AP European History
(I am not teaching AP Euro this Fall, However . . .)
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| Summer | Prepare for discussion and possible quiz on first day of class. You may use notes but not the text. | Reading Chapters 5 and 6 from McKay Handout: Polybius's Histories |
Week 1 |
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| 31 Aug 04 | Introduction Quiz and Discussion: Rome its foundations and legends |
Reading on Ceasar from W.D. |
| 1 Sept 04 | Discussion: The Republic its evolution and decline Art and architecture of Rome |
Map of Roman Empire 117 C.E. Handout: The Roman Day, baths, and games |
| 2 Sept 04 | More of Art and architecture of Rome Augustus and Empire Presentations:
Map Quiz |
Review for Exam |
| 3 Sept 04 | First Essay Exam | McKay Chapter 7 (Christian Monasticism - Eastern Monasticism)
McKay Chapter 7 (The arabs and Islam - end of chapter)
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Week 2 |
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| 6- Sept 04 | Labor Day | |
| 7 Sept 04 | review of essays Discussion of the role of invasions in shaping European history
Art of the middle ages |
McKay Ch 10 (Those who work - popular religion)
McKay Ch 9 (Feudalism - Manoralism)
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| 8 Sept 04 | Feudalism and Manoralism | McKay Ch 10 (Those who Fight - economic difficulties
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| 9 Sept 04 | Discussion: The Hundred Years War
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McKay Midieval Origins of the modern state - commercial
revolution
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| 10 Sept 04 | Black Death McKay 372 - 377 (Black Death) Introduction to the Renaissance |
Get a copy of the Prince McKay Italian Renaissance - Status of the Artist
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Week 3 |
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| 13 Sept 04 | Presentations and background information: | The Prince
Ch. 1 - 6 |
| 14 Sept 04 | Discussion on the Prince Presentations
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The Prince Ch. 6 - 11 |
| 15 Sept 04 | Discussion on the Princed Presentations:
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The Prince
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| 16 Sept 04 | Rosh Hashanah Conclusion of the Prince |
Handout: Renaissance Sexual Morality McKay Ch 13 (Social change - Blacks in Renaissance Society)
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| 17 Sept 04 | Essay exam: Renaissance in Italy | Handout: The Sack of Rome in 1527 |
Week 4 |
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| 20 Sept 04 | First DBQ | Handout: Clement VI McKay Ch 11 (Heresy and the Friars)
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| 21 Sept 04 | Review of DBQ Presentations:
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McKay Ch 14 (Conditions of the Church - Social impact of
Luther)
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| 22 Sept 04 | Luther's beliefs Thomas Moore Video: A Man For All Seasons |
McKay Ch 14 (Germany and the Reformation - Luutheranism in
Sweden)
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| 23 Sept 02 | Thomas Moore Video: A Man For All Seasons (continued) | |
| 24 Sept 02 | The other reformers Presentation:
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Week 5 |
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| 27 Sept 04 | Finish Presentations and a Quiz | McKay Ch 14 (the Counter reformation)
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| 28 Sept 04 | Counter Reformation | McKay Ch 15 (Discovery - Colonial Administration)
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| 29 Sept 04 | Minimum day Presentations:
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McKay Ch 15 Politics, religion, and War - Philip II and
Spanish Armada
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| 30 Sept 04 | Continue Presentations Discussion of the War of 3 Henries Discussion of English Monarchy Presentation
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| 1 Oct 04 | Quiz (War of Three Henries - English Monarchy) Presentation
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McKay Ch 15 (Thirty Years War - Great Witch Hunt)
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Week 6 |
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| 4 Oct 04 | Video on Art of the Baroque | No homework. (bummer!) |
| 5 Oct 04 | The Thirty Years War | Ch 16 543 - 563 |
| 6 Oct 04 | Ch 16 523 - 532 | |
| 7 Oct 04 | Reading | |
| 8 Oct 04 | Presentation on
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Great Issues in Western Civ. Louis XIV's Letters to His Heirs 13 pages |
Week 7 |
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| 11 Oct 04 | Final Presentation on Louis XIV | McKay Ch 16 523 540 Just in case you did not do it |
