AP European History Course Syllabus

Course Description:

AP European History is a challenging course and is a yearlong survey of European history that starts with a cursory review of the Middle Ages continues with the Renaissance and concludes with present times. Solid reading and writing skills are necessary to succeed. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills, essay writing, interpretation of original documents and group projects. You will be required to apply the effort necessary to develop the ability to analyze historical evidence to determine its validity and relevance and to identify point of view, a KEY point in scoring APE DBQ’s.

These skills are also important to many other academic and practical disciplines. Besides lectures or PowerPoint presentations on important themes of European history, you are expected to participate in class through discussions of primary documents and events, debates of key issues, possible role-playing of historic figures and mock trials. Furthermore, you are expected to continually develop your writing skills through regular short essays, and to maintain a notebook of ALL class materials. When documents or document packets are given as part of the homework assignment, you should underline or highlight key passages that summarize the idea of the document.

You can expect to do a lot of reading not only in the text, but also from outside sources and research both in the library and through the Internet. AP European History will be challenging and stimulating and, will take more time and will require more homework Therefore, regular study, frequent practice in writing, historical analysis, class discussions/debates/seminars, and study/review/ are major elements of the course.

To the Student:
Most test dates are “Cast in Stone” and will not be changed. Your weekend essay will be due each Monday when the tardy bell rings—there will be no exceptions. Essays will be either Free Response or Document Based in style and will be selected from questions used on previous AP Exams. Any additional assignments will also be due when the tardy bell rings on the due date. In addition to the assigned supplemental texts you will be expected to keep up with any readings posted on the class webpage.









Course Objectives:
1 Master a broad body of knowledge and demonstrate an understanding of historical chronology
2 Use historical data to support an argument or position
3 Interpret and apply data from original documents, including cartoons, graphs, letters, works of art, etc.
4 Effectively use analytical skills of evaluation, cause and effect, compare and contrast
5 Work effectively with others to produce products and solve problems


Advanced Placement Themes:
The themes outlined below indicate some of the important areas that might be treated in an Advanced Placement course in European History. The ideas suggested do not have to be treated explicitly as topics or covered inclusively, nor should they preclude development of other themes. In addition, questions on the examination will often call for students to interrelate categories or to trace developments in a particular category through several chronological periods.*
• Students should understand the designations for centuries; e.g., the seventeenth century is the 1600's, not the 1700's.
Overview Chapters

CHAPTER 9 The Late Middle Ages
CHAPTER 21 The Impact of Napoleon
CHAPTER 31 Toward a New Europe

1. Intellectual and Cultural History
• Changes in religious thought and institutions
• Secularization of learning and culture
• Scientific and technological developments and their consequences
• Major trends in literature and the arts
• Intellectual and cultural developments and their relationship to social values and political events
• Developments in social, economic, and political thought
• Developments in literacy, education, and communication
• The diffusion of new intellectual concepts among different social groups
• Changes in elite and popular culture, such as the development of new attitudes toward religion, the family, work, and ritual

CHAPTER 10 Renaissance and Discovery (15th and 16th Centuries)
CHAPTER 11 The Reformation (16th and 17th Centuries)
CHAPTER 14 Science and Thought in the 16th and 17th Centuries
CHAPTER 18 The Enlightenment (18th Century)
CHAPTER 25 The Birth of Contemporary European Thought (19th and 20th Centuries)







2. Political and Diplomatic History
• The rise and functioning of the modern state in its various forms
• Relations between Europe and other parts of the world: colonialism, imperialism, decolonization, and global interdependence
• The evolution of political elites and the development of political parties and ideologies
• The extension and limitation of rights and liberties
(personal, civic, economic, and political); majority and minority political persecutions
• The growth and changing forms of nationalism
• Forms of political protest, reform, and revolution
• Relationship between domestic and foreign policies
• Efforts to restrain conflict: treaties, balance-of-power diplomacy, and international organizations
• War and civil conflict: origins, developments, technology, and their consequences
CHAPTER 12 The Age of Religious Wars
CHAPTER 15 Successful and Unsuccessful Paths to Power (1686-1740)
CHAPTER 17 Empire, War, and Colonial Rebellion
CHAPTER 21 Restoration, Reaction and Reform (1815-1832)
CHAPTER 26 Imperialism, Alliances, and War (1873-1918)
CHAPTER 29 World War II
CHAPTER 30 The Cold War and Superpower Confrontation


