AP European History - Six Week Calendar
Mr. Driscoll (Fall 2011)
Date
Day
Topic/Content
Sept. 6
Tuesday
Syllabus/Introduction
Sept. 7
Wednesday
Why Study European History?
Sept. 8
Thursday
The West Before 1300
Sept. 9
Friday
The West Before 1300
Sept. 12
Monday
Sept. 13
Tuesday
Sept. 14
Wednesday
Review of The Late Middle Ages
Sept. 15
Thursday
NO CLASS
Sept. 16
Friday
NO CLASS
Sept. 19
Monday
Sept. 20
Tuesday
Sept. 21
Wednesday
Art, Invasion & Reform
Sept. 22
Thursday
Exploration & Empire
Sept. 23
Friday
Doing the DBQ
Sept. 26
Monday
Renaissances and Discovery
Sept. 27
Tuesday
Review / FRQ
Sept. 28
Wednesday
Society, Religion, and
Reformation
Sept. 29
Thursday
Reform Elsewhere
Sept. 30
Friday
Discussion Forum
Oct. 3
Monday
Oct. 4
Tuesday
Oct. 5
Wednesday
Discussion Roundtable
Oct. 6
Oct. 7
Thursday
Friday
Free Response Question
Age of Reformation
Oct. 10
Monday
NO SCHOOL
Oct. 11
Tuesday
Review / Columbus Role Play
Oct. 12
Wednesday
Renewed Religious Struggle
Oct. 13
Thursday
The French Wars of Religion
Oct. 14
Friday
Imperial Spain and England
The Black Death /
Hundred Years War
The Late Medieval Church /
Medieval Russia
Review / AP European
History Writing
The Italian Renaissance and
Humanism
Catholic Reform and CounterReformation
Social Significance of the
Reformation
In Class
Name Game
Seating Chart
Review Rules / Syllabus
Personal History
Writing Activity
Class Discussion
Study Groups
Group Presentations
Class Discussion
PPT Lecture
Class Discussion
Primary Source Analysis
PPT Lecture
Quiz & Review, Notes
Check, Ch. Questions
(Period skipped due to
MAP testing)
(MAP TESTING)
Review Test
Intro to DBQ’s
PPT Lecture
Class Discussion
PPT Lecture
Primary Source Analysis
PPT Lecture
Primary Source Analysis
DBQ Strategies and
Practice
Renaissance and Discovery
Quiz
Review Renaissance Quiz /
Doing the FRQ
presentation and activity
PPT Lecture
Class Discussion
PPT Lecture
Primary Source Analysis
Online Discussion Forum
Activity
PPT Lecture
Class Discussion
PPT Lecture
Primary Source Analysis
Student Led Discussion
Forum
Age of Reformation FRQ
Age of Reformation Quiz
Assessment
Readings / Homework
Signed Syllabus
Personal History
Type 1 Writing
Kagan, Preface
Group Response
Questions
Kagan, “The West Before 1300”
Kagan, “The Late Middle Ages: Social and
Political Breakdown”
Primary Source Reading, “The Flagellants”
Primary Source
Analysis Responses
Response
Questions
Complete Response Questions
The Late Middle Ages Take-Home Test
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-------------------------Kagan, “Renaissance and Discovery”
Kagan, “Renaissance and Discovery”
Primary Source
Analysis Responses
Primary Source
Analysis Responses
Machiavelli: from “The Discourses” /
“School of Athens”
De Las Casas, “Amerindians and the Garden of
Eden”
DBQ
Revise and Complete DBQ
QUIZ
Kagan, “The Age of Reformation”
Primary Source
Analysis Responses
“The Act of Supremacy: The Church of England”
Online Posts
Discussion Forum
(respond to at least two student posts)
Primary Source
Analysis Responses
“A Protestant Woman Argues for Tolerance”
FRQ
QUIZ
Complete Free Response Question
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Activity Responses
“The People Vs. Columbus”
COLUMBUS DAY
The People vs. Columbus
Role Play Activity
PPT Lecture
Primary Source Analysis
PPT Lecture
Primary Source Analysis
Primary Source
Analysis Responses
Primary Source
Analysis Responses
PPT Lecture
Primary Source Analysis
Primary Source
Analysis Responses
Kagan, “The Age of Religious Wars
“The Edict of Nantes”
“Treaty of Westphalia”