Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
Course Description
This senior level social studies course is taught as a college level course. The study of
European history since 1450 is studied. The class introduces students to the social,
political, religious, intellectual, technological, cultural, and economic developments that
played a fundament role in the shaping of the western world we live in. The students will
develop an understanding of the principle themes in modern European history, an ability
to analyze historical evidence and historical interpretations, and the ability to express
historical understandings in writing. In May, students will be given the opportunity to
take the AP Test that could result in earned college credit.
Prerequisite: Completion of the Student AP Information Packet
Credit: 1 Credit/1 Year
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Evaluate the end of the Middle Ages with its multiple plagues of war,
disease, invasion, and general decadence.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: pestilence and strife, the Hundred Years’ War, the decline of the
church.
CONCEPTS
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Causes of Hundred Years’ War.
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Causes of the Black Death.
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The struggle between politics and
the papacy.
VOCABULARY
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Social
Political
Intellectual
Religion
Technological
Economic
Cultural
Black Death
Hundred Years’ War
Joan of Arc
Avignon Papacy
John Wycliffe
Jan Huss
Estates General
Holy Roman Empire
Parliament
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Analyze the causes of the Hundred Years’ War and the relationship between the
political, economic, and social factors in that conflict.
Evaluate the dispute between Phillip IV and Pope Boniface VIII and explain how the
Avignon Papacy came about.
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: Trace the economic and political developments as well as the
literature and arts that led to the Renaissance.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: economic revival, politics and new princes, society in the
Renaissance, Humanism in N. Italy, and the changes in literature and art.
CONCEPTS
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Discuss the Renaissance
causes.
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Contrast the North and
Italian Renaissance.
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The effects of famous
literary and artistic
figures.
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List the factors that led
to the Voyages of
Discovery.
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List the causes of
European exploitation.
VOCABULARY
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Renaissance
Humanism
The Northern Renaissance
Cosimo De Medici
Petrarch
Civic Humanism
Da Vinci
Charles VIII
Pope Julius II
Treaty of Bologna
Machiavelli
Ferdinand and Isabella
The War of the Roses
The Printing Press
Erasmus
Age of Exploration
Aztecs and Cortez
Incas and Pizarro
Conquistadors
Hacienda
Encomienda
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Differentiate and discuss the social, economic, and political conditions that paved the
way for the reformation movement.
Describe the types of goods imported into Europe during the 16th century and the
effect it had on the European economy and culture.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: Summarize the Reformation and the development of the 16th century
nation-state.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: The Lutheran Reformation, Calvinism and other movements, the
Counter-Reformation, and the impact of the Jesuits.
CONCEPTS
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Identify the problems in the church in
the 15 century.
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State the goals of the CounterReformation.
VOCABULARY
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Reformation
Protestants
Modern Devotion
Indulgences
Benefices
Justification by Faith
Martin Luther
Charles V
The Swiss Reformation
Ulrich Zwingli
Anabaptists
John Calvin
Calvinism
The Diet of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg
The English Reformation
Henry VIII
Act of Supremacy
The Counter-Reformation
Ignatius of Loyola
The Jesuits
Council of Trent
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Compare and contrast the English Reformation and the Lutheran Reformation.
Judge to what extent the Counter Reformation affected the society, politics, and
culture of Europe.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Analyze 16th century nation-states and the age of religious warfare.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: nation-states in the 16th century, and warfare.
CONCEPTS
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VOCABULARY
Recall the events of the St. ▪
Bartholomew’s Day
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Massacre.
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List characteristics of the
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politiques.
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Discuss the background of ▪
the Anglican Church.
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List causes of the Thirty
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Years’ War.
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Discuss the results of the
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Thirty Years’ War.
