Advanced Placement European History Syllabus for 2007-2008

Textbook The Western Experience. Mortimer Chambers, Barbara Hanawalt, Theodore K. Rabb, Isser Woloch, Raymond Grew, 8th Edition. McGraw Hill, 2003 Overview The course is divided into four quarters. Material will be broken down into units, and each unit concludes with a two part test. Part I of each test consists of multiple choice questions and an essay. Part II is emailed to each student and consists of 3 essay questions. They must answer one of the questions and turn it in one week from the day of the test being emailed. [C3], [C4] Questions from each test come from released AP Exams as well as original items and prompts. Students will also write at least one DBQ per quarter. In addition to this, students will read five novels from a list proved to them. They will write a critical book review for each book they select. One review is due each nine weeks and additionally, one will be completed over the summer prior to the beginning of the course. [C4] Students will also read, summarize and analyze their textbook, a variety of historical documents, writings, and other selected works and artwork throughout the year. [C3] First Quarter DBQ: Changing views of Poverty [C4] Primary Source Readings Include: Herman Gigas, Heinrich Truchess, Peter Paul Vergio, Petrarch, Pico della Mirandola, Baldassare Castiglione, Niccolo Machiavelli, Martin Luther, John Calvin, The Edict of Nantes, Malleus Maleficarum, Christopher Columbus, Bartolome de las Casas, various Popes, Elizabeth I and several other English monarchs, Louis XIV and several other French monarchs, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Francis Bacon, Margaret Cavendish, Frederick William I of Prussia, Peter the Great [C2], [C3] Art History Lecture and Powerpoint: Medieval Art and Architecture, The Italian Renaissance, The Northern Renaissance, The Reformation, Exploration, Romanticism, Classisim, The Industrial Revolution, The Enlightenment, and The French Revolution [C2], [C3] Additional Powerpoint Presentations accompany each lecture, and include pictures of people, places, and important statistical information. [C3] Unit I: An Overview of Medieval Europe and the Renaissance [C1] -The Decline of the Catholic Churchs influence in the 1200 and 1300s due to its internal problems (the Great Schism) -The rise of prominent families across Europe

-The state of Medieval learning -General overview of the state of Society across Europe -The first appearance of the Bubonic Plague in Europe -English and French War over Flanders -Improvement in economies and the improvement in standards of living -Medieval Art and Architecture -Rise of the Italian City States -Humanist Philosophical Movement and Educational System -Humanism and Neoplatonism as a force in art -Renaissance Art/ Artists / Architecture -The spread of the Renaissance into the North -The impact of the Printing Press -Northern European Artistic and Literary Renaissance Unit 2: The Reformation [C1] -The Growing disillusionment with the Catholic Church due to taxation, reliance on relics, and the selling of indulgences -The increasing popularity of Christian Humanism -The writings of Thomas Moore and Erasmus -The early life of and writings of Martian Luther including the writing of the 95 Thesis and The Babylonian Captivity -Martin Luthers time in hiding and trial -The rise of the radical sects: Zwinglianism, Anabaptists, Melchiorites, and other smaller groups -Overview of John Calvins life and the writing and influence of the Institutes of the Christian Religion -The Calvinist beliefs -The Role of Women in the Reformation and the why the movement appealed to women (as contrasted with the view the Catholic church held of them) -The Inquisition -The Reformations impact on England, namely during the rule of Henry VIII / Anglicanism -The wives of Henry VIII -Mary I and the rise of Elizabeth I -The Reformations impact in France and the resulting wars of religion -The manipulations of Catherine de Medici -The Edict of Nantes -The anti-Muslim, anti-Protestant movement in Spain -The Counter Reformation movement and the Council of Trent -The rise of Catholic sects: St. Theresa, St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the Jesuits Unit 3: Exploration and the Rise of the New Monarchs [C1] -The emergence of capitalism and birth of the Middle Class and the need for more goods within the market -The emergence of the urban middle class

