Module Descriptors
GERMANY: 1871-1945
HIPO60038
Key Facts
School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
Level 6
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Martin Brown
Email: M.T.Brown@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 40
Independent Study Hours: 260
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- COURSEWORK - SECOND ESSAY weighted at 50%
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Resources
Library
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Module Texts
Kershaw I. [4th Edition]: The Nazi Dictatorship. Edward Arnold.
Longerich P: The Third Reich. Longman.
Longerich P: The Third Reich. Longman.
Module Learning Strategies
The module incorporate three different inter-dependent learning strategies: lectures provide the basis of historiographical debates and interpretations, whilst seminar presentations by students provide opportunities for engagement with the literature. Finally individual tutorials will be offered to students wishing to discuss their own particular work/essay plans.
Key Information Set Data:
13% scheduled learning and teaching activities
87% guided independent learning
Key Information Set Data:
13% scheduled learning and teaching activities
87% guided independent learning
Module Indicative Content
The module considers the development and social, political and economic consequences for Germany from Unification in 1871, through to defeat in WWI and the period of the Weimar Republic and finishing with the rise of National Socialism, World War Two, and the Holocaust.
Key moments, individuals and events in history, key historiographical debates and a variety of interpretations will be examined and considered using historians at the forefront of this period in German history: Kershaw, Mommsen, Bessel, Evans, Broszat, Longerich.
Key moments, individuals and events in history, key historiographical debates and a variety of interpretations will be examined and considered using historians at the forefront of this period in German history: Kershaw, Mommsen, Bessel, Evans, Broszat, Longerich.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Two 3,500 word essays 50% weighting for each [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework
Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework