AP European History. Course Overview. First Quarter: Second Quarter: Third Quarter:

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1 AP European History Course Overview This course consists of four quarters. During each quarter there will be multiple opportunities for DBQ and FRQ writing practice. In addition to reading the text, a variety of short primary source readings and excerpts will be provided so students can read multiple authors and experience a variety of viewpoints. This will allow students more opportunity to critically read, to engage in meaningful historical analysis, and practice comparative analysis of documents. In addition, students will have an increased opportunity to practice the skills needed to systematically and effectively interpret documents. I have a program we work from that breaks the DBQ writing process into steps such as how to interpret written documents, understanding the formal features of visual documents, learning to dissect the question, writing a thesis and the like. At least two MC tests will be administered quarterly to assess mastery of content and one take home essay exam. The take home essay exam will be interpretive or analytical in nature and will give students an extended opportunity to analyze primary sources such as maps, pictures, posters, speeches and to use those sources as evidence to reach conclusions based on fact. These essays will cover the broad themes of intellectual-cultural, political-diplomatic, and social-economic history. A majority of the content will be delivered by PowerPoint. The students are given copies of the notes and are required to fill in as we go. I add to the outline by using a plethora of maps, art, political cartoons, tables and graphs. I have embedded video and audio such as speeches and propaganda examples to accompany the text. I usually have an accompanied question for discussion. I also use a student response system called Beyond Question to help keep kids focused. These questions are embedded in the lectures and serve as daily quiz scores. Course Outline First Quarter: Introduction, fast forward 8,000 BCE to Renaissance with focus on Late Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Religious Wars, European Expansion, Absolutism and Constitutionalism, The Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment, 18 th Century expansion of Europe. Flashcard prep/review quarter exams. Second Quarter: The Changing Life of the People, French Revolution- causes to Napoleon, The Industrial Revolution, Congress of Vienna, Romanticism, Revolutions 1830 and 1848, take home exam, semester review, and final exams. Third Quarter: The changing family and scientific thought, nationalism, socialism, globalization and migration, Imperialism, World War I, Russian Revolution, Peace settlements, Modern thought, the Great Depression, flashcard prep/review, quarter exams.

2 Fourth Quarter: The Rise of Dictators, World War II, Cold War, Eastern Europe and the end of Communism, Building a new Europe in the 1990 s, current events projects, semester review, final exams. Detailed Course Outline: As previously stated, I use a variety of sources to give the students a greater opportunity to engage in higher order thinking and to continue to practice the skills needed for DBQ and FRQ writings. These sources are listed below Primary Text: A History of Western Society. John McKay, Bennett Hill, and John Buckler, 8 th edition. Houghton Mifflin, Sources of Supplemental Readings: Sources of the Western Tradition Volume II: From the Renaissance to the Present. Marvin Perry, Joseph R. Peden, and Theodore H. Von Laue, 5 th edition. Houghton Mifflin, Documents in World History Volume 2: The Modern Centuries from 1500 to the Present. Peter N. Stearns, Stephen S. Gosch, and Erwin P. Grieshaber. 4 th edition. Pearson-Longman, 2006 Aspects of Western Civilization Volume II: Problems and Sources in History. Perry M. Rogers. 6 th edition. Pearson-Prentice Hall 2008 Course Outline in Greater Detail: First Semester Week 1 Introduction to class Introduction to how to analyze visual and written sources in terms of formal features, author, audience, POV, accessing prior knowledge and significance of document. Introduction to the DBQ writing process. Mini DBQ practice 1 (5-6 Documents only) To what degree do the religious criticisms in the late Middle Ages influence the attitudes towards religion in the early Renaissance. Fast forward 8,000 BCE to the renaissance Quiz over summer reading Week 2 Renaissance in Italy and the North Included here: art lectures comparing Medieval art to Renaissance art., Italian Renaissance, and the Northern Renaissance Pre-1400 s summer reading McKay Ch. 12 Pages Mini DBQ Essay 1 due McKay Ch. 13 pages ) Petrarch 2) Mirandola 2) Machiavelli 3) Castiglioni 4) Boccaccio

3 Week 3 Test FRQ 1 Mini DBQ Practice 2-Discuss to what extent the religious schism during the 16 th century was also symptomatic of political, social, and economic problems in Europe. Protestant Reformation Week 4 Protestant Reformation Part 2 Catholic Reformation/Counter-Reformation Week 5 Religious Wars Mini DBQ practice 3 In what ways were European women s lives affected by the upheavals and changes of the 16thand 17 th centuries. Week 5 European Expansion McKay Ch. 14 pages ) Luther 2) Calvin McKay Ch. 14 pages Mini DBQ Essay 2 due McKay Ch. 15 pages McKay Ch. 15 pages MC Exam and FRQ I Mini DBQ Essay 3 due Week 6 Absolutism and Constitutionalism Mini DBQ Practice 4 To what extent did rulers and their subjects view the proper role of an absolute monarch differently? McKay Ch. 16 pages Reading set: Excerpts from: 1) James I 2) Hobbes 3) English Declaration of Rights Week 6 Absolutism in the East McKay Ch. 17 Mini DBQ Essay 4 due Week 7 Scientific Revolution Mini DBQ Practice 5 How did the new world-views of the 17 th and 18 th centuries affect the way Europeans thought about society and human relations. McKay Ch. 18 pages ) Bellarminne 2) Galileo 3) Descartes 4) Newton 5) Copernicus Week 7 The Enlightenment McKay Ch. 18 pages ) Locke 2) Rousseau 3) Kant 4) D Holbach 5) Beccaria 6) Voltaire 7) Montesquieu 8) Condorcet Week 8 The Enlightenment and Absolutism McKay Ch. 18 pages Mini DBQ Essay 5 due Week 8 18 th Century Expansion of Europe In class Mini DBQ 6 How did the fundamental changes in the 18 th and early 19 th century European economy affect the standards of living for the urban and rural working classes? McKay Ch. 19 Mini DBQ E essay 6 due (in class)

