Part of BA (Hons) History and Journalism Studies, 2021-2025

2021-2022

The Making of Modern Britain 1707 to 2000: An Introduction (Autumn 2021)

ASSIGNMENTGRADEREAD
Skills Portfolio: Devine, T. M. “Chapter 5: The Highland and Lowland Clearances.” In Clearance and Improvement : Land, Power and People in Scotland: 1700 – 1900, 93–112. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Donald Short Run Press, 2010.68 (2.1)PDF
Essay: ‘Was Britain a better place in which to live and
work at the end of the 20th century compared to
the end of the 18th Century?’ (special focus: Education)		68 (2.1)PDF
Module Final Grade68 (2.1)

Concepts of History: Themes and Transformations (Spring 2022)

ASSIGNMENTGRADEREAD
Source Analysis: Source Analysis: Summers, Thomas Osmond. Yellow Fever. Nashville, Tennessee, USA: Wheeler Brothers, 1879, 54 – ‘The Death Rate’72 (1st)PDF
Examination:
– Essay: Does all power ultimately rest upon violence?
– Source Analysis: Extract from Archibald Alison, “The Chartists and Universal Suffrage,” in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, ed. John
Blackwood, vol. XLVI (Edinburgh, UK: William Blackwood & Sons, 1839), 289–303, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015028027830&view=1up&seq=303&skin=2021.
– Source Analysis: Independence Declaration (1776) United States. “Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence.” Washington D.C., USA, United States of America: US GPO, 2009.
https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.cow/cusdoin0001&i=39.		72 (1st)PDF
Module Final Grade72 (1st)

2022-2023

PDFs and ‘what went wrong’ discussion pages are coming soon.

Autumn 2022

MODULEASSIGNMENTGRADEREAD
For the Lion: Scotland in the British Isles and Europe 1100-1542Skills Portfolio, Assessment of Matthew
Hammond, ‘Royal and Aristocratic Attitudes to Saints and the Virgin Mary in Thirteenth-Century Scotland’, in S. Boardman and E. Williamson eds., The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland (Woodbridge, 2010), 61-85.		67 (2.1)??
For the Lion: Scotland in the British Isles and Europe 1100-1542Essay: What were the key strengths of the Scottish
church by c.1472?#		58 (2.2)??
For the Lion: Scotland in the British Isles and Europe 1100-1542Module Final Grade62 (2.1)
Reputations in HistoryDocument Exercise: David Livingstone76 (1st)??
Reputations in HistoryEssay: Was Maclean’s decision not to join the Communist Party of Great Britain the key element in assessing his reputation? Discuss for the period from the 1920s to the 1980s.73 (1st)??
Reputations in HistoryModule Final Grade74 (1st)
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Spring 2023

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Africa between c.1800 and 1939Essay: Why was the jihad of Usuman dan Fodio in
Hausaland successful?		68 (2.1)??
Africa between c.1800 and 1939Exam: Q1: Did the ban on the trans-Atlantic slave trade from 1807 onwards bring an end to the slave trade in West Africa? | Q2: How far can the rise and character of the Zulu Kingdom be explained in terms of the personality of Shaka?56 (2.2)??
Africa between c.1800 and 1939Module Final Grade62 (2.1)
Rebellion and Enlightenment: Scotland 1713 to 1815Essay: Compare and contrast the accounts of 4 Scottish Parishes in the Statistical Account (1790s) with respect to the established and dissenting church.63 (2.1)??
Rebellion and Enlightenment: Scotland 1713 to 1815Exam: Q1: Was the church the main source of support for the poor in eighteenth-century Scotland? | Q2: Source Analysis: Parish of Peebles, Statistical Accounts | Q3: Source Analysis: Parish of Gairloch, Statistical Accounts.49 (3rd)??
Rebellion and Enlightenment: Scotland 1713 to 1815Module Final Grade60 (2.1)
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2023-2024

Autumn 2023

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Vikings, a Global SagaEssay: Martyred or Murdered: The Deaths of Abbot Blathmac and King Edmund.90 (1st)LINK
Vikings, a Global SagaEssay: Beyond Raiding: Unveiling the Epic Voyages of the Vikings (793-1066 AD)78 (1st)LINK
Vikings, a Global SagaModule Final Grade84 (1st)
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Spring 2024

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Religion, Denomination and Prejudice in Britain 1780-1914Essay: To what extent was religion the most important aspect of an individual’s identity in nineteenth century Britain?TBA (TBA)??
Religion, Denomination and Prejudice in Britain 1780-1914Exam: TBA (TBA)??
Vikings, a Global SagaModule Final GradeTBA (TBA)
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2024-2025

Autumn 2024

Coming Soon

Spring 2025

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