University of Evansville

History 383, The Development of Modern Scotland

Dr James Lachlan MacLeod

Fall 2001

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This course is a survey of Scottish history, politics, religion and culture from the Reformation to Today. It covers the religious turmoil of the Reformation, the Union with England, the difficult 18^th and 19^th centuries, the 20^th century and the World Wars, and on to the relative political independence of 2000 and beyond. It looks in detail at Scotland's relations with the rest of the world, especially England, as well as Scotland's own deep internal divisions.

The class is a seminar-based one, with learning based on informed classroom discussion; this involves hard work and considerable thought, but can also be a lot of fun. In a class with potentially large numbers, it is particularly important that you are prepared to talk in class, and your contribution to the class's discussions throughout the semester will count as 20% of your final grade. If you are unable or unwilling to talk in an informed manner in class, your grade will suffer; if you are not going to talk, don’t sign up for this class!

TEXTBOOKS

The recommended textbooks, which you are expected to buy, are:-

T. M Devine, The Scottish Nation. A History 1700-2000 (1999)

Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961)

William McIlvanney, The Big Man (1985)

Students will, however, be expected to read much more besides if they wish to gain the most from this course; there is an extensive collection of history books in the library. In addition to textbook reading, students will be asked to read some original texts and also to study carefully any handouts provided, in order to participate in classroom discussion.

ASSESSMENT

1 mid-term examination = 20% of total grade

1 written paper (out of class, 6-8 pages) = 20% of total grade

1 class presentation by student = 20% of total grade

class participation = 20% of total grade

final examination = 20% of total grade

DATE OF TESTS AND PAPER

Midterm Exam – October 19

Paper Due – Nov 28

Final Exam – Tues Dec 11 12.30

GRADING

Each separate piece of work will be graded on the following scale:

A = 85% and above

B = 75-84%

C = 65-74%

D = 50-64%

F = 50% and below

WRITTEN WORK AND ATTENDANCE

In the grading of all written work, credit will be given for well-constructed, clearly argued and accurately researched writing: errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar will be penalised. Please note the section in this syllabus on plagiarism (below).

Students who for medical reasons (confirmed by a medical certificate) are not able to sit the mid-term examination at the appointed time will sit the final examination, which is comprehensive, and the percentage score of the mid-term will be carried forward and added to the final examination. Thus a student who misses the mid-term will sit the final examination for 40% of his/her grade rather than for 20% as for the rest of the class. No other form of make-up examination will be permitted.

Students are expected to attend class on a regular basis. There is an attendance policy; students who exceed their permitted number of excused absences will be penalised by one grade drop on each occasion they exceed their maximum limit. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY TWO UNEXCUSED ABSENCES ARE PERMITTED IN THIS CLASS.

Absence from class is permitted only in cases of extreme sickness or ill-health. In the event of such an occurrence, it is incumbent upon the student to see a qualified medical authority and to obtain a certificate of certified absence within 24 hours of the absent class. Apart from this form of justified absence, no other absence is excused except where authorised by the Chair of the Department of History.

Finally, a note of warning concerning punctuality. Any student who arrives later than ten minutes for class will be deemed to be absent from that class, and the absence will count as an unexcused absence. Similarly, I expect work to be handed in by the set time and date. Unless a request for an extension has been made and agreed, all overdue papers will be awarded an automatic "F".

OFFICE HOURS

I am available to meet with you during my regular office hours which for this semester are

Mon Wed 3-4

Tues Thurs 10-11

For your own convenience, try to make an appointment in case I am meeting another student. Any other time between 9 and 5 during the week, feel free to come up and talk about the course.

Contacts

Dr James Lachlan MacLeod, OH 343, tel 2599, email jm224.

Website access through History Dept homepage at

http://history.evansville.edu

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR CLASS PRESENTATIONS

This is a seminar-based course and each student or group of students (2-4 per group, depending on class numbers) is expected to prepare and deliver a presentation at one of the meetings of the class. This is to take the form of a discussion of one of the topics listed; the earlier you sign up the more choice you have as to when you present; you must decide on a subject and a date by 31 August 2001 Please note the following points carefully:

Presentations must be collaborative efforts; you will receive the same grade as your partner(s) and so it is your responsibility to ensure that the collective product is a good one.
This means that you must meet with your partner(s) to discuss the project in detail well before the due date.
You must meet with me to discuss your detailed plans at least TWO days before the presentation. At this meeting you will submit a bibliography of sources that you have used, and a written outline.
Presentations must be accompanied by one or all of the following: handouts, powerpoint presentation, slides, overheads, videos, music.
The purpose of item 4 is not decoration: whatever you use should enhance and illustrate your presentation; ideally they would provide examples of what you are discussing.
Your presentation must have a clear introduction and a clear conclusion.
Your presentation should seek to raise a number of questions and challenge your classmates to discussion; and feel free to offer your own views - the presentation is supposed to be an expression of informed opinion. The presentation must, however, involve a series of questions to stimulate class discussion; these are not to be simple ‘quiz’ style questions but thought-provoking questions about ideas and issues.
The presentation is intended to help you to gain confidence in presentation of material in front of a class. Feel free to experiment with different techniques – credit will be given for originality and creativity.
The presentation should reflect the length of a class period, with about 15 minutes left for discussion in a 75-minute period and about 10 minutes left in a 50-minute period. Presentations that are significantly too long or too short will be penalized.
I don’t want to see anyone reading his or her presentation off an Internet print-off; this is to be YOUR work based on YOUR research.

