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Syllabus FIRST ALIYA COLONIES - 40444
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Last update 19-04-2015
HU Credits: 3

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Geography

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator:

Coordinator Email: ran.aaronsohn@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours:

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Ran Aaronsohn

Course/Module description:

Course/Module aims:

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
*Knowledge concerning the specific case studies of the course
* Understanding of general settlement's developments
* Encounter with basic research principles of historical-geography
* Partial Field realization of the above
* Enjoyment

Attendance requirements(%):

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:

Course/Module Content:
1. About the settlement in question and its historical-geography contexts
2. Sources for studying the first aliya settlements
3. 'Pioneering' as geography
4. The settlement establishment
5. Spatial aspects, contracture and physical structures
6. Agriculture and economic activities
7. Society and culture
8. Women and everyday life
9. Individuals: Biography and geography
10. Relationship with Arab neighbors
11. Preverving the settlements
12. Images, 'truth' and reflections through films
13. The first aliya settlements – a unique or representative phenomenon?

Required Reading:

Additional Reading Material:

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 100 %

Additional information:
 
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