AP European History Syllabus - Ottawa Hills School District

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AP  European  History   Ottawa  Hills  High  School   Ms.  Temple   School  Phone:  419-­‐536-­‐5388  ext.  421   E-­‐Mail:  [email protected]    

Course  Description:    

  The  AP  European  History  course  (1  credit,  1  year,  11th  and  12th  grade  students)  and  the   accompanying  examination  in  European  History  are  considered  the  equivalent  to  a  college  introductory   course  in  European  History.  This  study  of  European  history  from  1450  to  present  day  introduces   students  to  the  intellectual  and  cultural,  diplomatic  and  political,  as  well  as  the  economic  and  social   developments  that  played  a  fundamental  role  in  shaping  the  world  we  live  in  today.    Students  will   develop  a  context  for  understanding  contemporary  institutions,  the  role  of  continuity  and  change  in   present-­‐day  society  and  politics,  and  the  evolution  of  forms  of  artistic  expression  and  intellectual   discourse.    The  student  will  experience  the  principle  themes  in  modern  European  history,  the  analysis  of   historical  evidence  and  its  interpretation,  and  will  practice  the  expression  of  historical  understanding  in   writing,  along  with  an  introduction  to  pertinent  introduction  to  historiography.     Summer  reading  and  writing  is  required.    This  work  is  due  Monday,  August  6th  each  year  in  hard   copy  to  the  instructor’s  school  mailbox  and  to  turnitin.com  utilizing  the  correct  codes  and  password   provided  in  the  summer  reading  letter.    

Textbooks:  

  Western  Civilization.  Jackson  J.  Spielvogel.  7th  edition.  Thomson-­‐Wadsworth,  2009.     Western  Civilization:  Sources,  Images,  and  Interpretations,  Volume  I:  to  1700.  Dennis  Sherman.  6th   Edition,  McGraw  Hill,  2004.       Western  Civilization:  Sources,  Images,  and  Interpretations,  Volume  II:  since  1660.  Dennis  Sherman.  6th   Edition,  McGraw  Hill,  2004.  (basis  for  summer  reading)     Western  Civilization:  Primary  Source  Reader  Vol.  II.  Megan  McLean.  McGraw  Hill,  2003.    

Course  Structure:  

The  AP  European  History  course  is  structured  in  a  seminar/lecture  approach  that  provides   students  with  experience  in  the  themes  and  content  of  European  history,  primary  and  secondary  source   document  interpretation,  along  with  content  relevant  analytical  practice  in  reading  and  writing.     Students  are  to  come  to  class  prepared  and  ready  to  engage  in  the  topic  of  the  day.  Tests  and  writing   assignments  are  modeled  after  the  AP  Exam  that  is  to  be  taken  in  the  spring.  Each  quarter  includes  a   focus  on  the  elements  pertinent  to  the  exam  including  but  not  limited  to:  elements  of  objective  and   essay  testing,  primary  and  secondary  source  document  interpretation,  and  practice  writing  and  analysis   for  the  exam’s  FRQs  and  DBQ.    

 

 

 

 

Assignments:       There  will  be  a  variety  of  assessments  in  AP  European  History,  all  of  which  are  geared   towards  preparation  for  the  May  AP  test.  Your  grade  will  depend  on  the  your  performance  on   the  following  assessments:   1. Multiple  Choice  Tests     2. Free  Response  Questions  (FRQs)   3. Document  Based  Questions  (DBQs)   4. Reading  Quizzes     5. Group  work   6. Class  Participation   There  will  be  at  least  one  graded  assignment  per  week.  Whether  it  is  a  chapter  test,  in  class   DBQ,  or  a  quiz  over  the  previous  night’s  reading.  Chapter  tests,  FRQs,  and  DBQs  will  all  be   announced  ahead  of  time,  however,  reading  quizzes  will  not  be  announced.  You  can  expect  at   least  one  reading  quiz  per  chapter.    This  will  ensure  that  you  are  not  only  keeping  up  with  the   outside  reading  but  it  will  also  help  with  the  day’s  lecture  and  subsequent  class  discussions.  This   year,  chapter  notes  should  be  taken  during  lecture  and  as  you  read  the  textbook,  however,  you   will  not  be  turning  them  in  for  credit.    Lectures  are  designed  to  discuss  in  depth  the  most   important  parts  of  the  chapter  so  quality  note  taking  is  critical.       This  course  will  also  include  a  strong  focus  on  visual  sources  including  maps,  charts,   graphs,  along  with  art  and  the  interpretation  of  art.  Paintings,  drawings,  illustrations,   sculptures,  architecture,  and  photography  will  be  heavily  integrated  into  the  course  structure.   Expect  to  see  the  aforementioned  visual  sources  throughout  the  semester  during  lectures  and   included  on  tests,  quizzes,  DBQs,  and  group  work.  Your  ability  to  interpret  visual  sources  is  a   key  component  to  success  on  the  AP  test.    Test  corrections  will  occur  before  school,  during  lunch,  or  after  school  on  the  day(s)  set   up  by  the  instructor  (usually  the  day  or  two  after  the  test  is  passed  back).  Test  corrections  WILL   NOT  occur  during  study  halls,  in  other  classes,  or  while  there  are  other  classes  are  in  session,  no   exceptions!     Grading  Policy:     Your  grade  will  be  determined  by  the  percentage  of  points  you  earn  compared  to  the  total   points  offered  during  the  term.  The  grading  scale:       92-­‐100%      -­‐   A   82-­‐91%          -­‐   B   72-­‐81%          -­‐   C   64-­‐71%          -­‐   D   Below  64%  -­‐   F  