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Politiques
Hugenots
Guises
Catherine De Medici
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Henry of Navarre
Edict of Nantes
Phillip II
Cardinal Granvelle
William of Orange
Mary I
Elizabeth I
Presbyterians
Congregationalists
Mary Queen of Scots
The Thirty Years’ War
German Principalities
The Treaty of Westphalia
PERFORMANCE SKILL:
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Evaluate the effects the religious wars had on the mentality and attitude of many
Europeans.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Discuss the emergence of constitutional Monarchy in England in the
17th century
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the policies of Stuart England, religious and political opposition,
Oliver Cromwell, the Glorious Revolution, and William and Mary.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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Know the conflict
between parliament and
the king over taxation.
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List the progress of
parliament’s supremacy
over the monarchy.
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Describe the products of
the Glorious Revolution.
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Parliamentary Monarchy
Absolutism
James I
Puritans
Charles I
The Long Parliament
Ship Money
Cavaliers
Roundheads
Book of Common Prayer
Oliver Cromwell
Charles II
James II
Glorious Revolution
PERFORMANCE SKILL:
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Analyze and discuss the extent to which the English Civil War and the Glorious
Revolution contributed to the rise of constitutionalism in England.
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Summarize the Age of absolute Monarchy in France in the 17th
century.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: French absolutism, Henry IV., Sully, Louis XIII., and Richelieu.
CONCEPTS
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Discuss the
establishment of an
absolute monarchy in
France.
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List of the religious
policies of Louis XIV.
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Describe the wars of
Louis XIV.
VOCABULARY
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Absolute monarchy.
Louis XIV
Intendants
Corvee
Louis XIII
Richelieu
Fronde
Divine Right
Versailles
Parliaments
Mercantilism
Jansenism
Colbert
The War of Devolution
The League of Augsburg
War of Spanish Succession
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Explain the concept of the divine right of kings.
Summarize the positives and negatives of the reign of Louis XIV.
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: examine the Scientific Revolution with new developments in political
thought, economics, religion, and philosophy.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the emphasis on natural science, new theories and discoveries,
Newton’s theory of gravity, Bacon’s empiricism.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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New theories and the
emergence of the
scientific world view.
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The philosophical
foundations of modern
thought.
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Scientific Revolution
Ptolemaic Systems
Copernicus
Tycho Brade
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Empiricism
Rene Descartes
Rational Deduction
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Blaise Pascal
PERFORMANCE SKILL:
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“The scientific revolution was not a revolution in science, but rather was a revolution
in thought.” Assess the validity of this statement using specific examples to support
your answer.
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: assess the Russian entry into the arena of European politics.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the westernizing policies of Peter the Great and the building of St.
Petersburg.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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The reforms of Peter the
Great.
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Russian centralization
along western lines.
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Ivan the Terrible
The Romanov’s
Peter the Great
Boyars
Streltsy
PERFORMANCE SKILL:
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Summarize the conditions in Russia before Peter the Great and describe his goals,
policies, and achievements.
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Evaluate the Industrial Revolution in 18th century Europe with the
origin in England.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the shift from guild labor to cottage industry, the English cotton
textile industry, steam power, and the availability of labor and raw materials in
England.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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The transformation of
Europe’s economy from
agriculture to industry.
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The social problems that
stemmed from urban
growth.
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The strains on the old
regime brought about by
social change.
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Industrial Revolution
Textiles
Spinning Jenny
Water Frame
Steam Engine
Urbanization
Urban Classes
Upper Classes
Middle Classes
Lower Classes
Jewish Ghetto’s
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILL:
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Summarize the positive and negative consequences of the industrial revolution,
including its affect on the lives of women and children.
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: trace the development of European empires and colonial rebellion in
18th century Europe.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the global impact of imperialism and mercantilism, revolts in the
Americas.
CONCEPTS
Europe’s mercantilist
empires.
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Spain’s vast empire in the
Americas.
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The wars in the 18th
century in Europe and
in the colonies.
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Independence for
Britain’s North American
colonies.
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VOCABULARY
Mercantilism
“Golden Age of Smugglers”
Factories in India
Black African Slavery
The Plantation System
The War of Jenkins Ear
The Seven Years War
William Pitt
George III
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Explain why Europe sought colonies in the 18th century.
