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Title: Irish Roots Project


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Irish Roots Project
  • A Cross Curricular Project

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What is The Irish Roots Project?
  • A study of our genealogy and our familys
    heraldic coat of arms
  • We will research -
  • Family surnames.
  • Family history.
  • Our famous ancestors
  • Our heraldic crest

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Cross Curricular?
Across the following 3 subjects -
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What Will We Do in ICT?
  • Begin with a Web Quest
  • Save all useful information in Word
  • Use PowerPoint and present a slide show of our
    families roots
  • Or print a Brochure in Publisher to present our
    heraldic information
  • Or design a Web Page for the class site

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What History?
  • Learn about clans and tribes of Ireland
  • Chart the different invasions and and influx of
    new surnames each brought
  • Locate the counties and provinces most associated
    with common Irish surnames

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What Art?
  • Study the design and make-up of heraldic crests
  • Research the traditional elements of a coat of
    arms and their symbolic meanings
  • Design a new coat of arms for our family
    suitable for the 21st century in Publisher
  • or
  • Create this coat of arms in linoprint, scan them
    and add them to the website

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My Irish Roots Project?
  • Powerpoint presentation
  • -5 minutes presented orally to the class
  • Publisher Brochure
  • -brief family history and heraldic crest
    explained.
  • Web site
  • -2 pages on my family surname and crest
  • New Coat of Arms
  • -design and create a new coat of arms for the
    21st century

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Irish Roots Project
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