Education

The Peace Heroines exhibition has been designed as a resource to support the Key Stage 3 History Curriculum in Northern Ireland.

The exhibition reflects on the causes and impact of The Troubles and how history has been selectively interpreted to create stereotypical perceptions, one of the subject’s statutory requirements.

Throughout this interactive website you will find a series of introductory and progression questions, discussion points, classroom activities and suggested digital tasks. Each has been designed to encourage students to explore more about our Peace Heroines and to learn more about the Troubles and its ongoing legacy.

Discussion Points

Opportunities for students to discuss or debate a topic.

Classroom Activities

A range of classroom based activities, including group work, research, creative writing and presentation.

Digital Tasks

Suggested activities that make use of design, filmmaking and audio softwares to support students’ creativity and produce innovative outputs.

tasks & objectives

Throughout this website you will find an education icon indicating tasks around selected themes and women. These tasks are linked to various objectives across the History Curriculum as set out below

Objective One

Developing pupils as individuals

Explore how history has affected their personal identity, culture and lifestyle. (Personal Understanding)

Investigate how history has been selectively interpreted to create stereotypical perceptions and to justify views and actions. (Mutual Understanding)

Investigate individuals who are considered to have taken a significant moral stand and examine their motivation and legacy (Moral Character)

Explore issues related to Personal Health. (Personal Health)

Explore issues related to Spiritual Awareness (Spiritual Awareness)

Objective Two

Developing pupils as Contributors to Society

Investigate the long and short term causes and consequences of the partition of Ireland and how it has influenced Northern Ireland today including key events and turning points. (Citizenship)

Investigate the impact of significant events/ideas of the 20th century on the world. (Cultural Understanding)

Critically investigate and evaluate the power of the media in their representation of a significant historical event or individual (Media Awareness)

Investigate critical issues in history or historical figures who have behaved ethically or unethically. (Ethical Awareness)

Objective Three

Developing pupils as Contributors to the Economy and the Environment

Investigate how the skills developed through history will be useful in a range of careers (Employability)

Explore issues related to Economic Awareness. (Economic Awareness)

Investigate the need to preserve history in the local and global environment. (Education for Sustainable Development)