Primary Schools Teacher Resources
Activity 4: Making a Museum
Making a Museum
Working as a historian:
- Time & Chronology
- Change & Continuity
- Cause & Effect
- Using Evidence
- Synthesis & Communication
- Empathy
Connects to the following strands in the history curriculum:
- 1st - 2nd class
Myself
My family or the family of a person known to me
When my grandparents were young
Games in the past
Continuity and change in the local environment
Stories
- 3rd - 4th class
My family
Homes
Games and pastimes in the past
Buildings, sites or ruins in my locality
My locality through the ages
Story
Life, society, work and culture in the past
Continuity and change over time
- 5th - 6th class
Homes
Schools
Games and pastimes in the past
Buildings, sites or ruins in my locality
My locality through the ages
Story
Life, society, work and culture in the past
Eras of change and conflict
Politics, conflict and society
Continuity and change over time
Subject integration
- SPHE: Myself and others - Myself and my family; Myself and the wider world - Developing citizenship
- Geography: Human environments - People living and working in the local area
- Physical education: Games, Dance
- Music: Listening and responding; Performing
- Visual arts: Many stories may inspire artistic work.
- Drama: Drama to explore feelings, knowledge and ideas, leading to understanding
Tasks 1 - 3