-The legacy of Marco Polo -Reasons for exploration attempts -Spanish Explorers -Columbian Exchange and the impact on Europe and the Native Americans -Portuguese Exploration -Treaty of Tordesillas -Spanish Conquistadors -Early rule of Elizabeth I of England -French political and civil unrest -Rise of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor -Dutch Revolts -Conflict between Philip II of Spain and Elizabeth I and the Mighty Wind -Why the Spanish empire collapsed. -The Thirty Years War and its stages -Technological Advancements that resulted from the Thirty Years War -The English Civil War -France under Richelieu and Mazarin Unit 4: The Scientific Revolution [C1] -Overview of the state of science in the 1500s and 1600s and the flaws in ancient theories that were emerging to prove them false -Scientific inventions that emerged in the 1500s and 1600s -New Scientific thought and publications and their impact on the church and the way people saw the world. -From Galileo to Isaac Newton and other great thinkers of the age -The new maths that emerged -Women in the Scientific Revolution -The rise of Mannerism and the Baroque art forms and the masters behind them Unit 5: Answering a Document Based Question [C2], [C3], [C4] -General Concept and Framework -Interpreting Documents -Developing Point of View for Each Document -Grouping Documents -Developing a multipart thesis statement -Writing answer to fit the question **DBQ: The Changing Views of Poverty** [C4] Unit 6: Absolutism [C1] -The costs of Absolutism in France (taxation) -Versailles -Louis XIV and Louis XV -French Conflict with Europe (HRE, Netherlands, & Spain) -The Rise of the Habsburgs in Austria and Marie Theresa

-The Hohenzollerns and the early Prussian state -Frederick the Great -Peter the Great to Catherine the Great of Russia -English unrest and the arrival of William and Mary -Problems resulting due to urbanization of society Second Quarter DBQ: Absolute Monarchs [C4] Primary Source Readings Include: Jethro Tull, Adam Smith, John Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie Antoinette, Maximillian Robespierre [C2], [C3] Art History Powerpoints: Romanticism, Classisim, The Industrial Revolution, The Enlightenment, and The French Revolution [C2], [C3] Additional Powerpoint Presentations accompany each lecture, and include pictures of people, places, and important statistical information. [C3] Unit 7: The Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions [C1] -The demise of protoindustrialization -Industrial innovations, including: the fly shuttle, water frame, steam engine, and power driven loom -Advancements in agriculture such as convertible husbandry and enclosure -Changes in economic theory and the popularity of Adam Smiths theories -Peasantry and serfdom across Europe -The increasing use of colonies to meet the demand for food, supplies and money, and the colonies resistance / acceptance of this Unit 8: The Enlightenment [C1] -Broad overview of the Enlightenment and the major intellectual changes that led to the movement -How the spirit of Enlightenment was drawn from the scientific revolution of the 1600s -Examine and compare the ideas and contributions made by major players of the movement, including: Smith, Locke, Voltaire, Buffon, Bayle, Gibbon, Diderot, Hume, Montesquieu, and Rousseau -The rise of Deism -The philosophes and the physicrates -The impact of relativism -Why the Enlightenment was urban in nature

Unit 9: The French Revolution [C1] -The impact of the American Revolution in France -The impact of the Enlightenment on French society -The state of the French society -The strict French Social structure -Pressures on the French government including: political unrest and bad economics -The events leading up to the Tennis Court Oath and its subsequent impact -Chronology of events beginning with Bastile Day through the death of Robespierre -Important governmental reforms and legislation -Social unrest nationwide -The rise of The Committee of Public Safety and the Reign of Terror -The impact on stability in France, and setting of the stage for Napoleon **DBQ: Absolute Monarchs** End of First Semester Winter Break DBQs: The Reformation and Women in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [C4]

Third Quarter DBQ: Napoleon Bonaparte, Imperialism [C4] Primary Source Reading Include: Napoleon Bonapart, Josephine de Beauharnias, The Napoleonic Code, Madame de Remusat, Robert Owen, John Stewart Mill, Corn Laws, The Peoples Charter, Charles Darwin, Friedrich Nietzche, Karl Marx, Joseph Conrad [C2], [C3] Art History Powerpoints: Napoleon (David and Goya, and his portrayal of himself), Romanticism, Impressionism, Art Nouveau [C2], [C3] Additional Powerpoint Presentations accompany each lecture, and include pictures of people, places, and important statistical information. [C3] Unit 10: Napoleon [C1] -The early life of Napoleon -Napoleons rise to power -The state of France as Napoleon became increasingly popular -The First Consul -Napoleon as Emperor and his use of power -The reaction of Europe to Napoleon -The fall of Napoleon -The Return of Napoleon and the second fall **DBQ: Napoleon** [C4]

