learning objectives for this module: be able to:

explicate the causes, course of events, and results of feminism in Britain, with special reference to Emmeline, Christabel, and Sylvia Pankhurst and the movement for woman suffrage
discuss the several trends and issues that almost tore the United Kingdom apart between 1906 and 1914: parliamentary reform, liberalism, laborism, conservatism, Irish home rule, unionism, free trade, and protectionism

to do for this module:

read the textbook, chapter 11, “Society and Social Reform,” pages 191–209, and chapter 12: “The Rocky Road to the Welfare State,” pages 213–243
view lecture / video B310 16 Fin-de-siècle Society and Politics_with_Recording, below:

This lecture is also accessible in PowerPoint and PowerPoint Recording formats.

The class is asynchronous (proceed at your own pace) until 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22, when there will be a class discussion of Keynes (see Book review of Keynes), and the review of Keynes is due, to be submitted through Canvas > Assignments > Book review of Keynes no later than 11:59 PM.

After that, the next synchronous event is the presentations on the research papers, 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 29, and the research paper is due, to be submitted through Canvas > Assignments > research paper no later than 11:59 PM.

The class discussion of Keynes’s The Economic Consequences of the Peace, at 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22, and the presentations on the research papers, at 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 29, will be conducted as online conferences through Zoom (videoconferencing software) at those times and on those dates.

To participate in the synchronous (live) class discussions at 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22, and 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 29:
Click on https://IU.zoom.us/j/9047954919, or copy the URL your browser, to join the meeting / class discussion.
For more information on Zoom, click on http://zoom.iu.edu; you can also phone the UITS Support Center at 317-274-4357 for assistance and/or watch this short video from Zoom: Link.
Participation in the live online discussions at 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22, and 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 29, is not required if you are unable to attend; I will not take attendance at those conferences. I will record those online conferences and add the recording to Kaltura Media Gallery for students who could not attend to review after the fact.

After that, the next synchronous event is the final examination (which covers chapters 10–23 of the textbook), to be submitted no later than 11:59 PM, Wednesday, May 6. For details of what you can expect, and what I will expect of you on the final exam, see Canvas > Assignments > Final Exam; or click on: Review Sheet 2.