3. Social and Economic History
• The role of urbanization in transforming cultural values and social relationships
• The shift in social structures from hierarchical orders to modern social classes: the changing distribution of wealth and poverty
• The influence of sanitation and health care practices on society; food supply, diet, famine, disease, and their impact
• The development of commercial practices and their economic and social impact
• Changing definitions and attitudes toward mainstream groups and groups characterized as "the other"
• The origins, development, and consequences of industrialization
• Changes in the demographic structure of Europe, their causes and consequences
• Gender roles and their influence on work, social structure, family structure, and interest group formation
• Private and state roles in economic activity
• Development of racial and ethnic group identities

CHAPTER 13 England and France in the 17th Century
CHAPTER 16 Society and Economy Under the Old Regime (ca 18th Century)
CHAPTER 19 The French Revolution
CHAPTER 22 Economic Advance and Social Unrest (1830-1850
CHAPTER 23 The Age of Nation States (1854-1880)
CHAPTER 24 The Building of European Supremacy (1860-1914)
CHAPTER 27 Political Experiments in the 1920s
CHAPTER 28 Europe and the Great Depression of the 1930s


Primary source documents will be used in this class. These include, but are not limited to letters, diaries, and maps.

The artwork of the following periods and styles will also be viewed and discussed: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Northern Realism, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, Victorian Art, Awakening Conscience

Essays will include Free Response Questions (FRQ) and Document Based Questions (DBQ). Some essays that are assigned in advance will need to be typed or e-mailed to me by the end of the due date. There will also be in class timed essays.

Reading Checks will be given periodically to check for reading comprehension, and to ensure that you are keeping up with the reading. Remember it is your responsibility to keep up with the reading.

Note cards. At the start of each unit you will be given a list of key terms and people to define. Using 3”X 5” index cards, you will write the term, person or event on the blank side, and then define it on the lined side. These are excellent study guides for your tests and also the national exam.

The National Exam for College Credit :
The examination is three hours and five minutes in length. It consists of a fifty-five--minute multiple choice section and a 130-minute free-response section.
The multiple choice section consists of eighty questions designed to measure your knowledge of European history. Approximately one-half of the questions deal with the period from 1450 to 1815 and one-half from 1815 to the present. Approximately 20 to 30 percent of the questions focus on cultural-intellectual themes, 30 to 40 percent of the questions focus on political-diplomatic themes, and 30 to 40 percent on social-economic themes.
Section II, the free-response section, begins with a mandatory fifteen-minute reading period followed by Part A, in which students are required to answer a document-based essay question (DBQ) in forty-five minutes, and Part B, in which students are asked to answer two thematic questions in seventy minutes. Students choose one question from each of two groups of three questions; you are advised to spend five minutes planning and thirty minutes writing each of your thematic essays.
Within the free response section, the forty-five-minute DBQ essay will be weighted 45 percent, and the two thematic essays together will be weighted 55 percent. For the total examination score, the multiple choice and the free-response sections will be weighted equally. In other words, the break-down is as follows:
Section I Multiple Choice = 50%
Section II DBQ = 22.5%
Section II-A = 13.75%
Section II-B = 13.75%


Materials Required:
1 A wide loose leaf binder, which will be your primary notebook. You should keep it well-organized, so that you have things at your fingertips.
2 3-holed college-lined [narrow-lined] loose leaf folder with the appropriate rule paper.
3 A yellow highlighter and at least two other colors.
4 Individual loose-leaf tabs/dividers.


Our Textbooks are;
Kagan, Ozment and Turner, The Western Experience (Since 1300) – 9th Edition

A Key to Success:
The most important grading factor in this class is consistent effort. You are ultimately responsible for understanding all material. The amount of time required for homework for this class will vary with your reading speed.