   

 

Topic  Syllabus:  

         First  Quarter  

  Chapter  11:  The  Later  Middle  Ages:  Crisis  and  Disintegration  in  the  Fourteenth  Century.   • • • • •

Black  death  &  social  crisis   War  &  political  instability   Decline  of  the  church   Cultural  world  of  the  14th  century   Society  in  an  age  of  adversity  

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Meaning  &  characteristics  of  the  Italian  Renaissance   Origins  of  Renaissance  society   Italian  states  in  the  Renaissance   Intellectual  Renaissance  in  Italy   Artistic  Renaissance   European  states  in  the  Renaissance   Church  un  the  Renaissance  

     Chapter  12:  Recovery  and  Rebirth:  The  Age  of  the  Renaissance.    

• Chapter  13:  Reformation  and  Religious  Warfare  in  the  Sixteenth  Century.     • • • • • •

Humanism  as  a  prelude  to  the  Reformation   Martin  Luther  &  the  Reformation  in  Germany   Spread  of  the  Protestant  Reformation   Social  impact  of  the  Protestant  Reformation   The  Catholic  Reformation   Politics  &  wars  of  religion  in  the  16th  century  

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Transition  to  a  new  world   News  horizons:  Portuguese  &  Spanish  empires   Rivalry  on  the  world  stage   Toward  a  world  economy   Impact  of  European  expansion  

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Social  Crises,  war  &  rebellions   Absolutism  in  Western  Europe   Absolutism  in  Central,  Eastern  &  Northern  Europe   Limited  monarchy  &  republics   17th  century  European  art  &  theater  

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Background  of  the  Scientific  Revolution   Revolution  in  Astronomy   Advances  in  medicine  &  chemistry   Women  &  modern  science   Descartes,  rationalism  &  new  views  of  man   Scientific  method  &  the  spread  of  scientific  knowledge    

Chapter  14:  Europe  and  the  World:  New  Encounters,  1500-­‐1800.    

Chapter  15:  State  Building  and  the  Search  for  Order  in  the  Seventeenth  Century.    

Chapter  16:  Toward  a  New  Heaven  and  a  New  Earth:  The  Scientific  Revolution  and  the   Emergence  of  Modern  Science.    

   

 

Tests:  

                     

 

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5  Objective/Subjective  tests:  multiple  choice  and  FRQs   Reading  quizzes  (at  least  one  per  chapter)  

Supplemental  Readings:  Background  and  primary  source  readings   • Completion  of  primary  and  secondary  source  readings  along  with  visual   source  interpretation  and  supplemental  questions  in  Western  Civilization;   Vol.  I:  Chapter  11-­‐16  and  Western  Civilization;  Vol.  II:  Chapter  17     Writing:   • Introduction  to  essay  writing  and  commonly  used  task  words  and  phrases   • Introduction  to  essay  rubrics,  especially  the  DBQ  rubric   • Introduction  to  the  AP  European  DBQ  (German  peasant  revolts)   • Partnered  DBQ  assignment  (Elizabeth  I)   • Take  home  DBQ  assignment  (Scientific  Revolution)  

Second  Quarter     Chapter  17:  The  Eighteenth  Century:  An  Age  of  Enlightenment.     • • •

The  Enlightenment,  the  philosophes  &  their  ideas   Culture  &  society  in  the  Enlightenment   Religion  &  the  churches  

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18th  century  European  states   Wars  &  diplomacy   Economic  expansion  &  social  change   Social  order  of  the  18th  century  

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Roots  of  the  revolutionary  era   American  Revolution   Background  to  the  French  Revolution   The  French  Revolution   Age  of  Napoleon  

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The  Industrial  Revolution  in  Great  Britain   Spread  of  industrialization   Social  impact  of  the  Industrial  Revolution  

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The  conservative  order  (1815-­‐1830)  –  Concert  of  Europe   Ideologies  of  change:  Liberalism,  Nationalism  &  Early  Socialism   Revolution  &  Reform  (1830-­‐1850)   Emergence  of  an  ordered  society   Culture  in  an  age  of  reaction  &  revolution  –  Romanticism  



Napoleon  III’s  France  

Chapter  18:  The  Eighteenth  Century:  European  States,  International  Wars,  and  Social  Change.    

Chapter  19:  A  Revolution  in  Politics:  The  Era  of  the  French  Revolution  and  Napoleon.    

