Team Teaching A Short Course

Irish culture and Heritage

The Táin and other Early Irish Stories and Sagas

Colm Walsh and Joanna Conneely

Assumption Secondary School Walkinstown

Key Concepts – Provided students ability to critical engage with

the stories and create a climate of enquiry within the Classroom.

Evaluation. – Both myself and Joanna undertook the one teach

one drift method of team teaching. Before each class we had

clear defined roles as two would take the lead during which topic

section as to not to confuses the students. It can be seen that the

student engagement with the topic was sustained and evidence of

a substantive knowledge base has indeed and was evident within

the Irish sections people in history such as Early Christian monk.

Stories and Sagas – Táin Bó Cúailnge, Deirdre of

the Sorrows. Children of Lir, Cú Chulainn . Birth,

Boyhood deeds, Death.

Resources- Student – Centred Learning

PowerPoint • Group work • Think pair share • Early

Irish translations • Relevant Archeologically

Images .

Overview – This short course for 1st year students

was designed to be taught juxtaposed with the

students History classes. Given this, emphasis

was place on linking the stories to archaeological

evidence. Example of this can be seen by teaching

students about the royal centres such as the

Hillforts of Ireland and how the manuscripts would

have been produced.

Relevant Junior cycle

Key skills

1) Communication.

2) Being creative

3) Managing

Information and

Thinking.

Enabled students

to critically

engage with

History by

creating a climate

of enquiry within

in the Class