This 15-credit, third-year module draws upon the insights and methods of social and cultural history to examine the impact of the First World War upon both British and German societies. Total war meant that all areas of British and German social and cultural life, from food production to art and media, from ideas about nationhood and patriotism to gender roles and concerns about sexual morality, were unsettled by the conflict. The module introduces students to British and German primary sources and challenges students to draw upon key historiography to critically reflect on the popular narratives promoted in both Britain and Germany during the First World War. The module is taught via eleven lectures and eight hours of seminar time.