Teaching the Treaty in the Junior Cycle history classroom This critical year in our island's history will spark discussion and debate in the Junior Cycle history classroom about 2 hours ago Angela Hanratty British police attacking a farm occupied by Sinn Féin members in Tipperary, frontpage of French newspaper Le petit journal, December 5th, 1920. Photograph: Leemage/Universal Images Group via Getty
The ability to consider contentious or controversial issues in history from more than one perspective, and to discuss the historical roots of a contentious or controversial issue or theme in the contemporary world (Learning Outcome 1.2) is just one of the 38 learning outcomes prescribed in the Junior Cycle history specification.