Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
BRITISH SOCIAL HISTORY DİNG220 4. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Gül BÜYÜ
Assistants
Goals The aim of this course is to give students a general idea of the social, cultural and political developments in Great Britain from the early periods to the contemporary period, and to acquaint them with the outlines of locale and peoples, institutions, customs and manners, social class and daily routines, and to familiarise them with the relations between history and social life.
Course Content The historical events having affected British literature and society will be studied.
Learning Outcomes 1) The students analyse the historical terms and concepts.
2) The students analyse the historical terms and concepts.
3) The students examine the social history and literature from the beginning to the Contemporary Period.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Orientation & Description of the Course Lecture
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
2. Week Introduction to Britain: Prehistoric Times & Celts, and Romans Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
3. Week The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings: The First Englishmen & Conversion to Christianity & Growth of Towns Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
4. Week Britain in the Middle Ages & Feudalism: Land Owning and Aristocracy & Trade Unions & Travel and Trade Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
5. Week Political developments and Legislation: The Magna Carta & Women in the Medieval Period Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
6. Week History of Education: The First University & Compulsory Education & Monasteries & Cathedrals Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Speech Loop; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
7. Week Renaissance and Reformation in Britain: The Birth of Nation-State and Colonialism & The Making of Protestant Britain & The New Learning and Art Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
8. Week The Stuarts & the Neoclassical Period: Republican Britain and the Restoration & Revolution in Thought & Country Life Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
9. Week The Eighteenth Century: Loss of American Colonies & Industrial and Agricultural Revolution Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
10. Week Britain in the Age of Empire: Roads and Railways and Urbanisation & The Boer Wars & Reforms of Factories and Mines (Labour and Capital) Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
11. Week The Twentieth Century: The First World War & Irish War of Independence & Gender and Suffrage Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
12. Week The Commonwealth and Contemporary Britain: The Second World War & Decolonisation and Immigration & National Identity Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
13. Week Today’s Britain: Windsor House & The Scottish Independence Referendum & Brexit Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
14. Week Revision & Discussion Question Answer; Discussion
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Burns, William E. A Brief History of Great Britain. Facts on File, 2010.
Dance, E. H. Outlines of British Social History. Longmans, Green & Co., 1950.
McDowall, David. An Illustrated History of Britain. Longman, 1989.
Mikes, George. How to Be a Brit. Penguin Books, 1986.
Mingay, G. E. A Social History of the English Countryside. Routledge, 1990.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2
PY1555
PY2555
PY3555
PY4555
PY5555

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Homework 3 10
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 5
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 7
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload