Saturday, May 8, 2010

Vietnam 35 years later - 47 image Photo Essay

Vietnam, 35 years later


April 30th, was the 35th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and Tuesday, May 4th, was the 40th anniversary of the shooting of protesting students at Kent State University, USA. Click the link below to go to this interesting 47 image photo essay (primary sources) about the Vietnam War. It includes some images that some people may find disturbing, but hides and labels these so you are given the choice to click into them and open then only if you wish.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/vietnam_35_years_later.html

Friday, May 7, 2010

Exam Revision Briefs

The Irish Independent Newspaper is doing a series of exam revision briefs for Leaving Certificate students. Check out the History revision brief, it looks quite useful.

http://www.independent.ie/multimedia/archive/00569/Other_Subjects_569518a.pdf