the Public Record Office on Northern Ireland (PRONI) and other sources.

Programme

12.30pm-1.00pm - Lunch/Networking

1.00pm-1.05pm - Introduction

Session 1 - Voices and Votes: Suffrage and Representation of the People

Audience: Key Stage 3 history, but applicable to other year groups and curriculum areas

1.05pm-1.30pm - Niall Kerr (Nerve Centre)
Get hands on with innovative new resources exploring the suffrage movement in Ireland, including an interactive iBook resource making use of PRONI's rich archive, and new animated and graphic novel content from the Nerve Centre.

1.30pm-1.45pm - Dr. Glynn Kelso (PRONI)
Voices and Votes – exhibition and online resources

Session 2 - Men Behind the Glass: Exploring the First World War

Audience: Key Stage 3 history, but applicable to other year groups and curriculum areas

1.45pm-2.00pm - Dr. Tom Thorpe (Campbell College)
Overview of the Men Behind the Glass project and introduction to Year 10 History learning sheets

2.00pm-2.25pm - Janet Hancock, Ian Montgomery, Lynsey Gillespie and Kirsty Conlon (PRONI)

Introduction to workshops available at PRONI:

• “Edmund and Edith” – Key Stage 3 workshops for students. Develop research skills using primary sources from the archives and online to explore the story of a brother and sister from Comber, Co. Down - Edmund De Wind, one of the Men Behind the Glass, and his sister Edith – who both went on to play roles in the First World War.
• Digitisation – Workshops available for students or teachers. Using technology to restore and present historical photographs and records. Relevant to various disciplines, including History, Art and Information Technology.
  

Comfort break

Session 3 - Ireland 1900-1925: Teaching, historiography and documentary analysis for A Level

Audience: History A Level, but applicable to other year groups

2.35pm-3.35pm - Dr Timothy Bowman (Senior Lecturer, University of Kent)
This session will include a contextual brief, focussing on the themes of First World War and Partition, followed by a hands-on demonstration using archival sources selected from the PRONI collection from the forthcoming ‘Ireland 1900-1925: Primary Sources Pack’.

3.35pm-3.45pm - Q&A

Further Information

1. Suffrage Resource

Project Partners:

• Nerve Centre
• PRONI

Background:
In response to the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which was the first piece of legislation in the UK to grant some women the right to vote, PRONI and the Nerve Centre have collaborated to produce a range of educational tools and exhibitions.

The Nerve Centre have developed a suite of educational resources telling the story of suffrage, particularly women’s struggle for the right to vote, form a local perspective. PRONI has also developed a travelling exhibition outlining the suffrage story from the Great Reform Act of 1832 to the advent of universal suffrage in 1928, highlighting some of the local figures who championed change. For further information visit https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/suffrage.

2. Men Behind the Glass Project

Project Partners:

• Campbell College
• PRONI
• HLF

Background:
In the Central Hall at Campbell College the photographs of 126 pupils and one member of staff who lost their lives in WW1 sit embedded in the wood panelled walls. These have been digitally restored by PRONI and ‘The Men Behind the Glass’ project has been uncovering the real life stories behind these men, available for all to access on a bespoke website. The project has been working with partner schools in East Belfast to deliver a range of activities, events and workshops. For further information visit https://menbehindtheglass.co.uk/.

3: Ireland 1900-1925: Primary Sources Pack

Project Partners:

• PRONI
• Dr Timothy Bowman, senior lecturer at the University of Kent and author of books on the Ulster Volunteer Force and the British Army in the First World War.
• Jim McBride, former history teacher, senior history examiner and secretary of the History Teachers Association of Northern Ireland and author of Russia 1914-41 for CCEA AS Level.

Background:
The archive resource pack is a collection of copy documents and transcripts, predominantly sourced from PRONI’s extensive collection, covering the period from the Third Home Rule crisis to the 1925 Boundary Commission. The resource includes:

• A contextual essay by Dr Timothy Bowman
• Copies of c30 original documents with transcriptions where required, and a selection of contemporary photographs and illustrations.
• A teachers introduction by Mr Jim McBride and abridged extracts of sources relevant to this period.

Broadly centred around the A Level history curriculum examining Ireland 1900-1925, this resource is particularly useful as preparation for the ‘historical enquiry: source evaluation and analysis’ element of A 2 2, but may also be used as an introduction to the themes and an opportunity to incorporate local primary sources into teaching across other year groups/Key stages.

PRONI does not require you to print your tickets.