Late Policy:
In order to receive credit for all work, it must be submitted when it is due. You will be allowed ONE late assignment per semester! Exams missed due to absence will be taken within FIVE school days after you return.

Grading Policy:
My grading system is very simple:
25% = Projects
40% = FRQ’s + DBQ’s
15% = Quizzes
10% = Class participation
10% = Journal and flashcards

Essays will be graded using the College Board’s 2006 grading rubric. Essays will be assigned a score of
0-9. The numeric conversion breakdown is:
9=97(A)
8=93(A)
7=90(B)
6=87(B)
5=84(C)
4=81(C)
3=77(C)
2=74(D)
1=70(D)
0=F

The instructor reserves the right to award a grade higher than 97 to any paper that receives a 9



Rutherford County Scale:
100 – 93 = A
92 – 85 = B
84 – 75 = C
74 – 70 = D
69 – 00 = F

Instructional Procedures:
The course will be built around the lecture/discussion format and as the course progresses more seminar type classes will be included. Most class period will include a power point presentation which has been prepared utilizing maps, charts, cartoons, art and primary sources. From studying the “evidence” of history (and their daily readings) students will be expected to explain the “why” of history and not merely recite a list of events.
Each weekend will feature an essay (either an AP FRQ or DBQ question) which will provide opportunity for the student to demonstrate mastery of the concepts covered during the week. At the conclusion of each unit students will take a rigorous timed, multiple choice test containing 40-60 questions which will cover both current and previously covered materials. Pop quizzes may be used as a means to keep students focused and prevent procrastination.


Class Rules:
1. Always give your best effort on all class activities and assignments.

2. Academic Freedom: All students have a right to their opinions, (however unpopular). How you support your opinions is a key to doing well in this class. Respect for the opinion of others is a class requirement.

3. Remember that your personal honor and integrity are a very important part of who you are as a person. Therefore, I expect that you will do all of your OWN work at all times.

4. Do not be late. Be inside the door when the bell rings, unless you have a legitimate excuse to be tardy.

5. I encourage you to approach me after class so that I can give you all of my attention. You also may email me [viceb@rcschools.net] so that I know that you have some concerns and or questions.

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"
-Marcus Tullius Cicero


AP EUROPEAN HISTORY TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE 2011 - 2012

The Middle Ages in Review
TEXT Chapter 9

Additional Reading: (And as assigned)
Primary Source: The Black Death

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The Black Death and its effects on population and society, time of troubles in the late Middle ages,
the Hundred Years War between England and France, the growing power of secular rulers over the papacy, schism, heresy and the reform of the church

Assignments:
Essential Questions
Trial of Joan of Arc
Pre-Tests (MC)
DBQ – A POV Exercise



The Renaissance
TEXT Chapters 10


Additional Readings: (And as assigned)
Mirandola Oration on the Dignity of Man
Machiavelli The Prince
Chabod Machiavelli and the Renaissance
Ferguson Reinterpretation of the Renaissance


THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The politics, culture, and art of the Italian Renaissance, political struggle
and foreign intervention in Italy, revival of monarch in northern Europe, the thought and culture of the northern renaissance, voyages of discovery and
the new empires in the west and east


Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Take home essay
Document/primary source analysis
Annotated timeline of unit






THE AGE OF REFORMATION
TEXT Chapter 11

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)
Luther 95 theses
Tetzel Sermon the the Indulgences
Calvin Institutes of the Christian Church
Loyola Spiritual Exercises
Rops The Protestant Reformation

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The social and religious background of the reformation, Luther’s challenge to the
church and the course of the reformation in Germany, the reformation in Switzerland, France, and England, transitions in family life between medieval and modern times

Assignments:
PPE
DBQ
Annotated outline of unit, to be handed in at end of unit
Multiple Choice quizzes
Trial of Martin Luther

THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS
TEXT Chapter 12

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The war between Calvinists and Catholics in France, the Spanish occupation of the Netherlands, the struggle for supremacy between England and France, the devastation
of central Europe during the Thirty Years War