Unit 11: Europe After Napoleon [C1] -The Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe -Civil unrest in Russia and the Slavophile movement -Comparing of the crumbling Austrian Empire and strengthening Prussian Empire -Power changes and restructuring of the government in France -Romanticism its characteristics and impact on art and literature -The Emergence of new political ideas: Conservativism, Liberalism, Untilitarianism, and Socialism -The Spread of Liberal Government -The Revolutions of 1830

Unit 12: Changing Society and the Rise of the German State [C1] -Victoria I and Victorian England -The rise of the middle class and how it begins to shape society -Problems with rapid urbanization, esp. poverty and pollution -The impact of Nationalism -Conflict in Crimea -Unification of the German states and the power of Otto von Bismark

Unit 13: Belle Epoque [C1] -Definition of Belle Epoque -New scientific theories including, evolution, magnetism, and chemistry -New philosophical ideas including those of Comte, Marx, and Nietzsche -Changes in popular culture and entertainment -New styles in art such as impressionism, determinism, and pre-Raphaelites -The cultural backlash to middle-class belle poque culture -Social unrest in France and the Dreyfus Affair -Italian early attempt at government after unification -The collapse of the economy and civil unrest in Russia -English waffling between liberal and conservative governments

Unit 14: Imperialism [C1] -Why European powers had moved away from North America -The rush into Asia and Africa -The appeal of the colonies to the European aristocracy -Specific French and British goals in imperialism -Native reactions to European colonization efforts **DBQ: Imperialism and the European view of People around the World** [C4]

Unit 15: World War I and Its Aftermath [C1] -The General Causes of World War I -The spark of the war -Goals and Objectives of each of the major players in the war -Why technology and necessity made this war different from all those before it -What European actions and alliances brought the USA into the war -Versailles Treaty -German Punishment Forth Quarter DBQ: Lenin and Stalin [C4] Primary Source Readings Include: Vladimir Lenin, Franz Kafka, Virginia Wolf, Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher [C2], [C3] Art History Powerpoints: Russian tsarist art, art deco, Nazism, modernism, and postmodernism [C2], [C3] Additional Powerpoint Presentations accompany each lecture, and include pictures of people, places, and important statistical information. [C3] Unit 15: The Russian Revolution [C1] -Russia under the tsars -Changing public opinion of tsars -February Revolution and the rise of Lenin -October Revolution -Russian Civil War -Communism overview -Stalin comes to Power -The start of the Great Purges and the totalitarian state **DBQ: Lenin and Stalin** [C4] Unit 16: The 1930s and World War II [C1] -The crash of the worlds economy in 1929 -The Weimar Republic -The worlds political responses to the crash: FDR, Mussolini, and Hitler -Fascism verses Nazism -Night of Long Knives and Kristalnacht -The Holocausts evolution -Chronological order of the invasions and battles in Europe -English experience during the war

-USAs involvement (D-Day to VJ Day) -Comparison of the WWI and WWII -Peace Process after the war -The Nuremburg Trials Unit 17: The Cold War [C1] -Early Cold War developments: The Berlin Crisis, The Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, formation of the United Nations, and the age of atomic weapons, formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact -Hotspots within the Cold War -Iron Curtain falls across Europe -Compare the views of the USA and the USSR of each other -French political struggles, conservative, liberal, and radical -The Space Race -The collapse of communist systems in Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc. -What policies brought about the end of the Cold War Unit 18: Europe Today [C1] -English economic restructuring and de-socializing of industry -The Green Party -Why Vatican II was called and what resulted from it -Multiculturalism across Europe successes and failures -20th Century art, especially modernism and postmodernism -Confronting sexual politics and ideas in Europe -Yugoslavias breaking apart and the strife in Kosovo and Croatia -The dominance of youth culture in Europe -Russias attempts to catch up to the rest of Europe.

Book List for Critical Reviews (Student will read 5 over the course of the year.)
The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas Howards End by E.M. Forster Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo Alls Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone The Cheese and Worms by Carlo Ginzburg The Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darton The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The War on Modern Memory by Paul Fussell A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester Paris in the Fifties by Stanly Karnow

Curriculum Requirements Key

[C1] The course emphasized relevant factual knowledge about European History from 1450 to the present to highlight intellectual, cultural, political, diplomatic, social, and economic developments. The course teaches students to analyze evidence and interpretation presented in historical scholarship. The course includes extensive instruction in analysis and interpretation of a wide variety of primary sources, such as documentary material, maps, statistical tables, works of art, and pictorial and graphic materials. The course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document based questions (DBQ) and thematic essays.

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