Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Assess the different categories of evidence and the different approaches of historians and other scholars.
- Understand the context of how documentation was produced and how it might be located.
- Reflect critically on the historiography of Victorian Britain and 19th century politics.
- Discuss and present ideas about both primary evidence and historical interpretations clearly and persuasively in written work.
- Crtique and contextualise primary source material in a form appropriate for the ‘gobbet’ assignment.
- Analyse critically primary source materials from the period.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Roots of modern democracy
- Key political developments in Victorian Britain.
- Opportunities for political participation in Victorian Britain.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Work effectively to locate sources and literature.
- Undertake research using archival material for essays and gobbets.
- Develop time management skills.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Seminar | 48 |
Guided independent study | 252 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
H. Pelling (1979). Popular Politics and Society in Victorian Britain.
C. Hall, et al., (2000). Defining the Victorian Nation. Cambridge University Press.
W. D. Rubinstein (1998). Britain's Century. Arnold.
T. Hoppen (1998). The Mid-Victorian Generation 1846-1886. Oxford.
G. Marsden (1998). Victorian Values. Pearson.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Written assignment | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
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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Assessment tasks | 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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Essay | 50% |
Written assignment | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External