Teacher fellows
Jonny Erskine
My name is Jonny Erskine and I am a teacher of History and Politics and a Head of Year at Banbridge Academy, County Down Northern Ireland.
I am really excited to be awarded a teaching fellowship with Parallel Histories studying the partition of the island of Ireland in this centenary year. Over the last few years we’ve seen the value of studying or restudying events such as World War One, the suffragette campaign and the Easter Rising, being able to revisit and rediscover the stories of these events. I’m really excited for my students getting the opportunity to look at the contentious issue of the creation of the Northern Ireland state, an issue probably still as alive and as contentious today as it was 100 years ago. They’ll have the opportunity to look at original source material, use evidence to strengthen their own opinions, but also be able to empathise with contrasting viewpoints on the topic. They’ll then be able to debate this with other schools which is great because history is always more alive when it comes off the textbook page and into the mouths of the students.
Jonny Erskine
My name is Jonny Erskine and I am a teacher of History and Politics and a Head of Year at Banbridge Academy, County Down Northern Ireland.
I am really excited to be awarded a teaching fellowship with Parallel Histories studying the partition of the island of Ireland in this centenary year. Over the last few years we’ve seen the value of studying or restudying events such as World War One, the suffragette campaign and the Easter Rising, being able to revisit and rediscover the stories of these events. I’m really excited for my students getting the opportunity to look at the contentious issue of the creation of the Northern Ireland state, an issue probably still as alive and as contentious today as it was 100 years ago. They’ll have the opportunity to look at original source material, use evidence to strengthen their own opinions, but also be able to empathise with contrasting viewpoints on the topic. They’ll then be able to debate this with other schools which is great because history is always more alive when it comes off the textbook page and into the mouths of the students.
