HIS21300 Marathon

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module is designed to get students using their historical imagination, by placing themselves in the role of a historical character or a participant in a controversial historical event. It is a small-group, seminar-based module and at the end of the semester it includes a day-long seminar where students present their own, originally composed document

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

To enable students to appreciate historical sources, context and nuance and to enable them to give expression to their historical imaginations.

Indicative Module Content:

Seminars, group discussions, presentations, archive visits.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

0
Seminar (or Webinar)

26
Specified Learning Activities

87
Autonomous Student Learning

87
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Group work, discussions, seminars, student presentations and critical reading of primary and secondary sources. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Attendance and participation in seminar discussions Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

20
Assignment: To compose a written document based on the research of primary historical source material Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded Yes

40
Assignment: To give a presentation of an original written document based on the research of primary historical source material Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded Yes

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

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