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    EUROPEAN HISTORY AP (UC/CSU)
     
     
     
     
     
    (Year course – Core/Elective)

     

    The course focuses on the following aspects of historical study: intellectual-cultural, political-diplomatic, and social-economic history. Students are expected to demonstrate knowledge of basic chronology and of major events and trends

    from High Renaissance to the recent past. The course requires analytical thinking, extensive reading and a significant

    amount of writing. Tenth grade students may use this class to meet their World History requirement. All students are

    expected to sit for the Advanced Placement exam during the month of May.

    Grades 10

    European History AP 2013 – 2014

    Syllabus

    The following schedule gives the dates readings are due.  Expect a reading quiz for each due date. 


    Complete five (5) of the Weber reading templates for EACH Weber reading selection  (you choose which selections).  An additional two (2) templates may be completed for 5 extra credit points each.  These are due on the day of your Weber reading quiz.


    You will be expected to hand in a notebook at every 5 week grading period with your European Journal templates (5 episodes at each grading period).


    You are expected to watch the Sister Wendy and Weber videos (The Western Experience) and encouraged to watch the other videos that go along with each chapter.  You may be quizzed on the Sister Wendy and Weber videos.  You will hand in Sister Wendy Templates and Weber Video Templates on the day of each exam.

     

    Week 1

    Aug. 27 (Weds.): 1st meeting -- C.R.I.P.E.S.  Historical trends.

    August 29 (Fir.): Understanding bias and manipulation.  Introduce European Journal.    

     

    Week 2

    Sept. 3 (Weds.):  Writing history essays.  The importance of geography

    Sept. 5 (Fri.): Chambers -- Ch. 10, 11.  Architecture.

     

    Week 3

    Sept. 9 (Tues.): Ch.12 – Chambers

    Sept. 11 (Thurs.): Fresh Fields and Pastures New – Weber

     

    Week 4
    Sept. 15 (Mon.)  Review -- online practice quizzes and tests
    Sept. 17 (Weds.): Exam
    Sept 19 (Fri) Ch. 13 – Chambers.

     

    Week 5

    Sept. 23 (Tues.): Reformation and Counter Reformation – Weber

    Sept 26 (Fri.):   European Journal due.

     

    Week 6

    Sept. 30 (Tues.): Exam
    Oct. 2 (Thurs.)  Ch. 14 – Chambers

     

    Week 7

    Oct. 6 (Mon.): Political and Economic Changes – Weber
    Oct. 8 (Weds.): Read the Introduction to Sherman (study guide)  be sure you have one!
    Oct 10 (Fri.): Exam

     

    Week 8

    Oct. 14 (Tues.): Ch. 15 Chambers

    Oct. 16 (Thurs.): Ch. 16 – Chambers 

     

    Week 9

    Oct. 20 (Mon.): The Seventeenth Century – Weber
    Oct 22 (Weds):
    Oct. 24 (Fri.): Exam
     

    Week 10

    Oct. 28 (Tues.): Ch. 17 – Chambers.

    Oct. 30 (Thurs.)  The Political Debate – Weber.  European Journals due

     

    Week 11

    Nov. 3 (Mon.): Assign Business Plan
    Nov. 5 (Weds.): Exam
    Nov. 7 (Fri): Ch. 18 – Chambers

     

    Week 12

    Nov. 13 (Thurs.):Ch. 19 -- Chambers; Mission Statements due

     

    Week 13
    Nov. 17 (Mon..): The Eighteenth Century – Weber 
    Nov. 19 (Weds.): Enlightened Despotism – Weber

    Nov. 21 (Fri.): Exam

     

    Week 14

    Nov. 25 (Tues.): Ch. 20 – Chambers

     

    Week 15

    Dec. 2 (Tues.): Ch.21 -- Chambers; Assign trial roles; Business Plans due Turnitin.com class id #9090952;   password: Kinberg1

    Dec. 4 (Thurs.): The Dawn of Revolution– Weber

     

    Week 16

    Dec. 8 (Mon.): The Reaction – Weber European Journals due
    Dec. 12 (Fri.): Exam
     
    Week 17
    Dec. 16 (Tues.): Trials (Robespierre)
    Dec. 18 (Thurs.): Trials (Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette)

     

    Winter Break

    Extra credit Sister Wendy videos and extra credit Focus on Europe

     

    Week 18
    Jan. 5 (Mon.):  Extra Credit due. Ch. 22 -- Chambers
    Jan. 7 (Weds.)  Economic Revolution – Weber
    Jan. 9 (Fri.): Ch. 23 -- Chambers 
     

    Week 19 

    Jan. 13 (Tues.): Romantics and Romanticism

    Jan. 15 (Thurs.):   But Life Goes On – Weber; Focus on Europe due.

     
    Week 20
    Jan. 21 (Weds.): Semester Final Exam

    Week 21

    Jan. 27 (Tues.): Ch. 24 – Chambers;

    Jan. 29 (Thurs.): Liberalism, Nationalism, and 1848 – Weber; The Rise of Social-Revolutionary Doctrines – Weber

    Week 22
    Feb. 2 (Mon.): Ch. 25 – Chambers

    Feb.4 (Weds.):

    Feb. 6 (Fri.):  The Drift of Scientific Thought – Weber
     

    Week 23

    Feb. 10 (Tues.): Patterns of Change – Weber
    Feb. 12 (Thurs.): Exam

    Week 24

     

    Feb. 17 (Tues.): Ch. 26 – Chambers Nationalism and Imperialism – Weber
    Feb. 19 (Thurs.): Ch. 27 – Chambers

    Week 25

    Feb. 23 (Mon.): The Fall Out of Slaughter – Weber

    Feb. 25 (Weds.): War and Revolution – Weber

    Feb 27 (Fri.): Exam. Focus on Europe Due

     

    Week 26
    March 4 (Tues.): Ch. 28 -- Chambers
    March 6 (Thurs.): Russia – Weber

     

    Week 27

    March 10 (Mon.): Mussolini and Italian Fascism – Weber;  assign DBQ
    March 12 (Weds.): National Socialism – Weber

    March 14 (Fri.): Ch. 29 – Chambers

     
    Week 28
    March 17 (Tues.): Appeasement -- Weber 
    March 19 (Thurs.): The Second World War – Weber


    Week 29

    March 24 (Tues.): Exam

    March 26 (Thurs.): Ch. 30 – Chambers DBQ due

     Week 30
    March 30 (Mon.):  The Cold War -- Weber
    April 1: (Weds.):  Cold War Exam; Focus on Europe due
     
     Spring Break
     

    Week 31, Week 32, Week 33, and Week 34

    Hard-core review!

     

    Bring ALL review materials to class.  Be prepared to review until the day of the exam.

     

    May 8 (Fri.) D-Day!  Euro AP Exam

     


     

     

     
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