HIS31440 Ireland in the 1960s

Academic Year 2024/2025

How did people in 1960s Ireland live? What kind of changes did they live through? How did they interact with the wider world? What kind of popular culture did they consume? This module will explore the social history of 1960s Ireland. This critical period in Irish history saw the nation interacting with new phenomena from the hippies, to The Beatles, to Dickie Rock. The nation also had to grapple with the women’s rights movement and civil rights movement in Northern Ireland. The 1960s also saw, for the first time, a rising tide in the Irish state with decreased emigration and higher standards of living. This module will look at the economic and social developments of the period and ask students to think critically about the nature of change in 1960s Ireland. Students will learn about developments in popular culture, youth culture, and social movements, among other things.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course you should have:
● an understanding of the main issues and debates within the historiography of the 1960s in Ireland
● an awareness of social, cultural, and economic developments in 1960s Ireland
● developed skills in using audiovisual historical sources
● developed skills in dealing with primary and secondary sources
● experience of working and learning with others
● developed your skills in written analysis

Indicative Module Content:

This module will address such topics as:
- How historians assess change
- Political and economic policy in the 1960s
- Popular Music and Television in the 1960s
- The Irish Women’s Liberation Movement and the Commission on the Status of Women
- The Battle of the Bogside, Civil Rights, and the Beginning of the Troubles
- Youth Culture in the 1960s

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

11
Seminar (or Webinar)

22
Specified Learning Activities

95
Autonomous Student Learning

95
Total

223
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module combines a one-hour lecture with a 2-hour seminar. Weekly lectures provide overviews of the topic, with focus on background to readings, and its relation to modern scholarship. Weekly seminars focus on small-group active and task-based learning by means of class debates, discussion and presentations. Autonomous learning is advanced through student-led debate and discussion of set primary sources and student presentations. Student reflection is promoted by weekly learning journals. Advanced research, writing and citations skills are developed through an end-of-semester essay. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
HIS20130 - Land, Religion, Identity: Irel, HIS20460 - Islam and Christianity, HIS20470 - Modern America, HIS20560 - International History1914-1991, HIS20670 - France since the Revolution, HIS20810 - Australian History: Survey, HIS20950 - Statecraft & Strategy, HIS20960 - Living Loving&Dying19C Ireland, HIS20970 - Early Medieval Ireland, HIS20980 - The Russian Revolution

Additional Information:
Students should have completed one of the pre-requisite modules listed.


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment(Including Essay): 3-4,000-word essay n/a Graded No

40
Participation in Learning Activities: Class participation and engagement n/a Graded No

20
Individual Project: Book review n/a Graded No

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring 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
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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