LOCAL HISTORY

The teachers working on the Local History Project were: Colm Toland from Carndonagh, Mairead Harkin from Bellanamore, Monica McDevitt and Niamh Fallon from Loreto Letterkenny and Dennis Hutton from Scoil Mhuire in Buncrana. To get this project of the ground,Colm prepared a sample resource entitled "Mo Bhaile Féin".

If you want to find out more about Tory Island, have a look at the presentation made by Monica McDevitt`s class from Loreto Letterkenny.

To find out what Donegal names mean, have a look at this document made by Niamh Fallon.

Here are some examples of project work made by students of Mairead Harkin and Aoife Nash:

• SchoolTours in Ireland
  Students made a webpage on ski-facilities in Ireland. The information was found through web-based research.
• Kurt Cobain
  This is a document in Irish describing the life of rock artist Kurt Cobain. The information was found through web-based research.
• Michael Collins
  This is a document describing the life of the Irish patriot Michael Colins. The information was gathered through web-based research.

• http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/
  History site with online lessons, downloadable resources, interactive history games and history quizzes.
• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
  History site for students and teachers on all sorts of events, you can choose a topic. It also offers a history website directory.
• http://www.activehistory.co.uk/
  Educational games and interactive quizzes about history. Search by topic, period or year group.
• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
  Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly for educational use.
• http://www.pro.gov.uk/education/default.htm
  The National Archives contains millions of historical documents ranging in date from the Norman conquest to modern times. These Public Records form a resource for the study of history at all levels.