Overview

The final session in the series, and the one every History teacher in the country has questions about. A full walkthrough of the new Leaving Certificate History specification ahead of first teaching, covering the structure of the course, what has changed, what has gone, and what the new emphasis actually means once you sit down to plan a year of teaching for a real class.

Learning Outcomes

Patrick will discuss the specification in detail, taking each strand and LO in turn and setting out the shift in focus behind the redesign, from content coverage towards historical thinking, enquiry and student research. He will discuss what that shift asks of us in the classroom, in terms of lesson design, source work, assessment and the pace at which a two year course can realistically be delivered. 

Patrick will share planning resources, including topic planning templates and sample materials, to help teachers move from reading the specification to actually building a course from it. The session closes with an open Q and A

Delivered by

Patrick Hickey, known online as @lchistorytutor.

Patrick has nearly thirty years of experience teaching History and English. He works as an Examiner with the State Examinations Commission and is currently on career break to write books and resources for History teachers and students. He delivers CPD nationally on teaching, assessment and the ethical use of AI in education.