History of GB and USA - OIBA4A105C

• Title: History of GB and USA
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/1, C [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (02.12.2021)

Cílem kurzu je seznámit studenty s nejdůležitějšími momenty historického vývoje Velké Británie (týden 1-6) a Spojených států amerických (týden 7-12). Práce v semináři je založena na presentacích učitele + na samostatné domácí přípravě studentů a následné diskuzi. Témata: 1. The Earliest Britain (Romans → Hundred Years War) 2. The House of Tudors (the Bothworth Field → the death of the Queen) 3. The Stuart – the Republic – The Stuarts (James I. → the Act of Union) 4. Great Britain under Industrialism and Victorianism (18th + 19th century Britain) 5. From the Great War to the Great Liberation (Britain 1910-1945) 6. The Post-war Britain (Britain 1945-2000) 7. The Earliest America (Columbus → Puritan America) 8. The Century of Independence (the colonies in 18th century) 9. The Century of Civil War (USA in 19th century) 10. From One War to Another (USA 1914-1945) 11. Cold War I (1950s – 1960s) 12. Cold War II (1970s – 2000s)

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (02.12.2021)

MC DOWALL, David. An Illustrated History of Britain. Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited, 2006. ISBN 978-0582749146.

O´CALLAGHAN, Bryn. An Illustrated History of the USA. Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited, 1991. ISBN 978-0582749214.

KEARNEY, Hugh. The British Isles: A History of Four Nations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0521608503.

ROSS, David. England: History of a Nation. New Lanark: Geddes et Grosset, 2005. ISBN 978-1842053195.

LOWE, Norman. Mastering Modern British History. London: Palgrave 2017. ISBN 978-0230205567.

KUMAR, Krishan. The Making of English National Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0521777360.

ZINN, Howard. A People´s History of the United States. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005. ISBN 978-0060838652.

YOUNG, Earl. American History for Everyone. Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation, 2008. ISBN 978-1425750763.