Outline the affect of mercantilist policies in Holland, Spain, England, and France
during the 18th century.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: summarize the enlightenment mentality in politics, economics, and
social thought throughout Europe in the 18th century.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the role of the Philosophes, Voltaire’s critiques, and enlightened
absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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The intellectual and social
background of the
enlightenment.
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The philosophies agenda
of intellectual and
political reform.
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Central and eastern
Europe’s enlightened
monarchs.
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The Philosophies
Voltaire
Encyclopedia
Deism
Tolerance
Adam Smith
David Hume
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Enlightened
Absolutism
Frederick II of Prussia
Joseph II of Austria
Catherine II of Russia
The Partition of Poland
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Analyze and discuss the extent in which humanism had an effect on thinkers of the
enlightenment.
“The enlightenment presented an optimistic outlook of the future of Europe.” Assess
the validity of this statement using specific examples to support your answer.
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: discuss the causes, stages, and effects of the French Revolution.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the social and economic problems of the various classes, key figures
in the political crisis, Revolution and foreign wars.
CONCEPTS
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VOCABULARY
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The transformation of the ▪
Estates General and
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reconstruction of French
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ecclesiastical
and
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political institutions.
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The second revolution, the ▪
end of the monarchy, and ▪
radical reform.
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The war between France
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and the rest of
Europe. ▪
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The establishment of the
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The financial problems of
the monarchy.
Louis XVI
Gabelle
The Estates General
Bourgeoisie
Aristocracy
Cahiers De DoLeances
The Tennis Court Oath
Fall of the Bastille
Great Fear
National Constituent Assembly
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Active and Passive Citizens
Assignats
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Emigres
Sans-Culottes
Mountain
Girondists
Jacobins
Edmund Burke
The Reign of Terror
Committee of Public Safety
Maxmilien Robespierre
Levee En Masse
Thermidorian Reaction
The Directory
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Distinguish the different social groups in France and their concerns and goals on the
eve of the French Revolution.
Describe the stages of the revolution and determine the roles of the key figures
throughout the revolution.
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: relate the rise and fall of Napoleon.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The Effects of: Napoleon’s character and early career, military victories and defeats,
imperial goals and domestic policies, downfall and long-lasting changes.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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Napoleon’s rise and
coronation as emperor and
his administrative
reforms.
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Napoleon’s conquests,
creation of a French
empire, and his decline.
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The re-establishment of a
European order at the
Congress of Vienna.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Treaty of Campo Formio
Constitution of the Year VIII
Consulate
Concordat
Napoleonic Code
Treaty of Tilsit
The Continental System
Liberalism
Nationalism
Metternich
Trafalgar
The Junker’s
Admiral Nelson
Arthur Wellesley
The Hundred Days
The Quadruple Alliance
The Congress of Vienna
The Romantic Movement
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Summarize Napoleon’s domestic policies, including his legal, economic, and
educational innovations.
Critique the importance of the French Revolution and Napoleon as a whole.
Analyze the long-term effects of the reforms made by Napoleon.
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: Recognize the conservative order and the challenge of reform.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the challenges of liberalism and conservatism in Europe in the 19th
century.
CONCEPTS
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VOCABULARY
The challenge of
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nationalism and liberalism ▪
to the conservative order. ▪
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The domestic and
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international politics of
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the conservative order.
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The revolutions of 1830
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on the continent.
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Conservative
Liberal
Nationalism
Student Nationalism
Carlsbad Decrees
Peterloo and the Six Acts
Bourbon Restoration
Corn Laws
Poor Laws
The Charter
Ultra Royalism
Concert of Europe
Congress System
Spanish Revolution of 1820
Greek Revolution of 1821
Latin American Wars of
Independence
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Simon Bolivar
Decembrist Revolt
Great Reform Bill of 1832
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Using specific examples, contrast the ideologies of liberalism, conservatism, and
nationalism during the 19th century.
