Understanding Evidence And Interpretation

Identifying Types Of Historical Sources

Interpreting Sources For Provenance And Purpose

Forming Judgements From Evidence

Objectivity In Historical Writing

Conducting An Independent Research Study

Meanings Of The Word 'History'

Sources Held In Archives And Museums

Evaluating Source Strengths And Limitations

Provisional Nature Of Historical Knowledge

Broader Context Of Research Findings

Tudor Reform And The Reformation In Ireland

Elizabethan Conquest And The Nine Years' War

Plantation, Confederate War And Cromwellian Settlement

Restoration, The Williamite War And The Penal Laws

The Protestant Nation And Rural Hardship

Grattan's Parliament, The 1798 Rebellion And The Union

Renaissance, Discovery And The Reformation

Religious Conflict And Dynastic Power In Late 16th-Century Europe

The Thirty Years' War And The Military Revolution

Absolutism Under Louis XIV And Peter The Great

Enlightenment Ideas And Imperial Rivalry

The American And French Revolutions And Napoleon

The Great Famine And Emancipation-Era Ireland

Home Rule, Land Reform And Cultural Revival

The Rising, Independence And Partition

Emigration And The Irish Diaspora Abroad

The Troubles And Power-Sharing In Northern Ireland

Economic Planning And Social Change In The Republic

Nationalism And The Unification Of Italy And Germany

Imperial Rivalry And The First World War

Fascism, Communism And The Second World War

The Cold War And European Integration

Decolonisation In Asia And Africa

The United States: Cold War Power And Social Change