Queen Victoria Always in the Making: Modern Britain, 1688 to the Present

Class Schedule

Week 11 (April 7-13)

Monday, April 8

Topic of Discussion:
The Nature of the Women's Movement and the Emergence of the Suffragettes (Student-led Discussion)
Readings:
"Why Women Want the Vote": Pamphlet Issued by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) (1903)
Emmeline Pankhurst's Portman Rooms Speech (1908)
Emmeline Pankhurst's Hartford Speech (1913)
Arnstein, pp. 237-241

Wednesday, April 10: How Green Was My Valley Movie Essay due

Topic of Discussion:
British Foreign Policy to 1914
Reading:
Arnstein, pp. 62-73, 105-120, 244-259

Friday, April 12

Topic of Discussion:
World War I (Student-led Discussion)
Readings:
Excerpts from Robert Graves, Good-bye to All That (1929)
Arnstein, pp. 260-286

Food for Thought for Week 11

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