Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
BRITISH SOCIAL HISTORY	UİNG1206	4. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
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.

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

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.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

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Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	3	42
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	4	56
Homework	3	10	30
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	5	5
Final Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	7	7
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30