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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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History Case study: The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972

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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The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972: developing the ability to think critically by exploring causation with students

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Linking your work on the case study to the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy

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The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972: an overview of the case study

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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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The impact of RTÉ, 1962-1972: a possible line of enquiry

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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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Bibliography

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