- Michael Parsons, 2006-2007
Reading - David McDowall, An Illustrated History of Britain. London: Longman, 1989
- Bryn O'Callaghan, An Illustrated History of the United States.London: Longman, 1990
- Several copies in main library.
The challenge - The History of Britain and the United States ... in twelve weeks.
- Key issues in British and United States history.
- Reading the books is essential. (Or any other good histories of the UK and the US).
Why History? - Difficult to understand the present without knowledge of the past
- Historians and others write histories with one eye on the present and one on the past
- History is often a narrative written to explain how we got where we are now.
Problems ... - History is not just facts, but an attempt to make sense of the past.
- Questions, problems ...
Key themes in British history - The people(s) of Britain.
- England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
- Forging the nation (English nation, Britain)
- Church and State
- Towards a liberal democracy?
- Constitutional monarchy?
- Why no revolution? (??)
More key themes in British history - Britain and the wider world: Britain and Europe, Britain and the Empire, Britain and the United States.
- Great Britain and Ireland ...
- Britain as a welfare state ...
- A British identity/ English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish identity?
Contemporary themes in British history - The Disunited Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?
- Multi-ethnic Britain
- Britain and the world, Blair and Bush, Britain and Europe ...
Key themes in the history of the United States - Origins (Mayflower, Pilgrims etc)
- Thirteen colonies
- Independence - why?
- Britain and France in North America
- Expansion - the frontier/wild west
- Manifest destiny and Monroe doctrine
- Civil war
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