Assignments:
PPE - Oral presentations - Primary Source Analysis

EUROPEAN STATE CONSOLIDATON IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
TEXT Chapter 13

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The rise of absolutism in France, constitutionalism in England, the rise of Russia,
struggles in Central and eastern Europe, the ottoman empire

Assignments:
PPE
Small Group work
DBQ/Absolutism chart



NEW DIRECTIONS OF THOUGHT AND CULTURE IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES
TEXT Chapter 14

Additional readings: (And as assigned)
Kepler Laws of Planetary Motion
Copernicus Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies
Descartes Discourse on Method
Newton Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Franklin Experiments with Balloons

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The Scientific Revolution and the emergence of modern science, philosophy and
science, women and the scientific revolution, approaches to both science and religion,
the age of witchcraft and witch hunts.

Assignments:
PPE
MC quiz - Annotated outline of unit

SOCIETY AND ECONOMY UNDER THE OLD REGIME
TEXT Chapter 15

Additional readings: (And as assigned)


THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Major features of the old regime, the aristocracy, the peasants and serfs, the family and
its, Economy, the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution of the 18th century,
the growth of the cities and the age of the ghetto

Assignments:
PPE
Annotated chronology of unit
DBQ

THE TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMY, TRADE WARS, AND COLONIAL REBELLION
TEXT Chapter 16

Additional readings: (And as assigned)
Locke Two Treatises of Government
Burke On Conciliation with America
Source Declaration of Independence
Source The Constitution and Bill of Rights

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Mercantilism and empire, the Spanish colonial system, slavery and the Atlantic trade,
mid 18th century wars and the American Revolution and Europe.

Assignments:
PPE
Annotated chronology of unit

THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
TEXT Chapter 17

Additional readings: (And as assigned)
Smith Wealth of Nations
Voltaire A Treatise on Toleration
Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws
Rousseau The Social Contract

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The intellectual and social background of the enlightenment, the philosophies,
enlightenment and religion, society and political thought, women in the enlightenment,
the arts in the enlightenment and the enlightened absolute monarchies.

Assignments:
PPE
Enlightenment pen pals
Annotated chronology of unit
DBQ
Enlightenment Dinner Party


THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
TEXT Chapter 18

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)
Sieyes What is the third estate?
Source The Tennis Court Oath
Source Declaration of the Rights of Man
Babeuf Manifesto of Equals
Robspierre Terror and Virtue

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Crisis of the French monarchy, the revolution of 1789, the reconstruction of France,
the end Of the monarchy: a second revolution, Europe at war with the revolution,
the reign of terror and the thermidorian reaction

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
French Revolution Simulation
DBQ
Essay








THE AGE OF NAPOLEON AND TRIUMPH OF ROMANTICISM
TEXT Chapter 19

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)
Robespierre Terror and Virtue

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the consulate in France, Napoleon’s empire,
the Congress of Vienna and the European settlement, the romantic movement and
the reaction to the Enlightenment, romanticism in literature and art, romanticism
and Islam.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
French Revolution Simulation
DBQ
Essay


THE CONSERVATIVE ORDER + CHALLENGES OF REFORM (1815-1832)
TEXT Chapter 20

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The challenges of nationalism and liberalism, the domestic and international politics
of the conservative order from congress of Vienna thru the 1820’s, the wars of
independence in Latin America, the conservative order shaken in Europe.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ
Essay


ECONOMIC ADVANCE AND SOCIAL UNREST (1830-1850)
TEXT Chapter 21

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The development of industrialism and its effects on the organization of labor and family,
the changing role of women, the establishment of police forces and reform of prisons,
classic economics and early socialism, the revolutions of 1848


Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ
Essay


THE AGE OF NATION STATES
TEXT Chapter 22

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Reforms in the Ottoman Empire, the unification of German and Italy, the shift
from empire to Republic in France, the emergence if a dual monarchy in
Austria-Hungary, reforms in Russia, Great Britain’s move to democracy

