Session 3 Activities
IMPORTANT: For this activity we encourage the following:
Nominate one person in each group to share their screen/audio
To share screen - click on the green 'share screen' button in your control bar. Select your screen from the options and tick the box in the bottom corner to 'share sound'.
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Activity: Deep Listening
Deep Listening explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the voluntary, selective nature of listening and it's value in the History classroom
Instructions: Break Out Room for 15 mins
1) Share screen and sound
2) Read the prompt questions that accompany the two clips below
3) As a group, listen to the two audio clips
4) As you listen, and using the prompts, record with pen and paper or on your device, any comments, observations, questions or thoughts you have
5) Discuss your comments, thoughts, observations and questions with the other members of the group
6) Nominate one person to feed back to the main room
Clip 1: Patrick Kielty on Sunday with Miriam courtesy of RTE.
Clip 2: Arlene Foster on the Late Late Show courtesy of RTE.
Prompts
What prior learning would students need before listening to these clips?
What other sources could you use in your class to engage students with the clips?
At what stage during a unit of learning would you use these clips with your students?
Possible Questions for Students
What do you already know and understand about the Troubles in Northern Ireland?
What new insight, if any, did this audio clip give you about the causes, course and consequences of the Troubles in Northern Ireland?
What questions do you still have?
What was the most remarkable thing about each clip for you and why?
How did you feel after listening to the recording?
What sources might you consult to learn more?