4 Week 9 Finish 18 th Century Expansion of Europe Flashcard Prep/ MC Exam and FRQ II Start of Second Quarter Week 10 The Changing Life of the People McKay Ch. 20 pages Reading Set: Excerpt from: 1) Rousseau Week 11 The Causes of the French Revolution Mini DBQ Practice 7 To what extent did the ideas and objectives of the men and women who participated in the French revolution change over time? McKay Ch. 21 pages ) Perry, Peden, Von Laue, From the Renaissance to the Present: Sources of the Western Tradition Ch. 4 pages Week 12 The Second Revolution McKay Ch. 21 pages Continue with Perry Readings Mini-DBQ Essay 7 Due Week 12 The Napoleonic Era McKay Ch. 21,pages Continue with Perry Readings Week 13 The Industrial Revolution Mini DBQ Practice 8 To what extent were women s experiences in the factories reflections of the profound social changes because of the Industrial Revolution and to what extent did their experiences reflect continuities with traditional working-class ways of life? McKay Ch. 19 pages and ; Ch ; Ch. 24 pages ) Smith 2) Engels 3) Malthus 4) Smiles 5) Owens Week 14 Congress of Vienna McKay Ch. 23 pages Mini DBQ Essay 8 Due Week 14 MC Exam and FRQ III Thanksgiving Break Complete online resources from the Houghton Mifflin History Companion Ch. 23 Week 15 Romanticism Included here are art lectures on Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism Week 15 Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 Take Home Exam Handed Out Week 16 Semester Week 16 Semester - Take Home Exam Due Friday Week 17 Finals Week McKay Ch. 23 pages ) Wordsworth 2) Blake 3) Shelley McKay Ch. 23 pages

5 SECOND SEMESTER SCHEDULE Week 1 The Changing Family and Scientific Thought in the 19 th Century: Gender and Realism McKay Ch. 24 pages ) Belinsky 2) Zola 3) Dickens Week 1 Nationalism: Unification of Germany and Italy Mini DBQ Practice 9 Discuss the concepts that become the foundations of aggressive nationalism during the period ) Darwin McKay Ch. 25 pages ) Perry pages The Political Unification of Italy and Germany Week 2 Nationalism: Russia, Germany, and France McKay Ch. 25 pages DBQ Essay 9 Due Week 3 Socialists McKay Ch. 25 pages ) Marx and Engels Week 3 MC and FRQ I Week 3 Begin Globalization and the Great Migration McKay Ch. 26 pages Mini DBQ practice 10 Discuss the variety of responses that the colonized peoples advocated toward the European colonizers n the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. Week 4 Continue with Globalization and Migration McKay Ch. 26 pages Week 4 Imperialism McKay Ch. 26 pages DBQ Essay 10 Due Week 5 Finish Imperialism 1) Kipling 2) Rhodes 3) Pearson 4) Morel Week 5 World War I: The Beginning McKay Ch. 27 pages Reading Set: Rogers Ch. 10 The Great War, pages Week 6 World War I: Women and Life at Home McKay Ch. 27 pages Week 6 Begin the Russian Revolution Include here art lectures on the Social Realism movement, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism McKay Ch. 27 pages ) Lenin 2) Trotsky Week 7 World War I: Peace Settlements Mini DBQ Practice 11 What effects did the Great War have on the European home fronts during the war? McKay Ch. 27 pages DBQ Essay 11 Due

6 Week 7 The Rise of Modern Thought Full length DBQ Practice 12 In what ways did post- World War I European Culture challenge the assumptions of the pre-war, 19 th century European culture? McKay Ch. 28 pages Full length DBQ Essay 12 Due Week 8 The Great Depression McKay Ch. 28 pages Week 8 MC Exam and FRQ II Start of Fourth Quarter Week 9 The Rise of Dictators: Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini Full Length DBQ Practice 13 What are the key concepts of the authoritarian governments and rulers and why were they so appealing in the interwar years? Week 10 The Rise of Dictators: Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini pt. 2 McKay Ch. 29 pages DBQ 13 Due 1) Hitler 2) Goebbels 3) Mussolini 4) Stalin Week 10 World War II McKay Ch. 29 pages ) Hitler 2) Churchill 3) Hoess 4) Wiesel Week 11 Finish World War II Week 11 Cold War Europe Full Length DBQ Practice 14 To what extent did the criticisms of Communism from citizens of the Eastern European socialist states change over time? McKay Ch. 30 pages ) Churchill 2) Heller Week 12 Soviet Eastern Europe and Issues McKay Ch. 30 pages DBQ 14 Due Week 12 The End of Communism McKay Ch. 31 pages Week 13 Building a new Europe in the 1990 s McKay Ch. 31 pages Week 13 MC Exam and FRQ III Spring Break Week 14 Start ing for AP European History Exam Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 Current Events Project- 15 Minute mini-lessons Week 18 Current Events project- 15 Minute mini-lessons Week 19 Mini-lesson presentations Week 20 Mini-lesson presentations + Quiz over mini-lessons Week 20 for semester final Week 21 Finals Week As appropriate to lesson As appropriate to lesson

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