AP EUROPEAN HISTORY SYLLABUS
2012-2013
SOLON HIGH SCHOOL
INSTRUCTOR – 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 9-12 (UP TO THE AP EXAM!!)
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Ch. 25: The Birth of Modern European Thought & Ch. 26: Imperialism, Alliances and War
Ch. 27: Political Experiments of the 1920s & Ch. 28: Europe & Great Depression of 1930s
Ch. 29: World War II & Ch. 30: Faces of 20th Century: European Social Experiences
Ch. 31: The Cold War Era & the Emergence of the New Europe
Tue. 2/26 – Work on Kagan reading 854-862
Wed. 2/27 – The New Reading Public, Science at Midcentury, Christianity and the Church Under
Siege (Darwin). Take home DBQ due Friday, 3/8 -Homework–Kagan 862- 871–Prepare for Discussion
Thu. 2/28 - Roundtable Discussion with Hitlist on Science (Physics), Literature (Realism/Naturalism),
and Modernism. Homework – Kagan 871 – 883, Nietsche HO, prep for role play,
Fri. 3/1 - Role Playing: Persuasive Arguments for the Ideas of Nietzsche, Freud, Weber,
Chamberlin/Gobineau, Herzl, and Butler/Ficke/Woolf. Homework – Kagan 888 – 903, 928 – 933, Key
Questions on Imperialism & Alliances to Outbreak of WWI.
Mon. 3/4 –Key Question on Imperialism & Alliance to Outbreak of WWI - Ch 25 TP due tomorrow
Tue. 3/5 – Continue Key Questions - Emergence of the German Empire and the Alliance Systems and
the Road to WWI.
Wed. 3/6 - The Great War – Explosion. Homework – Kagan 904 – 915, Key Questions on Outbreak
of War, Strategies & Stalemate
Thu. 3/7 – Key Question: Sarajevo and the Outbreak of War, Strategies and Stalemate: 1914 – 1917
Homework: Take home DBQ due tomorrow.
Fri. 3/8 – The Great War - Slaughter. Take home DBQ due today. Homework – Kagan 915-920, Key
Questions on Russian Revolution & End of The Great War
OGT WEEK – SHORTENED PERIODS
Mon. 3/11 - Finish WWI Warfare- Key Questions, introduce Russian Revolution.
Tue. 3/12 – The Russian Revolution and End of WWI- Key Questions. Homework – Kagan 920 –
926.
Wed. 3/13 – Continue Russian Revolution & End of WWI Key Questions & Begin Settlement of Paris:
Major elements of settlement – were there other options?
Thu. 3/14 –Continue to Debate the Settlement at Paris – Versailles: What were the major elements?
Were there any options? . Homework – Ch. 26 TP due tomorrow
Fri. 3/15– Review for Ch. 25 and 26 Test. Homework – Study for exam.
Mon. 3/18 – Ch. 25 and 26 Test, The Birth of Modern European Thought and Imperialism, Alliances,
and War, Ch. 27 HO, TP. Homework – Kagan 936 – 942, Key Questions to Answer – Complete 1-7,
Maus I/II Questions & Book Review due Friday, April 12.
Tue. 3/19 - Draw for Key Questions 1-7: Political and Economic Factors after the Paris Settlement and
the Soviet Experiment Begins. Homework – Kagan 942-950, Complete Key Questions 8-20, Mussolini
HO
Wed. 3/20 – Draw for Key Questions 8-20: The Fascist Experiment in Italy and Joyless Victors.
Homework – Kagan 950 – 961, complete chart/key questions and Hitler HO.
Thu. 3/21 - Discuss Chart & Key Questions: Trials of Successor States in Eastern Europe and The
Weimar Republic in Germany. Homework –Kagan 966 – 973.
Fri. 3/22 - Key Questions in Groups: Toward the Great Depression and Confronting the Great
Depression in Democracies. Homework–Kagan 973–981. Explain Review Assignment–Due Mon 4/29
SPRING BREAK
Tue. 4/2 – Roundtable: Germany & The Nazi Seizure of Power. Homework: Kagan 981-989, Stalin
HO
Wed. 4/3 – Continue Roundtable on Germany, Compare/Contrast – Venn Diagram: Italy: Fascist
Economics, The Soviet Union: Central Economic Planning and Party Purges.
Thu. 4/4 –Continue to compare Fascist Italy & Soviet Russia Homework – Ch. 27 & 28 TP due
tomorrow.
Fri. 4/5 - Ch 27-28 Review. Homework – study for test.
END OF THE 3rd QUARTER
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Mon. 4/8 – Ch. 27 and 28 Test: Political Experiments of the 1920’s, Europe and the Great Depression
of the 1930’s. Homework – Kagan 996-1004
Tue. 4/9 - Again the Road to War (1933-1939) – Create Timeline of Events. Homework – Kagan 1004
– 1009, 1012 – 1018 – Begin chart on battles of World War II.
Wed. 4/10 – Analysis of Battles of WWII (1939-1945) - Homework – Complete chart, Kagan 10091012
Thu. 4/11 - Analysis of WWII battles/fronts. Homework – Maus I/II work due, prepare for
Roundtable.
Fri. 4/12 - Roundtable on The Holocaust & Maus I/II
Mon. 4/15 – Continue Roundtable on Holocaust & Maus I/II . Homework – Kagan 1019 – 1024
Tue. 4/16 - Compare/Contrast Allied Domestic Fronts: France, Britain, Soviet Union. Homework –
Ch. 29 TP due tomorrow, Kagan 1024 – 1027.
Wed. 4/17-. Preparations for Peace: Atlantic Charter, Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam – Create Chart.
Homework – Kagan 1032-1042
Thu. 4/18 – State Violence in 20th Century Europe, Women in Early 20th Century Authoritarian
Regimes, and the Social Experience of Stalinism. Homework – Kagan 1042 – 1053.
Fri. 4/19 - .Destruction of the Polish Jewish Community, 20th Century Movement of Peoples, Welfare
State, and New Patterns in the Work/Expectations of Women. Homework – Kagan – 1053 – 1065
Mon. 4/22- Changes after WWII in knowledge/culture, Christianity, and Technology. Homework – Ch.
30 TP due tomorrow.
Tue. 4/23 – Review For Ch. 29 & 30 Exam. Homework – Study for test
Wed. 4/24 – Ch. 29 and 30 Test: WWII and Faces of the 20th Century: European Social Experiences,
Ch. 31 HO, TP – Homework – Kagan 1070 -1079
Thu. 4/25 – The Emergence of the Cold War: Containment, Eastern Europe, Germany, NATO vs.
Warsaw Pact, Isreal, Korean War. Homework – Kagan – 1079 – 1085, Khrushchev HO.
Fri. 4/26 - The Khrushchev Era in the Soviet Union, Three Crisis of 1956, Later Cold War
Confrontations. Homework – Kagan 1085 – 1097. Review guide due Monday.
Mon. 4/29 - Graded Discussion: Western Political Developments, Toward W. European Unification,
the Brezhnev Era in the Soviet Union, and E. Europe. Homework – 1097 – 1114.
Tue. 4/30 - The Collapse of European Communism, Problems in the Wake of the Collapse, and
Europe at the Opening of the Global Century. Homework – Ch. 31 T&P due tomorrow.
Wed. 5/1 – Review for Unit 12 Exam.
Thu. 5/2 - Ch. 31 Test: The Cold War Era and the Emergence of the New Europe
Friday, May 3 – Tuesday, May 14 – REVIEW FOR AP EXAM
Wednesday, May 15, 12pm: AP EUROPEAN HISTORY EXAMINATION – GOOD LUCK!