AP EUROPEAN HISTORY SYLLABUS
2009-2010
SOLON HIGH SCHOOL
ROB RIVERA
Most documents will be made available online. It is your responsibility to print off the documents for
each chapter prior to the beginning of the chapter. They should then be placed in your binder behind a
tab for that chapter or unit. This is vital to your success in this class as we move through the various
documents for each unit. Periodic checks of binders may be conducted.
ACADEMIC SCHEDULE UNITS 3 & 4
UNIT 3 (Ch. 13-14): England and France in the 17th Century and New Directions in Thought and
Culture in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
UNIT 4 (Ch. 15-16): Successful and Unsuccessful Paths to Power, Society and Economy Under the Old
Regime.
Tue. Oct. 6 – History Through Film: Elizabeth the Golden Age. Homework given Monday for Wed –
Kagan 418 – 430, Create chart, Print/read “True Laws of Monarchy”.
Wed. Oct. 7 – A Stuart on the throne: James I & Charles I to English Civil War. Homework –
Print/read “A Defense of Liberty” – Duplessis-Mornay.
Thu. Oct. 8 – Cromwell through the Glorious Revolution Homework – Print/read "An Assessment of
Louis XIV” – Duc de Saint-Simon, Kagan 430-38.
Fri. Oct. 9 – Rise of Absolute Monarchy and Years of Louis XIV’s Rule, France. Bishop Bossuet
Document. Homework – Kagan 438 – 445.
Mon. Oct. 12– Louis’s Foreign Policy. Homework – work on T&P
Tue. Oct. 13 – Versailles, Madrid Royal Palace vs el Escorial – How each reflects that monarchy.
Homework – Ch. 13 TP due tomorrow.
Wed. Oct 14 – Breaking down the DBQ. Homework – Draft thesis, groups and outline of DBQ
Thur. Oct 15 –. Breaking down our outlines and turning them into an essay. Homework – prepare Ch.
14 documents, Kagan 450 – 454, Print/read Newton and Galileo Handouts.
Mon. Oct. 19 – Scientific Revolution: Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton teach us. Ch. 14
HO, TP. Homework – Kagan 455 – 458.
Tue. Oct. 20 – Philosophical Response to Science: Bacon and Descartes, Documents. Homework –
Kagan 458 – 468, Print/read “Leviathan” HO, prepare for debate.
Wed. Oct. 21 – Hobbes vs. Locke Debate: Social Contract, Relationship of people to power.
Thu. Oct. 22 – New Institutions, Women in the Scientific Revolution, Swift and Cavendish Documents
(464 – 468). Homework – Kagan 468 – 478.
Fri. Oct. 23 - New Science and Religious Faith, Continuing Superstition, Galileo and Witch Documents.
Homework – Ch. 14 TP due.
Mon. Oct. 26 – Review. Homework – study.
Tue. Oct. 27 – Ch. 13 and 14 Test: England and France in the 17th Century and New Directions in
Thought and Culture in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Homework – Kagan 482-494, Montague Doc.
Wed. Oct. 28 – The Maritime Powers: Netherlands, France, and England, Montague Doc., Hogarth
Picture, Ch. 15 HO, TP. Homework – Kagan 495 – 502.
Thu. Oct. 29 – Central and Eastern Europe: Sweden, Ottoman Empire, Poland, Austria-Hungary, and
Prussia, Frederick William Doc. Homework – Kagan 503 – 509.
Fri. Oct. 30 – Peter the Great, the Rise of Russia, The Table of Ranks Doc., Letter to Alexei Doc.
Homework – Prepare arguments for most effective monarch thus far in Europe’s history for debate.
END OF FIRST QUARTER
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Mon. Nov. 2– Louis XIV vs Peter the Great – Most effective monarch thus far in Europe’s history?
Homework – Ch. 15 TP due, WS, Kagan 514 – 528
Tue. Nov. 3 - Roundtable WS Discussion on Louis XIV, the Old Regime: Aristocracy, Land Tillers,
Family Structure, Economy. Homework – Kagan 528-537
Wed. Nov. 4 – Agricultural and Industrial Revolution in the 18th Century. Homework – Kagan 537 – 547
Thu. Nov. 5 – Growth of Cities, Jewish Population (Age of the Ghetto), Wakefield, Machinery, Jewish
Petition Docs. Homework – Ch. 16 TP due tomorrow.
Fri. Nov. 6 – Review Day. Homework – Study.
Mon. Nov. 9 - Ch. 15 and 16 Test: Successful and Unsuccessful Paths to Power, Society and Economy
Under the Old Regime. Homework: Read Candide and complete book questions by _____