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Lecturer(s)
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Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Flajšar Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The Course Topics are: Prehistory. Celtic and Roman Britain. Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Norman conquest and feudalism. Medieval England. The Parliament. Scottish wars of independence. The Wars of Roses. Tudor England. Elizabethan period. The Stuarts and the Civil War. The British Empire and the Industrial Revolution. Victorian England. World War I and II and what followed. End of the Empire. Modern Britain and its problems arising from history.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work, Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
- Preparation for the Exam
- 34 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 60 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Students will be able to understand the most important moments of British history and their relationship to the present-day situation, to characterise the most important personalities of British history and put events on the timeline. Requirements for students with the individual study plan (ISP) and/or students with special needs: Students with ISP will write an extra written work (essays, 4-5 pages, on a course-related topic approved by the instructor) and post it at the course page in Moodle. Alternately, students with ISP and/special needs meet the adapted course requirements (written and/or oral testing) based on the expert recommendations of The Support Centre for Students with Special Needs.
Ability to study in English.
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Prerequisites
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Understanding a lecture and communicating in English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Written exam, Essay, Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Dialog
Students are set homework and quizzes all through the term in the online course. Active participation, with all tasks being fulfilled, is the condition for getting a credit for the seminars. The course is concluded with a written test. Requirements for students with the individual study plan (ISP) and/or students with special needs: Students with ISP will write an extra written work (essays, 4-5 pages, on a course-related topic approved by the instructor) and post it at the course page in Moodle. Alternately, students with ISP and/special needs meet the adapted course requirements (written and/or oral testing) based on the expert recommendations of The Support Centre for Students with Special Needs.
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Recommended literature
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Devine, T.M. - Finlay, R.J. (ed.). (1997). Scotland in the 20th Century.. Edinburgh.
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Maurois, André. (1993). Dějiny Anglie. Praha.
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McDowall, David. (2008). An Illustrated History of Britain.. Harlow, England.
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Moody, Theodore W. (1996). Dějiny Irska.. Praha.
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