Module: Children & Childhood in the Western World

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Children & Childhood in the Western World
Module Code	HY346 (ITS) / HIS1043 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	History & Geography
Module Co-ordinator	Marnie Hay
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Repeat examination
Students may resit the final exam and the research essay. An additional assignment will be set to resit classroom-based assessment activities.

Description

Children and Childhood in the Western World provides an introductory historical survey of the lives of children in Europe and North America from the classical to the modern ages.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the key issues and themes related to the histories of children and childhood in the western world.
2. Identify and assess different historiographical approaches to and interpretations of the histories of children and childhood.
3. Interrogate different types of primary source documents for the study of the histories of children and childhood.
4. Present a reasoned argument based on historical evidence both orally and in writing.
5. Pursue independent, self-directed study at a level appropriate for a third-year undergraduate student of history.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	44	Lectures/Seminars
Independent Study	206	Assigned readings, independent research & preparation of written assignments and presentation.
Total Workload: 250

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Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative content and learning activities
This module provides an introductory historical survey of the lives of children in Europe and North America from the classical to the modern ages. It explores the relationship between ideas about childhood and the experience of being a child in order to uncover patterns of change in the experience of childhood, taking into consideration such factors as geographic location, social class and gender as well as wider economic, social and political developments in western society. It concentrates on three key themes: ideas of childhood; adult-child relations; and the roles of families, philanthropists and states in connection to childhood. Students will attend lectures, contribute to seminar discussions, and complete assigned readings and written and oral assignments.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	60%	Examination Weight	40%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Participation	Seminar preparation, attendance and participation	20%	As required
Essay	Research Essay: 3,000 words	30%	As required
Presentation	Research Presentation in class	10%	As required

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Colin Heywood: 0, A history of childhood, Oxford, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2018,
Hugh Cunningham: 0, Children and childhood in western society since 1500, London, 1995, 2005, 2021,
Colin Heywood: 0, Childhood in modern Europe, Cambridge, 2018,
Paula S. Fass (ed.): 0, The Routledge history of childhood in the western world, London & New York, 2013,

Other Resources

64620, Online, 0, Additional articles, book chapters, and primary source documents will be made available on the module’s Loop site,

The Coursebuilder system would not allow me to change the assessment from 100% CA to 60% CA and 40% Final Exam.