| 12 Oct 04 | Mercantilism under Colbert The Baroque |
McKay Ch 17 559 - 566 |
| 13 Oct 04 | Frederick William I | McKay Ch 17 566 - 584 |
| 14 Oct 04 | Peter the Great | Review for test |
| 15 Oct 04 | Big test Reformation, Wars of Religion, Louis XIV, Absolutism in Europe |
McKay Ch 18 589 - 599
By Thomas Hobbes Knoebel, 4th ed. 30 - 42 |
Week 8 |
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| 18 Oct 04 | Finish Video on Art of Baroque Intro to the Scientific Revolution Presentations
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McKay Ch 18 599 - 609
By John Locke |
| 19 Oct 04 | Intro to the Enlightenment Presentation
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By Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire) Read the 1st half |
| 20 Oct 04 | More on the Enlightenment Presentations
Intro to Enlightened Despotism |
Read second half of Candide |
| 21 Oct 04 | Presentation:
Reenactment of the Seven Years War |
McKay Ch 18 609 - 618 |
| 22 Oct 04 | Presentations:
Start the time lines of history 1450 - 1750
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Pick one of the following and answer the
included questions Emile Book I (early childhood ages 0 -5) Emile Book 2 (Childhood ages 5 - 12) Emile Book 3 (age 12 - 16) Emile Book 4 (age 16) |
Week 9 |
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| 25 Oct 04 | Start the time lines of history 1450 - 1750
Presentations:
Quiz on the Enlightenment |
Palmer, 350 - 356 McKay, 700 - 707 |
| 26 Oct 04 | Quiz on the Enlightenment Background to the French Revolution |
McKay, 707 - 715 |
| 27 Oct 04 | French Revolution | Palmer, 391 - 409 McKay, 414 - 423 |
| 28 Oct 04 | French Revolution continued | Review for the test |
| 29 Oct 04 | General Review | Prepare for the Final |
Week 10 |
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| 1 Nov 04 | Continue the Outline of History | |
| 2 Nov 04 | Final Exam Part I The Essay Exam |
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| 4 Nov 04 | Final Exam Part II The Multiple Choice Exam Napoleonic Europe |
McKay pages 623 - 642 |
| 5 Nov 04 | Agricultural Revolution | McKay 727 - 737 |
Week 11 |
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| 8 Nov 04 | Industrial Revolution |
by Adam Smith |
| 9 Nov 04 | Adam Smith (hero or pariah?) Colbert (genius or simpleton) Stimson (genius or Genius?) Reform in Britain Presentations |
McKay 737 - 752 McKay Pages 763 - 777 |
| 10 Nov 04 | DBQ on Industrial Revolution |
Excerpt from by Marx and Engles p367 - 389 |
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12 Nov 04 |
Georg Fredrick Hegel |
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Week 12 |
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| 15 Nov 04 | Romantic movement Development of the modern city |
McKay Pages 795 - 813 |
| 16 Nov 04 | 19th Century: Social History
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McKay Pages 813 - 827 |
| 17 Nov 04 | Development of the City |
Excerpts from by Charles Darwin |
18 Nov 04 |
Review of Social Darwinism | |
19 Nov 04 |
Exam | McKay p. 831 - 837 |
Week 13 |
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| 29 Nov 04 | Italian Unification German Unification |
Palmer, p. 518 - 526 McKay p. 837 - 842 |
| 30 Nov 04 | Imperialism in the 19th Century
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Palmer p. 608 - 616 Palmer p. 627 - 634 |
| 1 Dec 04 | Imperialism in the 19th Century
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Palmer p. 634 - 647 |
| 2 Dec 04 | Test on 19th Century | |
| 3 Dec 04 | Conclusion and retest | Palmer 660 - 670 |
Week 14 |
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| 8 Dec 04 | Intro to W.W.I | Handouts on Germany and Italy |
| 9 Dec 04 | W.W.I Tactics and technology | McKay 911 - 917 |
| 10 Dec 04 | W.W.I War Socialism | McKay 924 - 933 |
Week 15 |
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| 14 Dec 04 | Mussolini and Italy |
Excerpts from by Fredrick Nietzsche |
| 15 Dec 04 | Finish Mussolini Review Nietzsche reading |
Excerpts from by Adolf Hitler
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| 16 Dec 04 | Rise of Hitler | Palmer Chapter XX p 795 - 809 |
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Week 17 |
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| 3 Jan 05 | Review of Russian History | Palmer Chapter XX p 809 - 825 |
| 4 Dec 05 | Revolutions:
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Palmer Chapter XX p 825 - 834 |
| 5 Dec 05 | Stalin: man? monster? little father? | Tierney p 663 - 676 Origins of the Cold War: America's Responsibility |
| 6 Dec 05 | Churchill: man? monster? alcoholic? Cold Warrior? | Tierney p 683 - 688 Churchill on the Cold War From the History of the Second World War and from his "Iron curtain" speech at Fulton |
| 7 Dec 05 | More on the Cold War | Prepare for presentations on modern Europe |
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