Reading room

Teachers

  • Our aim is to support your teaching and to share our professional expertise in packaging original documents for presentation in a classroom environment.
  • Our aim is to support your teaching aims and to share our professional expertise in the presentation of original documents in a classroom environment.

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"The material provided by the Military Archives brought the students into contact with personal stories and events of the Easter Rising. The personal testimony of those who lived through Easter Week 1916 inspired students to read a little more about the events. This enabled students to explore the period in greater depth than would normally be possible in the school curriculum.”

Dominic Price, Teacher, CBS Drimnagh, Dublin

1916 Lesson Plans

The 1916 Lesson Plans were developed for teachers in collaboration with NUI Maynooth, using primary sources from the Letters of 1916 collection, the Military Service Pensions collection and the Bureau of Military History. Browse our lesson plan themes and subjects below to find what you're looking for.