20% of your final grade rests on this; if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me beforehand.

Presentation Title	Date
Scotland Today – Culture, Politics and Society	September 05
Scotland’s Relations with England	12
Scotland’s Relations with Europe and the World	19
Scotland Today – Religion and Beliefs	26
A History of Scottish Trade and Industry	October 03
The Portrayal of Scotland in the Movies	10
These Inventive Scots	17
Scotland as Two Nations – Highland and Lowland	24
Women in Scotland	31
Scotland’s Contribution to Art and Literature	November 07
The Development of the Scottish Parliament	14
The Future of Scotland	30

Schedule for Fall 2001

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
August 20			First Class
August 27					Deadline to pick presentations
Sep 03			Scotland Today – Culture, Politics and Society
10			Scotland’s Relations with England
17			Scotland’s Relations with Europe and the World
24			Scotland Today – Religion and Beliefs
Oct 01			A History of Scottish Trade and Industry
08	Fall Break	Fall Break	The Portrayal of Scotland in the Movies
15			These Inventive Scots		Midterm Exam
22			Scotland as Two Nations – Highland and Lowland
29			Women in Scotland
Nov 5			Scotland’s Contribution to Art and Literature
12			Development of the Scottish Parliament
19			Thanksgiving	Break	Vacation
26			383 papers		The Future of Scotland Saint Andrew’s Day!
Dec 03			Reading Study Day
10		12.30 Final Exam	Final Exams end

6-8 Page Term Paper Questions

Your essay should be in the form of a research paper, and must follow the MLA rules on citation, including a works cited page. Please type, using double-spacing and leaving adequate margins. Please number your pages. Your first page must state the question.

Please note once again that the unattributed use of another person's work - including another student -constitutes plagiarism, which is cheating. If you are using another person's words, they must be placed in quotation marks. When you are using another person’s ideas, your source MUST be cited. Whether deliberate or not (due, perhaps, to inadequate note-taking), plagiarism is an extremely serious violation of the Honor Code. It is also a violation for any student to act as an accessory to the plagiarism. Cutting and pasting material off the internet without acknowledgement constitutes plagiarism. It is of course no less serious to steal ideas and words from this source than from any other, and such a violation of the honor code will be treated accordingly. The use of a paper provided by an internet term-paper site constitutes plagiarism.

All papers must be submitted electronically as well as on paper!

Please note the following:

1. Your term paper and class presentation must not be on the same topic. If you are in any doubt about this please discuss it with me.

2. All papers must have at least six sources, of which no more than three can be websites.

3. All of the following questions are open to adjustment, but that can only be done through discussion with Dr MacLeod. Please feel free to offer alternative versions of any of these questions, but any change must be agreed in advance. A paper that does not answer one of these questions, or an agreed alternative, will receive an F.

1. Discuss the impact of religion on Scottish history.

2. What does the future hold for Scotland?

3. What was the impact of the industrial revolution on Scotland?

4. Discuss the relationship between the highlands and the lowlands of Scotland.

5. What were the causes and consequences of the Great Disruption of 1843?

6. Account for the failure of the Jacobite Rising of 1745-6.

7. Was the Union of 1707 detrimental or beneficial for Scotland?

8. Was the Union of 1603 detrimental or beneficial for Scotland?

9. Choose any three Scottish novels and discuss their ‘Scottishness’.

10. Why did the Reformation take place in Scotland?

11. Discuss the Scottish dimension of the British Civil Wars of the 1640s.

12. Choose any ‘significant’ Scot and discuss the ways in which her/his career reflects the country and its values.

13. What has been Scotland’s greatest contribution to civilization?

14. Are Scots too tied to a misty romantic past to face a challenging future?

Scotland’s Clichéd Image in Advertising and Cartoons

Caricature images of Scotland are alive and well – these from a recent Rolling Stone.

Here are two more whisky ads, courtesy of Prof Michael J Stankey:

Even the ‘Electric Scotland’ Website goes with the clichéd image…

And of course some cartoons from Punch – note the same joke being repeated in different cartoons!

Source: M Kingston (ed) Punch on Scotland (London 1977).

Next two images reproduced with gratitude from the excellent Tom Devine’s Clanship to Crofters’ War. The Social Transformation of the Scottish Highlands (Manchester, 1994).

King’s Own Scottish Borderers Recruiting Poster:

Culloden:

As Murray Pittock has observed, despite the fact that the Jacobite army at Culloden was a mixture of Highlanders and Lowlanders and included English, French and Irish soldiers, "a Highland battle Culloden became. It remains so in the popular imagination to this day." (M. G. H. Pittock, The Invention of Scotland. The Stuart myth and the Scottish identity, 1638 to the present (London and New York, 1991), 64).