Limerick School for the Deaf

My History Project

By Roma

As a part of my Leaving Cert History Exams, I am doing a History project, based on a topic of my choice from any era of History. When I choose the topic, I will research about it on the internet, in books or wherever I can find relevant data. Then I will write an essay about what I have learnt, what data I have found relevant or irrelevant, whether I have found the data helpful, what my aims are and what I expect to gain from this project.

The topic I choose is:
“The execution of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family”
The reason I choose this topic is because I was always interested in why Nicholas II was executed and I heard the rumors that one of Tsars children escaped the execution and I wanted to find out if the story is true.
While doing this project I learnt many things about Nicholas II and his family.
Nicholas II married the English princess Alix of Hesse, The granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Alix had to convert from her Catholic religion to Orthodox religion in order to marry Tsar Nicholas II.
Nicholas had four daughters (Olga, Maria, Tatiana and Anastasia) and after long time trying they had a son, an heir to the throne, Alexei.
Alexei was born with a disease called Haemophilia which causes people to bleed heavily even after a slight cut and there was no cure then back at that time.
Bolshevik leaders such as Lenin decided that in order to create a better working Russia they had to execute the Tsar and his family or any heir to the throne such as Alexei(Nicholas’s son) or Mikhail ( Nicholas’s brother) so that nobody would stand in the way.
When the family was executed no one could find the bodies but a few weeks later it was said that they found bodies of Nicholas II and his wife and his four daughters but could not find the body of Tsarevich Alexei.
It was believed that Tsarevich Alexei has escaped wounded and that he changed his name and had a family of his own in exile. There is a book based on Tsarevich Alexei called “The escape of Alexei: Son of Nicholas II.

Internet Safety

By Andrea

You must be careful when you are on bebo. It can be dangerous because if you put a picture of yourself and the place where you live people can find you easily. If you don’t put a picture of yourself with your name it is safer. You can block the person on bebo or on msn. When on msn you should be careful because someone can add you and maybe ask you where you live and you would be better to say nothing. For children’s safety you can block people if you don’t know who they are. If they add you again ignore them! Don’t chat to them on msn

Back in the Neolithic time.

Hi, my name is Shazme. I am 10 years old. Every morning I must get up at 6am. Everyday my mom and dad get up too. My mom lights a fire using flint and timber and my dad goes down to the river to catch a fish and I boil the water. Most days when my dad comes back he only has one fish. My mother cooks the fish and the three of us share it for breakfast.
My clothes are made from animal’s skins. I go to work at 7am and I bring my tools with me. I have a stone hammer, stone chizel, stone axes and needles. I make spiral designs in the kerbstone with my stone hammer and stone chizel.My family and I are working on the kerbstone at the entrance to Newgrange mound.

The top of the roof is called a roof-box. I made the three spirals on the kerbstones it took me 6 weeks to chizel the kerbstone.
I finish work at 2pm then I go to work on the farm. At harvest time I cut the wheat, barley and oats.
I came home for dinner I had lamb and oatmeal, they cooked it over the fire. My aunt had just made a bowl out of clay from the ground and I put my food in the bowl. I use my hand to eat the food.
I play with the other children for while until it gets dark. I play with my friends, their names are Cholie and Goddly . It is getting dark now so I must go to bed see you in the morning.


By Amanda McNally.