Histories of Everyday Life in Modern Cornwall
| Module title | Histories of Everyday Life in Modern Cornwall |
|---|---|
| Module code | HIC2029 |
| Academic year | 2024/5 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Module staff | Dr Timothy Cooper (Convenor) |
| Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: Weeks | 10 |
| Number students taking module (anticipated) | 32 |
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Module description
This module offers the opportunity to study the history modern Cornwall from the perspectives of its people and the experience of everyday life. It broadly covers the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a series of mostly thematic studies of everyday life, exploring the changing experience of life in Cornwall in its transition from industrial powerhouse to tourist destination and exurb. It will be primarily based on detailed reading of primary sources.
Module aims - intentions of the module
The aim of this module is to offer a training in researching social history and the history of everyday life. It will also develop your understanding of the history of Cornwall, its people, and their contribution to development of modern Britain and the wider world. Preparation for classes will focus on identifying, reading, and interpreting primary sources, skills we will further develop in the accompanying workshops. There will also be a small amount of secondary reading designed to help you contextualise your exploration of the primary material and to offer examples of working historians dealing with similar texts. A research essay at the end of the module will offer you the opportunity to draw upon the range of primary sources you have been looking over the module and to synthesise that material to respond creatively to a theme addressing the history of everyday life. This essay will be self-assessed, and marks moderated by the convenor.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Explore and explain effectively the history of everyday life in modern Cornwall
- 2. Use and synthesize primary sources effectively to write history from below
- 3. Demonstrate understanding and use a marking-scheme competently to self-assess appropriately and fairly
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 4. Effectively apply social history perspectives and techniques to the study of history
- 5. Use primary sources effectively as the basis of an historical essay
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 6. Judge your own achievements fairly and express those achievements clearly
- 7. Synthesize material and communicate that synthesis with clarity
- 8. Demonstrate understanding, and show the value, of qualitative research approaches
Syllabus plan
Whilst the content may vary from year to year, it is envisioned that it will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Farming, Fish and Tin? Earning and Spending
- Lifeboat! Wreck and Rescue on the Cornish Coast
- Accident and Risk
- “Train don’t stop Camb’n Wednesdays” Humour
- Riot and Rebellion
- Magic and Mysticism
- Leaving Home: Going Abroad
- The Tramping Time: Cornwall between the Wars
- Penlee: Courage and Community
- Some classes will focus specifically on developing source analysis and writing skills
- There will also be some student-determined content
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 130 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 20 | 10 x 2-hour workshops |
| Guided Independent Study | 130 | Private study |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay introduction and plan | 750 words | 1-8 | Verbal/In class |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary source-based research essay. To include a self-assessment statement and mark. The statement will be required to comment on both the essay outcome and the research process leading to it and to justify the mark suggested in terms of the appropriate marking criteria. | 100 | 3000 words (Essay 2500 words; self-assessment statement 500 words) | 1-8 | Written |
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Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary source-based research essay. To include a self-assessment statement and mark. The statement will be required to comment on both the essay outcome and the research process leading to it and to justify the mark suggested in terms of the appropriate marking criteria. | Primary source-based research essay. To include a self-assessment statement and mark. The statement will be required to comment on both the essay outcome and the research process leading to it and to justify the mark suggested in terms of the appropriate marking criteria. | 1-8 | Referral/deferral period |
Re-assessment notes
Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.
Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. If you are successful on referral, your overall module mark will be capped at 40%.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
- R.M. Barton, Life in Cornwall in the Nineteenth Century (3 vols)
- B Deacon, Cornwall: A Concise History (2007)
| Credit value | 15 |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 7.5 |
| Module pre-requisites | None |
| Module co-requisites | None |
| NQF level (module) | 5 |
| Available as distance learning? | No |
| Origin date | 20/01/2021 |
| Last revision date | 28/01/2021 |
