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Lecturer(s)
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Hajšmanová Jaroslava, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Šlais Rudolf, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. On the way to the First World War I. Europe in the years 1900 - 1914 2. Ont he way to the First World War II. Non european areas in the years 1900 - 1914 3. Sarajevo attempt 4. June - july 1914. Events which headed to the outbreak of the First World War. Year 1914 5. Year 1915 - entrace of Italy to the war on a side of the Entente; develompent on european (east front, balcan front) and non european fields (Gallilopoli) 6. Year 1916 - big offensives on the western front; death of Franz Joseph I. and accession of charles I. 7. Year 1917 - unsuccessful negotiation about the separate peace; beginning unlimited submarine war from the German side; successes of the Entente on non european fields; entrance of USA to the war; rise of Czechoslovak legions in Russia (Battle of Zborov) and in France; revolution in Russia 8. Year 1918 - Fourteen Points of president Wilson; Treaty of Brest-Litovsk; failure of German offensive on the western front and Austria-Hungary offensive on Piave; breaking the German defence between alberto and Montdidier; the way to the peace - abdication of the emperor Charles I.; Compigne truce 9. Develompent of so called "Czech question" in the years 1914 - 1918 10. Economic development in the years 1914 - 1918 11. Social and cultural development in the years 1914 - 1918 12. Consequences of the First World War - the end of old monarchies and rise of the new, so called "succession states"; evaluation of the importance of the war for european and world history of the 20th century
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Lecture
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 26 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 78 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to understand the First World War in the broader context of world history of the second decade of the 20th century |
| Skills |
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| to read and understand a professional text in Czech and English |
| to understand a scientifically structured lecture |
| to use electronic information resources |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe the most important events of the WWI |
| to characterise the crucial personalities of the WWI |
| to characterise the development in the battlefronts in Western and Eastern Europe |
| to explain the changes of the economic and social development |
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| to reflect critically the scientific literature to the selected problems of the history of the WWI |
| to analyse individually the most important events of the WWI |
| to reflect critically the influence of the military, political and social events on the development of the WWI |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture |
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| Seminar |
| Discussion |
| Individual study |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Oral exam |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Competences |
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| Oral exam |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Klimek Antonín. Říjen 1918 : vznik Československa. Praha [etc.] : Paseka, 1998. ISBN 80-7185-175-2.
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SKŘIVAN, A. Císařská politika. Rakousko-Uhersko a Německo v evropské politice 1906-1914,. Karolinum, Praha, 1996.
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Šedivý, Ivan. Češi, české země a Velká válka 1914-1918. Praha : Lidové noviny, 2001. ISBN 80-7106-274-X.
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Winter, J. M. První světová válka. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1995. ISBN 80-204-0520-8.
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