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ/Essay


SOCIETY, POLITICS AND INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT TO WWI
TEXT Chapter 23, 24

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The second industrial revolution, the late 19th century urban life, Jewish emancipation,
the women’s experience, labor, socialism and politics to world war one, the conflict
over education, modern thought and science, modern thought and women.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ/Essay

IMPERIALISM, ALLIANCES AND WAR
TEXT Chapter 25

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Expansion of European power and the new imperialism, emergence of the German
empire and the alliance systems, World War I, the Russian Revolution,
the end of World War I and the peace settlement.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ
Essay







POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS OF THE 1920’S
TEXT Chapter 26

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Economic and political disorder in the aftermath of WWI, the soviet experiment
begins, Mussolini and the fascist seizure of power in Italy, france and the search
for security, the first labour government of England and its problems, the rise of authoritarian governments in the old Hapsburg empire, the problems of
the Versailles treaty, the rise of Nazism and their impact on the Weimar republic

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ
Essay



EUROPE AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
TEXT Chapter 27


Additional Readings: (And as assigned)


THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Financial collapse and depression in Europe, confronting the depression in the
democracies, the nazi seizure of power and the establishment of the police state
and racial laws in Germany, the establishment of fascism in italy, Stalin’s Russia
and the collecticvization of agriculture and purges of the soviet army.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ
Essay

WORLD WAR II
TEXT Chapter 28

Additional Readings: (And as assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The origins of WWII, the course of the war, racism and the holocaust, the impact
of the people of Europe, relationships among the victors and the preparation for peace.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ
Essay


THE COLD WAR ERA AND THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW EUROPE
TEXT Chapter 29


Additional Readings: (And as assigned)


THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The origins of the cold war and the division of Europe into eastern and western blocs,
major Moments of cold war tensions, decolonization and conflicts in korea and Vietnam, polish protests against soviet domination of eastern Europe, perestroika and glasnost
in the soviet union, the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and the soviet union,
the civil war in Yugoslavia and the rise of political Islamism


Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ
Essay



THE WEST AT THE DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY
TEXT Chapter 30


Additional Readings: (And as assigned)


THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Migration in 20th century Europe, Europe’s muslim minority, changing status and role of women in Europe, new cultural forces and the continuing imfluence of Christianity, the impact of computer technology, the movement toward European union


Assignments:
People, Places, Events
DBQ or Essay

Honors World History Course Syllabus

Course Description:

Honors World History is a challenging course and is a yearlong survey that will begin with a review of the Middle Ages. This history will begin in earnest with the Renaissance and continue to modern times. Solid reading and writing skills are necessary to succeed. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills, essay writing, interpretation of original documents and group projects. You will be required to apply the effort necessary to develop the ability to analyze historical evidence to determine its validity and relevance and to identify point of view.
These skills are highly transferable to many other academic and practical disciplines. Besides lectures or PowerPoint presentations on important themes of World History, you are expected to participate in class through discussions of documents and events, possible role-playing of historic figures and mock trials.

Furthermore, you are expected to continually develop your writing skills through regular short essays, daily writing prompts and to maintain a notebook of all class materials. When documents or document packets are given as part of the homework assignment, you should underline or highlight key passages that summarize the idea of the document.

You can expect to do a lot of reading not only in the text, but also from outside sources and research both in the library and through the Internet. Honors World History will be challenging and stimulating and, may take more time and may require more homework Therefore, regular study, frequent practice in writing, historical analysis, class discussions, and study/review/ are major elements of the course.

Course Objectives:

1 Master a broad body of knowledge( lots of stuff may not like at first)
2 Demonstrate an understanding of historical chronology (stuff in order that it happened)
3 Use historical data to support an argument or position
4 Interpret and apply data from original documents, including cartoons, graphs, letters, works of art, etc.
5 Effectively use analytical skills of evaluation, cause and effect, compare and contrast
6 Work effectively with others to produce products and solve problems

Materials Required:
1 3-holed loose leaf paper and notebook
2 Any colored highlighter.
3 Individual loose-leaf tabs/dividers.
4. Colored Pencils
5. Pens + Pencils

A Key To Success:
The most important grading factor in this class is consistent effort. You are ultimately responsible for understanding all material. The amount of time required for homework for this class will vary with your reading speed. It is not rocket science, but critical thinking is the way to go.

