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History Case Study:The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
Developing the ability to think critically byexploring causation with students
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Contentspage
Case Study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972 Developing the ability to think critically by exploring causation with students 4
The enquiry-focused approach 4
Linking your work on the case study to the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy 5
An overview of the case study 6
Glossary of important terms: develop your historical literacy skills 7
Biographical notes 9
Timeline of important developments 13
Historian Robert J. Savage on significant RTÉ managers, 1962-1972 14
RTÉ Archives 15
The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972: a possible line of enquiry 16
The Late Late Show excerpt: transcript and worksheet 17
Enquiry, Stage 1: Why was Telefís Éireann (later, RTÉ) set up in 1961? 19
Enquiry, Stage 2: In what ways did RTÉ have an impact on Irish society between 1962 and 1967? 23
Enquiry, Stage 3: In what ways did RTÉ have an impact on Irish society between 1968 and 1972? 33
A critical skills exercise 43
Historians’ views on the impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972 47
Interrogating the historians 49
Your conclusions on the enquiry 50
Bibliography 51
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History Case study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972: developing the ability to think critically by exploring causation with students
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History Case study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
Linking your work on the case study to the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
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History Case study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972: an overview of the case study
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History Case study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
Glossary of important terms: develop your historical literacy skills
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Biographical notes
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The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1973: timeline
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The historian Robert J. Savage on some of the people who managedTÉ/RTÉ in its first decade
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RTÉ Archives
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History Case study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972: a possible line of enquiry
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History Case study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
The Late Late Show Eexcerpt: Transcript and Worksheet
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Enquiry, Stage 1
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Enquiry, Stage 2: In what ways did RTÉ have an impact on Irish societybetween 1962 and 1967?
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Enquiry, Stage 3: In what ways did RTÉ have an impact on Irish societybetween 1968 and1972?
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The Late Late Show specials
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A critical skills exercise
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Proposition: RTÉ had a generally positive impact on Irish societybetween 1962 and 1972
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Historians’ views about the impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
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Interrogating the historians
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Your conclusions on the enquiry
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History Case study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972
Bibliography
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