Learning Outcomes:
a) study, writing and communication skills appropriate to Level 3;
b) an awareness of key concepts and methodologies that historians have used to approach the First World War and Irish Revolution;
c) the ability to handle historical sources, and to evaluate a range of primary sources.
d) Preparation for the workforce or for postgraduate study
Indicative Module Content:
This module will cover the following topics:
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Irish Society at War
Week 3: Labour: contraction and opportunity
Week 4: Household management
Week 5: Social morality: soldiers, syphilis and war babies
Week 6: Witnesses to war: Ordinary life during the 1916 Rebellion
Week 7: The Influenza Pandemic 1918-1919
Week 8: Bereavement, demobilisation and disability
Week 9: Civilian experiences of violence
Week 10: Rebuilding lives and remembrance
Week 11: Conclusion