*He/she who does not learn from the past is doomed to repeat the same mistakes – trust me on this*

Late Policy:
In order to receive credit for all work, it should be submitted when it is due and you will do the assignment regardless of the grade you may receive! OR IT IS ICU FOR YOU!! (and you don’t want that) Exams missed due to absence will be taken within FIVE school days after you return unless prior arrangements are made.



Grading Policy:
My grading system is very simple:
35% = Projects
30% = Essays
25% = Quizzes
10% = Journals and notebook

*Most 6 weeks exams will consist of essay writing in order to prepare you for the writing assessment.*

Rutherford County Scale:
100 – 93 = A
92 – 85 = B
84 – 75 = C
74 – 70 = D
69 – 00 = F
There will a possibility of extra credit every six weeks and I will consider dropping one of your lowest grades
( I will decide which)


Class Rules:

1. Always give your best effort on all class activities and assignments.

2. Academic Freedom: All students have a right to their opinions, (however unpopular). How you support your opinions is a key to doing well in this class. Respect for the opinion of others is a class requirement.

3. Remember that your personal honor and integrity are a very important part of who you are as a person. Therefore, I expect that you will do all of your OWN work at all times unless we are doing group or island work.

4. Do not be late. Be inside the door when the bell rings, unless you have a legitimate excuse to be tardy. Keep in mind that I want all of you to do well.

5. I encourage you to approach me after class so that I can give you my undivided attention or email me [viceb@rcschools.net] so that I know we need to talk.
















TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (subject to change)

First Six Weeks
Week 1 -2: The Middle Ages

Week 3 – 4: The Renaissance

Week 5 – 6: The Reformation

Second Six Weeks
Week 7: Exploration and Expansion

Week 8: Asia in Transition

Week 9: Islamic Empires in Asia

Week 10: Monarchs of Europe

Week 11: Enlightenment

Week 12: Revolution in England and North America

Third Six Weeks
Week 13 – 17: The French Revolution and Napoleon

Week 18: Midterm Exams

Fourth Six Weeks
Week 19 - 21: The Age of Industry

Week 22 – 24: Nationalism and Imperialism

Fifth Six Weeks
Week 25 – 26: World War I

Week 27: The Great Depression

Week 28: Totalitarianism

Week 29: Nationalist Movements

Week 30: Prelude to War

Sixth Six Weeks
Week 31 – 36: World War II and Beyond

HONORS WORLD HISTORY TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE FALL 2011

The Middle Ages:
TEXT Chapters 13, 14

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
Knowles Evolution of Medieval thought

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The early middle ages, The Black Death and its effects on population and society, time of troubles in
the late Middle ages, the Hundred Years War between England and France, the growing power
of secular rulers over the papacy, schism, heresy and the reform of the church

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Trial of Joan of Arc
Feudalism/Coat of Arms Assignment
Pre-Tests (MC + Essay)

The Renaissance
TEXT Chapter 15

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
Mirandola Oration on the Dignity of Man
Machiavelli The Prince

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The politics, culture, and art of the Italian Renaissance, political struggle and foreign intervention
in Italy, revival of monarch in northern Europe, the thought and culture of the northern renaissance.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Art Project
Renaissance Newspaper

The Age of Reformation
TEXT Chapter 15

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
Luther 95 theses
Tetzel Sermon the the Indulgences

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The social and religious background of the reformation, Luther’s challenge to the church and
the course of the reformation in Germany, Switzerland, France, and England, religious wars

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Multiple choice Quizzes
Trial of Martin Luther
Jeopardy


Exploration and Expansion
TEXT Chapter 16

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The voyages of discovery and the new empires in the west and east, Mercantilism and empire,
the Spanish colonial system, slavery and the Atlantic trade

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Small Group work
The Explorers Project


