AP Modern European History
Course Syllabus 2014-2015
1. Introduction and Review-One Week
A. Introduction-Course overview and expectations: "The past has shaped us and it
will continue to influence our future"
B. Medieval Political Organization: Feudalism
C. Medieval Social and Economic Organization: Manorialism and the Three Estates
D. The Medieval Church and Scholasticism
2. The Renaissance and Reformation -Two Weeks
A. Prelude and Renaissance
i. Palmer pp. 48-68 #2
B. Renaissance Outside Italy and new Monarchies
i. Palmer pp. 68-77 #8
C. Reformation: Causes and Events
i. Palmer pp. 77-90 #17
D. Catholic Counter Reformation
i. Palmer pp. 90-96 #23
E. Sherman Primary Sources CH 1,2
F. Test and DBQ
3. Rise of Trade and the Religious Wars -Two Weeks
A. Trade and the Commercial Revolution
i. Palmer pp.97-112
B. Trade’s Effect on European Society
i. Palmer pp. 112-118
C. The Wars of Religion
1. Dutch
a. Palmer pp. 118-127
2. French
a. Palmer pp. 127-133
3. Thirty Tears War
a. Palmer pp. 133-139 #12
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D. Sherman Primary Sources CH 3
E. Test and DBQ
4. Western and Eastern Europe, 17th and 18th Centuries—Two Weeks
A. Western Europe
i. Balance of Power
1. Palmer pp. 143-147
ii. Dutch
1. Palmer pp. 147-153
iii. English Upheavals
1. Palmer pp. 153-167 #31
iv. France and Louis XIV
1. Palmer pp. 167-186 #172 (use ii and iv)
B. Eastern Europe
i. Three Aging Empires pp.
1. Palmer 187-196
ii. Austria and Prussia
1. Palmer pp. 197-209
iii. Russia and Peter the Great (#46)
1. Palmer pp. 209-220
iv. Poland
1. Palmer pp. 220-224
C. Group Presentations
D. Sherman Primary Sources CH 4 and 5
E. Test and DBQ
5. Social Change in the 18th Century—One Week
A. Life Under the Old Regime
i. Kagan pp. 514-528
ii. Palmer pp. 226-233 and 237-241
B. Sherman Primary Sources CH 7
C. Analyze how social stratification affected pre-industrial European economics,
family life and beliefs
D. Test and DBQ
6. Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment—Two Weeks
A. Science and Philosophy
i. Kagan pp. 450-464
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B. Spreading of Knowledge
i. Kagan pp. 464-467 #42 (with A)
C. Women, Science and Witchcraft
i. Kagan pp. 467-477
D. History and Politics
i. Palmer pp. 284-293
E. Enlightenment
i. Philosophes and Others
1. Palmer pp. 296-308
2. Kagan pp. 594-601
ii. Women
1. Kagan pp. 606-609 #54 (with i)
iii. Enlightened Despotism
1. Palmer pp. 308-323
F. British Reform
i. Palmer pp. 323-330
G. Sherman Primary Sources CH 6 and 8
H. Test and DBQ
7. The French Revolution and Napoleon -Two Weeks (#59-64, 66)
A. Causes and Outbreak
i. Kagan pp. 625-638
B. France Under Revolutionary Government
i. Kagan pp. 638-645
C. Birth of the Republic and Reign of terror
i. Kagan pp, 645-659
D. End of the Terror
i. Kagan pp. 659-663
E. Rise of Napoleon
i. Kagan pp. 668-672
F. Napoleon’s Empire Rises and Falls
i. Kagan pp. 673-689
ii. Palmer pp. 398-403 and 419-422
G. Rise of Romanticism
i. Kagan pp. 689-701 #66 or 82 (with online resources)
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H. Sherman Primary Sources CH 9 and 10
I. Test and DBQ
8. Reaction and Revolution 19th Century—Two Weeks (67, 70-72, 80, 88, 89, 91)
