HIST H8013 - Great Britain and Britishness since 1945

Module Details

Module Code: HIST H8013
Full Title: Great Britain and Britishness since 1945
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 5
Module Owner::  
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: no description provided
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Explain the rise of regional identities and polities in Great Britain
MLO2 Describe the main events, issues and leading figures in British history since 1945
MLO3 Interpret British reaction to the European community
MLO4 Analyse the changing role of the State in British society
MLO5 Assess the impact of migration and imperial decline on Britain
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
 
Module Indicative Content
Module Summary
Great Britain emerged from the Second World War as victor and united by a narrative of British nationhood surviving and triumphant. Britishness was monarchy, church, parliament and people. Today that concept of Great Britain is being submerged under a new identity of British multi-culturalism, ethnicity, secularism and new religions. This module explores the process of change and reconfiguration that Great Britain has followed in the fifty-five years of momentous social, economic and cultural change since 1945 and the changes in monarchy, parliament and people.
Lectures may include:
• From warfare state to welfare state. • Macmillan and the politics of nostalgia. • Suez crisis. • The decline of empire. • Swinging ‘60s: football and pop. • Immigration. • Europe. • The decline of Protestantism • the discontents of economic decline. • Thatcherism • New Labour. • Devolution and a fragile State • The crisis of the monarchy. • America. • Millenium Britain: Monarchy, Parliament, People.
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work100.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 40
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 2
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students will submit a written description, analysis and interpretation of THREE source documents from the source documents discussed at tutorial. Each text will be accompanied by a research bibliography; approx 2000 words
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 60
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 1,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students will submit a research essay based on an original source and secondary reading, interpreting the idea of Britishness in the field of politics or society or culture in the postwar period; approx 2500 words
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination

Part-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 40
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 2
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students will submit a written description, analysis and interpretation of THREE source documents from the source documents discussed at tutorial. Each text will be accompanied by a research bibliography; approx. 2000 words
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 60
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students will submit a research essay based on an original source and secondary reading, interpreting the idea of Britishness in the field of politics or society or culture in the postwar period; approx. 2500 words
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
A repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Tutorial Contact No Description Every Week 1.00 1
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Pat Thane. (2018), Divided Kingdom: a history of Britain, 1900 to the present, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • David Edgerton. (2018), The Rise and Fall of the British Nation A Twentieth Century History, 1st. Allen Lane, London.
  • Peter Clarke. (2004), Hope and Glory Great Britain 1900-2000, 2004. 7-12, Penguin, London.
  • Leese, Peter. (2002), Britain since 1945 aspects of identity, London.
  • Edensor, Tim.. (2002), National Identity, popular culture and everyday life, Oxford.
  • Weight, Richard. (2006), Patriots: national identity in Britain 1940-2000, London.
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
  • A full list of recommended articles and books are available on the module Moodle page.
Other Resources