New Asian Empires
TEXT Chapter 17

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The Ottoman and Safavid empires, the mughals, the ming and qing dynasties, medieval japan
and korea

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Japan Clan Mini-Banners


The Monarchs of Europe
TEXT Chapter 18

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
Voltaire The Age of Louis XIV

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The rise of absolutism in France, constitutionalism in England, the rise of Russia, struggles
in Central and Eastern Europe, the ottoman empire

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Small Group work
Louis XIV Dinner Menu Project









Enlightenment and Revolution
TEXT Chapter 19

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
Kepler Laws of Planetary Motion
Source Declaration of Independence
Paine Common Sense

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS:
The Scientific Revolution and the emergence of modern science, philosophy and science,
women and the scientific revolution, approaches to both science and religion, the age of
witchcraft and witch hunts. The intellectual and social background of the enlightenment
American Revolution and Europe

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Trial of Galileo
Enlightenment pen pal
Enlightenment Dinner Party

The French Revolution and Napoleon
TEXT Chapter 20

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
Sieyes What is the third estate?
Source The Tennis Court Oath
Source Declaration of the Rights of Man
Robspierre Terror and Virtue

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Crisis of the French monarchy, the revolution of 1789, the reconstruction of France,
the end of the monarchy: a second revolution, Europe at war with the revolution,
the reign of terror and the thermidorian reaction, The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the consulate in France, Napoleon’s empire, the Congress of Vienna and the European settlement

Assignments:
People, Places, Events,
French Revolution Simulation
Jeopardy
Trial of Napoleon











The Industrial Revolution
TEXT Chapter 21

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The development of industrialism and its effects on the organization of labor and family,
the changing role of women, the establishment of police forces and reform of prisons,
classic economics and early socialism, the revolutions of 1848

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Epitaph Project


Life In the Industrial Age
TEXT Chapter 22

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)


THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Advances in technology, scientific and medical achievements and daily life in the late 1800’s

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
The Urban Game

Reform, Revolution and War
TEXT Chapter 23

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)


THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Reforms in the British Empire, revolution and change in France, independence in Latin America, expansion and war in the United States.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Chapter word search and crossword






Nationalism in Europe
TEXT Chapter 24


Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
J.G. Fichte Address to the German Nation
Louis Snyder German nationalism
Bismarck Universal Suffrage

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Reforms in the Ottoman Empire, the unification of German and Italy, the shift from empire to
Republic in France, the emergence if a dual monarchy in Austria-Hungary, reforms in Russia,
Great Britain’s move to democracy

Assignments:
People, Places, Events


The Age of Imperialism
TEXT Chapter 25

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
Kipling The White Man’s Burden


THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Expansion of European power and the new imperialism, emergence of the German empire
and the alliance systems

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Essay


World War I
TEXT Chapter 26

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The great war begins, a new kind of war, revolution in Russia, the war ends

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
WWI – U pick- it project


THE INTERWAR YEARS
TEXT Chapter 27


Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
Unrest in Asia and Africa, the great depression, Japanese imperialism, dictators in Europe.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Multiple choice Quizzes
Twenties Project


WORLD WAR II
TEXT Chapter 28

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The origins of WWII, the course of the war, racism and the holocaust, the impact of the
people of Europe, relationships among the victors and the preparation for peace.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events,
Trial of Adolf Hitler
WWII Propaganda Poster


THE COLD WAR ERA + THE CONTEMPOARY WORLD
TEXT Chapter 29 – 33

Possible Supplemental Readings: (And As Assigned)
Fleming The Cold War and its origins
Alpervitz Why we Dropped the Bomb

THEMES/KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS
The origins of the cold war and the division of Europe into eastern and western blocs, major
Moments of cold war tensions, decolonization and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, polish
protests against soviet domination of eastern Europe, perestroika and glasnost in the soviet
union, the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the civil war in
Yugoslavia and the rise of political Islamism. Migration in 20th century Europe, Europe’s
Muslim minority, the movement toward European Union.

Assignments:
People, Places, Events
Final Project

Blackman High School
William Vice