A. The Industrial Revolution
i. Palmer pp. 427- 436
ii. Kagan pp. 537-544 and 744-760
B. The Isms
i. Palmer pp. 409-413 and 436-451
C. Foreign and Domestic Events 1815-1830
i. Palmer pp. 451-461
D. Revolutions of 1830
i. Palmer pp. 461-469
E. Triumph of the Bourgeoisie
i. Palmer pp. 469-474
F. Revolutions of 1848
i. Palmer pp. 475-495
G. Marxism
i. Palmer pp. 495-503
H. The Second Bonaparte
i. Palmer pp. 503-507
I. Sherman Primary Sources CH 11 and 12
J. Test and DBQ
9. Unifications and The European Century -Two Weeks
A. Unifications of Italy and Germany (compare/contrast)
i. Palmer pp. 509-526
B. Austria-Hungary and Russia
i. Palmer pp. 526-535 #92
C. France Under the Third Republic
i. Kagan pp. 792-798
D. Great Britain
i. Kagan pp. 807-811
E. Sherman Primary Sources CH 13
F. Test and DBQ
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10. The 19th Century: Europe Supreme -Three Weeks
A. Population and Economics
i. Palmer pp. 555-574
B. Urban Life
i. Kagan pp. 819-824 #96 (with A)
C. Women and Jews
i. Kagan pp. 824-835 #84
D. New Ideas
i. Kagan pp. 854-862
E. Science and Literature
i. Kagan pp. 862-872 #102 (with D)
F. Weakening of Liberalism
i. Palmer pp. 607-612
G. Racism and Anti-Semitism
i. Kagan pp. 875-878 #95
H. Sherman Primary Sources CH 14
I. Test and DBQ
11. Imperialism and WWI -Two Weeks
A. Imperialism
i. Palmer pp. 613-623
B. End of the Ottoman Empire
i. Palmer pp. 627-631
C. Africa
i. Palmer pp. 633-642 #104 (with A)
D. World War I
i. Causes Palmer pp. 657-666
ii. Fighting Palmer pp. 666-681
E. Social Effects of the War and the Treaty of Versailles
i. Palmer 681-696 #113
F. Sherman Primary Sources CH 15
G. Test and DBQ
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12. Europe Between the Wars: 1917-1939 - Two Weeks
A. The Russian Revolution
i. Rise of Bolshevism
1. Kagan pp. 842-849 #118 (in notes?)
ii. Background to Revolution and Effects of 1905
1. Palmer pp. 697-712 and 653-656 #93 (with i)
iii. Revolution of 1917
1.
Palmer pp. 712-719
B. Early USSR
i. Palmer pp. 719-728 #116
C. Stalin
i. Palmer pp. 729-742
D. Western Europe and New Eastern nations
i. Palmer pp. 743-753
E. Worldwide Depression
i. Palmer pp. 764-772 #113 (with D and online resources)
F. Sherman Primary Sources CH 16
G. Test and DBQ
13. Democracy, Dictatorship and World War II -Two Weeks
A. Britain and France
i. Palmer pp. 777-785
B. Rise of Fascism
i. Italy Palmer pp. 785-790
ii. Germany Palmer pp. 790-800
C. World War II
i. Causes Palmer pp. 801-809
ii. Fighting Palmer pp. 809-826
iii. The Peace Palmer pp. 828-832
iv. Holocaust Kagan pp. 1042-1046
D. Sherman Primary Sources CH 17
E. Test and DBQ
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14. The Cold War and Modern Europe-Two Weeks
A. Cold War Events
i. Palmer pp. 833-849
B. Post-War Western Europe
i. Palmer pp. 849-869
C. Post-War Eastern Europe
i. Palmer pp. 869-875
D. Fall of Communism
i. Palmer pp. 975-1005
E. Europe Today
i. Palmer pp. 1006-1028
F. Social Currents
i. Kagan pp. 1048-1061
G. Sherman Primary Sources CH 18 and 19
H. Test and DBQ
15. AP Examination Review
16. AP Examination—Friday May 6, 2011 (Afternoon)
17. Final Project and 4th Marking Period Grade
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