Overview of AP European History:
Texts:
• A History of Western Society: Since 1300, Advanced Placement Edition by John P McKay, Bennett D. Hill, and John
Buckler; 8 th edition. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.
• World Lit Only by Fire , William Manchester
• Discovering the Western Past: A Look at Evidence, Vol. 1 & II.
by Merry Weisner-Hanks, Julius Ruff, and William
Bruce Wheeler, 6 th edition. Wadsworth Publishing, 2007.
• Oxford Atlas of World History: Concise Edition by Patrick O’Brien, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Course Requirements:
1.
Attend class daily, arriving on time.
2.
Make up work when absent- contact me and send assignments due electronically. Two class days will be allotted make up excused absence assignments. Missed tests and quizzes will have to be scheduled within one week of your return.
3.
Keep up with readings and assignments to better prepare for the AP exam on May 6.
Supplies:
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Binder or notebook to keep papers and notes neatly organized
• Cracking the AP European History Exam , by Princeton Review. ISBN-10: 037542945X
Grading:
Grades will be based on total points earned divided by total points possible. Grades are made available daily on Infinite
Campus. Final grades will be computed in December and May.
Assessments:
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Quizzes- reading and geography quizzes. Students may or may not get notice. Worth 20-30 points.
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Homework/ In-Class Assignments- Most homework will be reading assignments with questions; however there will be different assignments periodically.
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Tests- All tests will be announced and will be comprehensive.
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Essays- DBQs and FRQs will be assigned throughout the course along with one research based project.
Course Outline:
Unit I. Late Middle Ages and Renaissance (8 days)
Topics:
1. Medieval Background- McKay, Ch. 12
2. Renaissance Society and Italian Politics- McKay, Ch. 13, 413-419
3. Humanism and Art- McKay, Ch. 13, 419-447
4. Northern Renaissance and New Monarchies, Primary Source Packet
5. World Lit only by Fire Discussion
6. Unit Test with FRQ
Primary Sources-
Christine de Pizan

Dante, "Inferno", Divine Comedy
Erasmus, Education of a Christian Prince
Works of Art-
Michelangelo, David
Michelangelo, La Pieta
Botticelli, The Birth of Venus
Raphael, The School of Athens
Da Vinci, The Last Supper
Unit II. The Reformation (6 days)
Topics:
1. Luther and Lutheranism- McKay, Ch. 14, 453-470
2. Spread and Impact of Reformation- McKay, Ch. 14, 470-477
3. Catholic Counter Reformation and other reactions- McKay, Ch. 14, 477-484
4. 16th Century Politics and the Wars of Religion- McKay, Ch. 15, 489-502
5. DBQ Introduction Day-
6. Unit Test with DBQ
Primary Sources-
Martin Luther, 95 Theses
John Calvin, Institutes on Christian Religion
Works of Art
Reformation Woodcuts
Vermeer, The Girl with the Pearl Earring
Rembrandt, The Night Watch
Unit III. Changes in Early Modern Europe (6 days)
Topics:
1. Discovery and Exploration and Impacts of European Expansion- McKay, Ch. 15, 502-512
2. The Peasantry, Social Crisis, War, and Rebellions- McKay, Ch. 15, 512-524
3. Absolutism- McKay, Ch. 16, 531-548
4. Absolutism II.- McKay, Ch. 17
5. Stuart England and the Development of Constitutionalism- McKay, Ch. 16, 548-559
6. Unit Test with FRQ
Primary Sources-
Christopher Columbus, excerpts from his first voyage journal
A day in the life of Louis XIV.
Works of Art-
Selections from J.S. Bach
Photographs of the Palace of Versailles
Peter Paul Rubens, The Horrors of War
El Greco, View of Toledo
Unit IV. Scientific Revolution and Absolutism (8 days)
Topics:
1. Acadamie des Sciences, McKay, Ch. 18, 595-605
3. The Enlightenment, McKay, Ch.18, 605-623
4. Enlightened Despots, Document Packet
5. Agricultural Revolution and Cottage Industries, McKay, Ch. 19, 629-643
6. Warfare and the Atlantic Seaboard States and the Building of a World Economy, McKay, Ch. 19, 643-656

