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Delivery Method: Online learning with tutor support. 

In this module, learners will explore Wales in the modern era (c. 1815 – 2000), investigating how the Wales as we know it today came to be.

Course Description

In this module, learners will explore Wales in the modern era (c. 1815 – 2000), investigating how the Wales as we know it today came to be. Learners will have the opportunity to explore their local area and their family trees during this period. We will explore the developments of industrialisation and political unrest in the early 19th century, moving through to the development of a Welsh nation identity created through the treachery of the blue books and the growth of Welsh speaking Nonconformity, Liberal Politics, and Home Rule. Following on from this, the turbulent period of the world wars will be explored, setting the scene for the path to devolution and the Wales of the twenty first century.