STAFF:
Mr Webber
Mr McCready
Mrs Chapa
Mr Andrews
About our Department
PUPILS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEE THEMSELVES AS TIME DETECTIVES, who investigate what has happened in the past. We use different types of evidence to help us find clues about important events and about the everyday lives of people in the past. This makes History an enjoyable subject.
We study the history of our own country from as far back as the time when Carrickfergus Castle was built and that was in the days before even Mum and Dad were young! Because we work as time detectives we do not spend all our time in the classroom. Sometimes we go to visit the scene of past action.
History Field Trips
Year 8
In Year 8, we visit Dromore Motte and Bailey and also Carrickfergus Castle, where we study the way people used to live and how they entertained guests. Some visitors were welcomed to feasts and jousting; others to the murder hole!
Year 9
In Year 9 we visit the History Park in Omagh or the Plantation Centre in Draperstown, where we learn about the settlers who came from Scotland and England in the 17th century to live in Ulster.
Year 10
In Year 10 the sounds of the First World War ring in our ears when we visit the Somme Heritage Centre. We go into the trenches and experience what war was like during the period 1914-18 for the young men from Ulster and from the rest of Ireland, who volunteered to go to fight against a common enemy.
Years 11 & 12
Then in Years 11 and 12 it’s back to the castle! This time, Dublin Castle. We also visit the Dail and Kilmainham Gaol. For more information on GCSE History, click on the link below.
