Module Descriptors
WOMEN IN MODERN HISTORY
HIPO50272
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Pauline Elkes
Email: P.Elkes@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 20
Independent Study Hours: 130
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- CASE BASED STUDY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
OHP, Video, Library, Journals.
Module Texts
Paula Bentley, The Changing Role of Women 1815-1914, Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.
Janet Lee, War Girls, Manchester University Press, 2005
Penny Summerfield, Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives, Manchester University Press, 1998.
Janet Lee, War Girls, Manchester University Press, 2005
Penny Summerfield, Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives, Manchester University Press, 1998.
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures will provide the basis for the critical approaches and debates regarding the history of women. Seminars will be developed by students for student participation. A non assessed presentation and one assessed essay will complement the Lectures.
A seminar presentation will be part of a formative assessment strategy.
A seminar presentation will be part of a formative assessment strategy.
Module Indicative Content
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the ongoing debates and re-appraisals of the history women and their role in society. Theoretical discussions and debate will look at the work of Penny Summerfield, Jill Stephenson, Liz Harvey, Gisela Bock, and Joan Scott and others. A case study approach will examine, amongst other areas, women and work, the role of women in war, women and the family.
Module Additional Assessment Details