Analyze and discuss the political situation in Europe prior to 1848 that led to the
revolution of 1848.
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: Discuss revolution and reaction in the mid 19th century.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the Congress of Vienna, the motives of Metternich, 1848: the year of
revolutions.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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Industrialism’s effect on
the organization of labor
and the family.
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Early developments in
European socialism.
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The Revolutions of 1848.
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Urban Artisans
Proletariat
British Chartism
Confection
English Factory Act of 1833
Bobbies
Classical Economics
Malthus
Ricardo
Zollverein
Utopian Socialists
Anarchism
Marxism
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Communist Manifesto
Louis Napoleon
The Second Republic
The Magyar Revolt
The Frankfurt Parliament
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Analyze the extent to which industrialization affected the culture of 19th century
Europe and its impact on politics.
Summarize the most important economic developments in Europe during the 19th
century.
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Interpret the age of nation-state building in Germany and Italy.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: Victor Emmanuel II and Cavour, the unification of Italy, Bismarck’s
domestic and foreign policies.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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The unification of Italy
and Germany.
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The shift from empire to
republic in France.
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The emergence of Dual
Monarchy in
Austria-Hungary.
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The emergence of Great
Britain as the
exemplary liberal
state.
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The Crimean War
Otto Von Bismarck
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Camillo Cavour
Victor Emmanuel II
Transformisio
The Danish War
The Avstro-Prussian War
The North German Confederation
Bundesrat
Reichstag
Franco-Prussian War
Napoleon III
The Paris Commune
The Third Republic
Alfred Dreyfus
Francis Joseph
William Gladstone
Benjamin Disraeli
The Irish Question
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILL:
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Compare and contrast the unification of both Italy and Germany; include a treatment
of the motives and methods of the driving forces behind each of the unifications.
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Describe the advancement of Europe with respect to labor, socialism,
and politics to WWI.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
 The effects of: the structure of the family and labor force in industrial society, new
problems of crime and order, the new classical economists, and early socialism.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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The development of labor
politics in Europe.
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The development of
socialism in Europe.
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Industrialization and
political unrest in Russia.
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Trade unionism.
First International
Fabianism
David Lloyd George
Opportunism
Social Democrats
the Erfurt Program
Revisionism
Sergei Witte
Bolshevism
Kulaks
Vladimir Lenin
Mensheviks
Bloody Sunday
Zemstvos
Duma
Nicholas II
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Explain the extent to which Marx’s theories were valid in light of the Industrial
Revolution.
Trace the history of the two revolutions in Russia during the 20th century. Discuss
both the causes and effects of the revolutions.
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: recognize the building of European supremacy in the late 19th century.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the second revolution in industry, the scramble for territory in Europe
and Asia, The causes and consequences of WW I, and the causes and consequences of
the Russian Revolution.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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Factors behind Europe’s
new imperialism in the
late 19th century and early
20th century.
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The causes and results of
World War I.
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The causes and results of
the Russian Revolution.
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Vittorio Orlando
Imperialism
Open Door Policy
Scramble for Africa
Ottoman Empire
Balkans
Congress of Berlin
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
William II
Young Turks
Georges Clemenceau
John Keynes
Bosnian Crisis
Second and First Moroccan Crises
Mobilization
Schieffen Plan
Stalemate
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
David Lloyd George
Vladimir Lenin
Soviets
Kerensky
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Estimate the impact of European imperialism as a cause of World War I.
Assess the settlement of Versailles. What were its benefits to Europe? What were its
drawbacks and could it have secured a lasting peace?
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Differentiate European political developments in the 1920’s.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: overproduction and economic dislocations, totalitarianism and
dictatorships, the struggle for power in Russia following the death of Lenin, policies
and major figures of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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The development of
authoritarian
governments.
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The Soviet Union’s far
reaching political and
social experiment.
