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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Germans in ancient times and early middle ages 2. The Holy Roman Empire 3. House of Habsburg - Austrian profit and loss of Switzerland 4. The reformation and the German Peasants' War; Thirty Years War and its consequences 5. Power onset of Prussia; enlightened absolutism 6. Wars with Napoleon; "Spring of Nations"; Austro-Prussian rivalry 7. The unification of Germany; Austria-Hungary establishment 8. The causes and consequences of the WWI; the Weimar Republic and Austria between the wars 9. The Third Reich; post-war changes and denazification 10. FRG and GDR 11. Switzerland in modern times; post-war period of Austria 12. The fall of the Berlin Wall; reunion of Germany, current political and social issues
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 20 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to classify personalities, events and phenomena in an overall historical context |
| to describe and distinguish individual historical affiliations of German speaking countries |
| to define basic historical terms |
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| to link current social phenomena in German-speaking countries to historical context |
| to interpret selected literature and art with respect to their date of origin |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Lecture with visual aids |
| Skills |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Self-evaluation |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Hamannová, Brigitte. Habsburkové : životopisná encyklopedie. Vyd. 2. Praha : Brána, 2001. ISBN 80-7243-109-9.
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Klaus HERBERS; Helmut NEUHAUS. Das Heilige Römische Reich. Ein Überblick. Köln etc., 2010. ISBN 978-3-8252-3298-6.
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Křen, J. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha, 2005.
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Lukáš NOVOTNÝ. Stručná historie států - Spolková republika Německo. Praha, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7277-520-0.
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Michael EPKENHANS. Geschichte Deutschlands von 1648 bis heute. Paderborn, 2011. ISBN 978-3-8252-3483-6.
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Müller, Helmut; Krieger, Karl Friedrich; Volrath, Hanna. Dějiny Německa. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2001. ISBN 80-7106-188-3.
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Ulrich IM HOF et al. Geschichte der Schweiz und der Schweizer. Basel, 2006. ISBN 3-7965-2067-7.
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Václav VEBER et al. Dějiny Rakouska. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7422-105-7.
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