Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- demonstrate significant depth of knowledge and insight into the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of strategic approaches
- fluently comment upon complex debates, citing relevant evidence in support
- draw upon your acquired knowledge in discussion, essays and under timed conditions
- gather, assimilate, synthesise and interpret a range of primary and secondary material
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- skim, select and précis complex material
- display effective time management
- work independently and unsupervised for extended periods of time on complex tasks
- write speedily yet fluently for extended periods, clearly articulating your ideas
- write in a mature and sophisticated style, with graduate-level prose and presentation
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the history of the Second World War in Britain
- the key debates about British identity and the Second World War
- the broad range of scholarship produced on the topic of the Second World War
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 264 |
Lecture | 24 |
Seminar | 12 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Noakes, Lucy and Pattinson, Juliet (2013). British Cultural Memory and the Second World War.
Hayes, Nick and Hill, Jeff (1999). ‘Millions Like Us’? British Culture in the Second World War.
Braybon, Gill and Summerfield, Penny (1987). Out of the Cage: Women’s Experiences in Two World Wars.
Peter Clarke (2004). Hope and Glory Britain 1900‑2000 .
Angus Calder (1969). The People’s War Britain 1939-45 .
Sonya Rose (2003). Which People’s War? National Identity and Citizenship in Wartime Britain, 1939-45.
David Edgerton (2005). Warfare State Britain, 1920-1970 .
Brivati, Brian and Jones, Helen (1996). What Difference Did the War Make? .
Morgan, David and Evans, Mary (1993). The Battle for Britain: Citizenship and Ideology in the Second World War.
Mark Donnelly (1999). Britain in the Second World War .
Dorothy Sheridan (2000). Wartime Women A Mass-Observation Anthology .
Ugolini, Wendy and Pattinson, Juliet. Fighting for Britain: negotiating identities in Britain during the Second World War.
Juliet Gardiner (2004). Wartime Britain 1939-1945 .
Nicholas Timmins (2001). The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State .
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Students will complete three types of assessment. In the first, a gobbet exercise, students will use the Mass Observation database to select any relevant primary source relating to the Second World War: they will then write a gobbet response analysing the primary source and explaining why they chose to foreground this source. The second, an assessed essay, will be chosen from a list of topics that relate to specific case studies on the course. The final piece of assessment, a timed exam, will analyse some of the broader themes of the course and invite students to make connections between the different topics covered on the module.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Written assignment | 40% |
Essay | 60% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Coursework | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External