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NEP
Third International
War Communism
Left Wing
Right Wing
Joseph Stalin
Comintern
Fascism
Mussolini
Victor Emmanuel III
Chamber of Deputies
Labor Party
Conservative Party
Successor States
Weimar Republic
Inflation
Adolf Hitler
Nazi’s
Twenty-Five Points
Beer Hall Putsch
Locarno Agreement
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Dissect Stalin’s policies and the groups of people he attempted to eliminate.
Describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression and the various government
strategies for coping with it, including the rise of Fascism and Nazism.
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: analyze Europe and the Great Depression in the period between the
wars.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the problems of agricultural commodities, economic problems facing
the democracies, nationalistic reactions to the Depression.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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Financial collapse and
depression in Europe.
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The Emergence of the
national government in
Great Britain.
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The Nazi seizure of
power.
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Planned industrialism and
collectivization in Soviet
Russia under Stalin.
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Wall Street Crash of 1929
Agricultural Commodities
Protective Tariffs
The British National Government
The Popular Front
Leon Blum
Civil Liberties
SA
Josef Goebbels
Police State
Anti-Semitism
Nuremburg Laws
Kristallnacht
Aryans
Hermann Goring
Syndicates
Corporations
Lenin’s NEP
Collectivization
Kulaks
Five-Year Plan
The Purges
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Compare and contrast the regimes of Mussolini and Hitler.
Explain the rise of the popular front in France.
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: the causes and effects of World War II.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the impact of the Great Depression, new European ideological factors,
the Spanish Civil War, the war in Asia and Europe, the Nazi Holocaust revealed, the
aftermath of the war.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY

The causes of World
War II
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The impact of the war on
the people of Europe.
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The results of the war.
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Treaty of Versailles
Lebensraun
Rearmament
Collective Security
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
Spanish Civil War
Anschluss
Neville Chamberlain
Munich Pact
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Blitzkreig
Phony War
Winston Churchill
Battle of Britain
Allied Landings
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Island Hopping
Collaboration
Atlantic Charter
Tehran
Yalta
Potsdam
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Prioritize the steps taken by Hitler in the late 1930’s that led to the eruption of war in
Europe.
Discuss the two periods in which the war can be divided and the theme of each
period.
Evaluate the most important consequences of the war.
TOPIC: (2 weeks)
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AP Standard: Interpret the Soviet-American rivalry.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: conflict between the two superpowers, political and economic policies
of both the Soviets and Americans throughout the Cold War, the overall costs of the
Cold War, colonial liberation of colonies under the West and the USSR.
CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY
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The origins of the Cold
War and the divisions of
Europe.
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De-colonization and the
conflicts of Korea and
Vietnam.
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The Middle East and the
Cold War.
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Political and economic
developments in Europe
during the Cold War.
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Iron Curtain
Cold War
USSR
United Nations
Containment
The Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Berlin Blockade
Division of Germany
Balfour Declaration
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Douglas MacArthur
Korean War
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Elaborate on the measures taken by the United States and its allies in response to
Soviet expansionism post World War II.
Trace the history of the Cold War from its beginnings to its “thaw.”
TOPIC: (1 week)
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AP Standard: Summarize revolution, rebuilding, and new challenges 1985-present.
CONTENT STATEMENT:
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The effects of: the Arab revolution, the revolutions of 1989, the decline of Eastern
Europe, and the building of a new Europe.
CONCEPTS
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Twentieth-Century
movement of peoples
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The Welfare State
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Work expectations for
women
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Transformations in
religion, knowledge and
culture
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The arrival of the
computer
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The rise of radical Islam
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Radical Islam
Jacques Chirac
“Guest Workers”
Simon de Beauvoir
Albert Camus
Jean-Paul Sartre
Communism
Existentialism
Americanization
Environmentalism
Green Movement
Neo-Orthodoxy
Pacing Guide
AP European History
2010-2011
Social Studies Course of Study
PERFORMANCE SKILLS:
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Discuss the social, political, and economic changes for women and Europe- in
general- in the latter half of the 20th century.
Trace the major technological steps of the latter 20th century.
Analyze the rise of radical political Islamism.