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ATS2110 - Slavery: A history

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

History

Coordinator(s)

Professor David Garrioch

Offered

Clayton

Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

Slavery has existed since ancient times and has been used in societies as diverse as Ancient Rome and modern India, medieval Europe and nineteenth-century America. It still exists, in various forms, today. The unit investigates the meaning and experience of enslavement in a range of historical contexts. How and why have people been enslaved and what did it mean to live in slavery? How might slaves understand and achieve their freedom? Why have so many societies used slave labour? In recent times, attitudes to enslavement have changed, leading to campaigns against slavery in modern times: why did this happen, and to what extent have these campaigns been successful?

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will:

have acquired appropriate bibliographical skills, including critical use and analysis of digital and online material
Be able to identify the historical problems and issues addressed in secondary sources, both written and online
Demonstrate a capacity for independent thought and reflection and for constructing evidence-based arguments in their writing and verbal participation
Demonstrate oral and written skills in using a variety of primary and secondary sources
Show that they can use visual sources for historical analysis
Have gained a broad understanding of the long history of slavery
Be aware of several different approaches to the interpretation of history
Have reflected on the different ways in which experience is historically constructed

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 70%
Exam: 30%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.