MODERN HISTORY

Maria Anna NOTO MODERN HISTORY

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN, PHILOSOPHIC AND EDUCATION SCIENCES
EQF7
PRIMARY TEACHER EDUCATION
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
424LESSONS


Objectives
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: SOLID DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
- ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND HISTORICAL TEXTS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN HISTORY, ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE MAIN THEMES OF THE DISCIPLINE AND TO FOLLOW THE EVENTS AND PROCESSES.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
- ABILITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THE FIELD OF MODERN HISTORY TO ANALYZE MORE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS, BRINGING THEM TO SOLUTION.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY AND PERIODIZATION.
Contents
THE COURSE STARTS FROM AN INTRODUCTION FOCUSED ON THE PERIODIZATION, METHODOLOGY AND TEACHING OF THE EARLY MODERN HISTORY.
THE STUDY OF FUNDAMENTAL HISTORICAL EVENTS AND PROCESSES OF THE EARLY MODERN AGE OFFERS STUDENTS A SOLID CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND TRANSVERSAL SKILLS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION, IN WHICH IT IS NECESSARY TO OWN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PAST IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE PUPILS IN ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP, LEGALITY, AWARENESS OF THE ROOTS OF EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF COMPARISON AND MULTICULTURALISM. THE STUDY OF POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL, SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION IN ITALY AND EUROPE WILL BE ADDRESSED IN VIEW OF A TEACHING USE OF THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE.
THE MAIN TOPICS WILL BE: EARLY MODERN STATE; FRENCH-SPANISH WARS IN THE 16TH CENTURY; PROTESTANT REFORMATION; COUNTER-REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION; THE AGE OF SPANISH PREDOMINATION: SPANISH IMPERIAL SYSTEM, FRANCE, ENGLAND, HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE; CRISIS, WAR AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY IN THE 17TH CENTURY; ENGLISH REVOLUTIONS; ABSOLUTISM AND “ANCIEN RÉGIME”: LOUIS XIV’S FRANCE AND EUROPE; SPANISH SUCCESSION WAR IN THE 18TH CENTURY: ITALY AND EUROPE; ENLIGHTENED ABSOLUTISM AND REFORMS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE AND ITALY; AMERICAN REVOLUTION; FRENCH REVOLUTION; NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE AIMS AT THE TRAINING OF THE FUTURE TEACHER, ABLE TO MASTER KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, ESSENTIAL TO ENTERPRISE THE PROFESSION OF TEACHER WITH THE POSSESSION OF SOLID CULTURAL BASES AND SUITABLE INTERPRETATIONAL SKILLS. THE TEACHING METHODS ADOPTED PROMOTE THIS PROCESS, THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS: LECTURES ON MAIN TOPICS, SUPPORTED BY THE USE OF MASS-MEDIA TOOLS, FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION WITH STUDENTS ON THE TEACHING USE OF THE CONTENTS; READING AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SHORT DOCUMENTS REPRESENTING IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS.
Verification of learning
FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION VERIFIES OBJECTIVES ABOUT KNOWLEDGE, CORRECT LANGUAGE, CRITICAL CAPACITIES. IT CONSISTS OF QUESTIONS ON THE SUBJECTS SUBMITTED DURING THE LESSONS AND REPERIBLE IN THE PRESCRIPTED BOOKS. IT CHECKS THE LEARNING OF THE CONTENTS, THE DISCUSSION CAPACITY, THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, THE POSSESS OF CONCEPTS AND CONNEXIONS.
Texts
A. MUSI, UN VIVAIO DI STORIA. L’EUROPA NEL MONDO MODERNO, BIBLION EDIZIONI, 2020.
More Information
ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
THE USE OF A HISTORICAL ATLAS IS ADVISED.
Lessons Timetable

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