7. Changing Lives of the People of the 18th Century, McKay, Ch. 20
8. Unit Test with FRQ
Primary Sources-
Voltaire, A Treatise on Toleration
John Locke, Two Treatises on Government
Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
Adam Smith, excerpts from The Wealth of Nations
Works of Art-
Selection of Paintings with everyday life subjects
Unit V. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (10 days)
Topics:
1. The Old Regime and Impact of the American Revolution, McKay, Ch. 21, 691-699, excerpts of A Tale of Two Cities
2. The Moderate Phase of the French Revolution, McKay, Ch. 21, 699-706
3. The Radical Phase and the Directory, McKay, Ch. 21, 706-712
4. The Age of Napoleon, McKay, Ch. 21, 712-720
5-7 Napoleonic Era Project
8. Unit Test
9. DBQ Day
10. Semester Review
11. Mid-term Exam, two FRQs
Primary Sources-
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
Olympe de Gouges, The Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizens
Works of Art-
The Three Estates (political cartoon)
Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon, 1804
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat
Unit VI. The Industrial Revolution (5 days)
Topics:
1. The Urban Game
2. Industrialization of Great Britain, McKay, Ch. 22, 725-735
3. Industrialization of the Continent, McKay, Ch. 22, 735-740
4. Social Impacts of the Industrial Revolution, McKay, Ch. 22, 741-751
5. Unit Test
Primary Sources
Committee on Factory Bill: Minutes of Evidence
Andrew Ure, The Philosophy of Manufacturers; or, An Exposition of the Scientific, Moral, and Commercial
Economy of the Factory System
Samuel Smiles, The Self-Help
Works of Art
Ford Maddox Brown, Work
Manchester, England, 1851
Selections from Mozart and Haydn
Unit VII. The Long 19th Century (12 days)
Topics:
1. The Congress of Vienna, McKay, Ch. 23, 755-761

2. New Ideologies, Culture, and Societies, McKay, Ch. 23, 761-770
3. Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, McKay, Ch. 23. 770-783
4. The Changing Family and Urban Life, McKay, Ch. 24
5. Mass Culture and Famous Faces of the 19th Century, McKay, Ch. 25, 815-818
6. The Politics and the Nation State, McKay, Ch. 26
7. German and Italian Unification, McKay, Ch. 26
8. Imperialism/ Industrialization and the Making of a World Economy, McKay, Ch. 27, 855-869
9. Imperialism: The Scramble for Africa and Asia, McKay, Ch. 27, 869-883
10. Unit Review
11. Unit Test
12. DBQ Day
Primary Sources
Images of Changing Women’s Fashion, 1850s-1900
Prince Metternich, “On the Necessity of Censorship of the Press”
Karl Marx, excerpts from The Communist Manifesto
Otto von Bismarck, various documents on German Unification
Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden”
Works of Art
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Caspar David Friedrich, Traveler Looking over a Sea of Fog
William Wordsworth, “Daffodils”
Francisco Goya, The Third of May
Gustave Courbet, Bonjour Monsieur Courbet
Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night
Unit VIII. The Second 30 years War (13 days)
Topics:
1. World War I., McKay, Ch. 27, 887-900
2. Total War and the Homefront, McKay, Ch. 27, 900-904
3. Treaty of Versailles Simulation
4. Russian Revolution, McKay, Ch. 27, 904-917
5. Russian Revolution
6. Cultural and Intellectual Trends in the Interwar Years, McKay, Ch. 28, 921-942
7. The Great Depression, McKay, Ch. 28, 942-949
8. Totalitarianism- The Rise of Fascism, McKay, Ch. 29, 953-971
9. World War II., McKay, Ch. 29, 971-984
10. World II.- Turning Points in World War II.
11. World II. Impacts and the Holocaust
12. Unit Review
13. Unit Test
Primary Sources -
Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, and Great Britain- documents concerning who started WWI
V.I. Lenin, “What is to be Done”
Adolf Hitler, excerpts from famous speeches
Photos from Nazi Germany
Eli Wiesel, Night
Works of Art:
Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
Propaganda Posters- WWI, Soviet, WWII.
Frank Lloyd Wright, The “Falling Water” House
Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians

Unit IX. The Cold War and Beyond (9 days)
Topics:
1. Development of the Cold War, McKay, Ch. 30, 989-999
2. Political and Economic Recovery
3. Culture, and Counter Culture on the brink of nuclear war, McKay, Ch. 30, 999-1022
4. Western European Challenges
5. Collapse of Communism, McKay, Ch. 31, 1027-1040
6. The European Union, McKay, Ch. 31, 1040-1051
7. Modern European Politics
8. Global Challenges, McKay, Ch. 31, 1051-1061
9. Review Day
Primary Sources
Winston Churchill, “The Iron Curtain Speech”
Simone de Beauvor, excerpts from “The Second Sex”
Time Magazine, “Man of the Year, Mikhail Gorbachev”
News Reports, The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Works of Art
U2, “Bloody Sunday”
Modern Art Selections
Final Exam (2 days)
Part I.- Multiple Choice, Essay #1
Part II.- Essay #2, DBQ
AP Exam Review (5-6 days- depending on state testing)
AP Exam- May 6, 2011