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History of Great Britain and the USA II - OIBA2A125B
Title: History of Great Britain and USA II
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2019
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 0
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/1, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.05.2019)
This subject aims to familiarise its students with the basic aspects of the historical development in The United States of America beginning with the early settlement and colonisation of North America continuing through the first states founded in America, colonial administration, the War of Independence, the Civil War, the period of American industrial and economic growth passing to the basic aspects of American historical development in the 20th century: the participation in WWI, the interwar growth and crisis, the participation in WWII, the gradual establishment of the international relation net in which the USA appears to play the undeniable role as a co-creator of culture and politics of the 20th and 21st century. It is necessary for the students to be prepared for the seminars doing regular and obligatory homework, namely compulsory reading (focused on the content and topic-specific vocabulary) which forms the basis for the following seminar discussions which are subsequently supplemented by teacher´s presentations. Students make themselves familiar with the basic cultural and political development in the USA and its role in the global cultural and political context. The knowledge gained at the seminars is going to help the students to make themselves oriented in current international politics and moreover in compulsory courses of American literature.
Literature - Czech
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.05.2019)

O´CALLAGHAN, B. An Illustrated History of the USA, Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited, 1991.

ZINN, H. A People´s History of the United States, New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005.

ZINN, H. A People´s History of American Empire, New York: St Martin´s Press, 2008.

YOUNG, E. American History for Everyone, Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation, 2008.

JOHNSON, P. Dějiny amerického národa, Praha: Academia, 2000.

TINDALL, G. – SHI, D. Dějiny Spojených států amerických, Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 2008.

Syllabus - Czech
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.05.2019)

TÝDEN 1: Počátky osídlení

TÝDEN 2: Koloniální Amerika

TÝDEN 3: Válka za nezávislost

TÝDEN 4: Amerika v 19. století

TÝDEN 5: Občanská válka

TÝDEN 6: Období rekontrukce

TÝDEN 7: Od Velké války k Velké krizi

TÝDEN 8: Druhá světová válka

TÝDEN 9: Studená válka I. (úvod)

TÝDEN 10: Studená válka II. (50. léta )

TÝDEN 11: Studená válka III. (60. a 70. léta)

TÝDEN 12: Studená válka IV. (80. a 90. léta)

Course completion requirements - Czech
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.05.2019)

docházka 80% (max. 2 absence)

závěrečný test skládající se ze tří bodově shodných částí

·         znalosti (odvíjí se od presentací)

·         slovní zásoba (odvíjí se od povinné četby)

·         krátká esej (200 slov; odvíjí se od presentací a četby)

minimální bodová hranice pro udělení zápočtu je 65%

 
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