Classes 3A & 3B : Christmas Revision Work
To all students of 3A & 3B:
Using the following plan of work, study the various topics outlined, making notes on
each specified area as you do so. Use mind-maps, spider diagrams and other study
methods to ensure you retain the information. These notes will prove to be invaluable
in the run-up to the exam in June.
I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and I look forward to seeing you in the New
Year.
Best wishes,
Regina Fahey.
Footsteps in Time: Book 1
Chapter 1: The Historian at Work
What is an historian?,
The job of the historian,
Historical sources- both primary & secondary,
B.C & A.D,
Century.
Ch 2: The Archaeologist at Work:
The job of the archaeologist,
Name & explain 5 methods used by archaeologists when selecting a site for
excavation,
What is a "dig"?,
How is a site prepared for excavation - list the stages involved.
What are artefacts?
List and explain 4 methods used by archaeologists when dating objects found on a
"dig".
What is Rescue Archaeology?
Ch 3: Life in Stone Age Ireland
Mesolithic people - pg 18
Neolithic period - pgs 19 & 20
Megalithic tombs: Court Cairns, Passage Graves, Dolmens - know what each one is
and what it looks like.
Ch 4: The Bronze Age Comes to Ireland
Bronze Age homes: raths, crannogs - pg 26
Fulacht Fiadh - pg 27
Burial customs - Wedge shaped gallery graves/wedge tombs, cist burials - pg 29
Ch 5: The Celts
Celtic looks & appearance - pg 32
Food and drink - pg 33
Celtic homes: hill forts, ring forts, cashesl, promontory forts - pg 34
What was a Souterrain?- pg 38
Celtic religion & society - pgs 35/36 - Ard Ri, tuath, Derbfine, nobles, fosterage, Aos
Dana, druids, brehons, Brehon Laws, Commoners, Slaves
Celtic pastimes - pg 38
Celtic religion - pgs 39/41 ( druids v. important)
Celtic festivals, Ogham writing
Ch 6: Christianity Comes to Ireland
The Growth of Monasteries - pg 44
Structure of an early Irish monastery. Sacred and non-sacred areas.
Life in the early Christian/Irish monastery. Work and prayer - pg 45. Roles/jobs
within the monastic community, the sacred life of the monastery.
The Art of the Monasteries: high crosses, manuscripts of the Bible ( the Book of
Kells, the Book of Durrow), the Ardagh Chalice, the Derrynaflan Chalice - psg 46-48
Round towers - pg 49
Know two examples of Irish saints and the monasteries they founded.
Ch 7: Ancient Rome - Ancient Civilisation outside of Ireland
The City of Rome and Roman housing.
Ch 8: Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Work in Ancient Rome - pg 58
Entertainment and leisure - pg 59/61: Chariot-racing, Gladiators, Circus Maximus,
Colosseum
Education in Ancient Rome
Food & Clothing
Ch 9: Pagan and Christian Rome
Know the names of two Roman gods and goddesses and what they governed - pg 65
What was the Pantheon? pg 65
Roman burial customs - pg 66
Christianity in Ancient Rome - pg 67 & 68
Ch 10: The Romans Abroad
The Roman Army - pg 69
The Romas at sea - Roman galleys - pg 72
Roman roads - pg 73