Chapter  20:  The  Industrial  Revolution  and  Its  Impact  on  European  Society.    

Chapter  21:  Reaction,  Revolution,  and  Romanticism,  1815-­‐1850.    

Chapter  22:  An  Age  of  Nationalism  and  Realism,  1850-­‐1871.    

 

 

 

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National  Unification:  Italy  &  Germany   The  nation-­‐state  in  Mmd-­‐19th  century   Industrialization  &  the  Marxist  response   Science  &  culture  in  an  age  of  Realism  

Tests:   • •

 

6  Objective/Subjective  tests:  multiple  choice  and  FRQs   Reading  quizzes  (at  least  one  per  chapter)  

Supplemental  Readings:     • Completion  of  primary  and  secondary  source  readings  along  with  visual   source  interpretation  and  supplemental  questions  in  Western  Civilization;  Vol.   II-­‐  Chapters  19,  20,  21  and  22   Primary  Source  Document  analysis:     • Focus  on:  bias/  point-­‐of-­‐view  &  how  to  determine  them.   • Class  discussion,  group  practice  and  individual  writing                                Writing:   • Two  DBQs  (Children  in  modern  Europe,  19th  century  workers)  

 

Third  Quarter     Chapter  23:  Mass  Society  in  an  "Age  of  Progress",  1871-­‐1894.     • • •

Growth  of  industrial  prosperity   Emergence  of  mass  society   Modern  nation  states:  Western  Europe  in  comparison  to  Central  &  Eastern  Europe  



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The  modern  consciousness:  intellectual  &  cultural  developments   o Sigmund  Freud   o Darwin   o Modernism  in  the  arts   New  political  directions   o Women’s  rights   o The  Jews  in  modern  Europe   o Liberalism  transformed   o Austria-­‐Hungary    &  nationalities   New  Imperialism  in  Africa  &  Asia   International  Rivalry  &  War  –  Bismarckian  System  

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Road  to  W.W.  I   World  War  I   War  &  revolution:  Russia,  Germany  &  Austria-­‐Hungary   The  peace  settlement:  Treaty  of  Versailles  

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Uncertain  peace  &  the  Great  Depression   Status  of  the  democratic  states  

Chapter  24:  An  Age  of  Modernity,  Anxiety,  and  Imperialism,  1894-­‐1914.    



Chapter  25:  The  Beginning  of  the  Twentieth-­‐Century  Crisis:  War  and  Revolution.    

Chapter  26:  The  Futile  Search  for  a  New  Stability:  Europe  between  the  Wars,  1919-­‐1939.    

 

 

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Status  of  the  authoritarian  &  totalitarian  states   Spain,  dictatorship  &  civil  war   Expansion  of  mass  culture  &  mass  leisure   Cultural  &  intellectual  trends  between  the  wars  

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Prelude  to  war  (1933-­‐1939)   World  War  II   The  new  order:  Nazi  empire  and  the  Holocaust   War    on  the  home  front   Aftermath  of  the  war:  Cold  War  

Chapter  27:  The  Deepening  of  the  European  Crisis:  World  War  II.    

Chapter  28:  Cold  War  and  a  New  Western  World,  1945-­‐1973.     • Development  of  the  Cold  War   • Europe  &  decolonization:  Africa,  Middle  East  &  Asia   • Recovery  &  renewal  in  Europe   • Post  war  society  &  culture  in  the  western  world     Tests:   • 6  Objective/Subjective  tests:  multiple  choice  and  FRQs   • Reading  quizzes  (at  least  one  per  chapter)                              Supplemental  Readings:  Background  and  primary  source  readings   • Completion  of  primary  and  secondary  source  readings  along  with  visual   source  interpretation  and  supplemental  questions  in  Western  Civilization;  Vol.   II  –  Chapters  23,  24,  25  ,26,  27   Primary  Source  Analysis:     • Review  of  the  various  categories  of  “documents,”  their  potential  and  limits   • The  nature  of  authorship    and  its  application  to  the  DBQ                             Writing:   • Two  DBQs  (Imperialism  in  Africa,  Weimar  Republic)  

 

Fourth  Quarter     Chapter  29:  Protest  and  Stagnation:  The  Western  World  1965-­‐1985.  

 

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A  Culture  of  Protest   A  Divided  Western  World   The  Cold  War:  The  Move  to  Détente     Society  and  Culture  in  the  Western  World  

Chapter  30:  After  the  Fall:  The  Western  World  in  a  Global  Age  (Since  1985)   • • • • • •

Toward  a  New  Western  Order   After  the  Cold  War:  New  World  Order  or  Age  of  Terrorism?   New  Directions  and  New  Problems  in  Western  Society   Western  Culture  Today   The  Digital  Age   Toward  a  Global  Civilization  

   

 

Review  for  AP  Test  will  include:     Unit  1:    Primary  Source  Document  Reviews  and  application  to  the  DBQ   Unit  2:    Art  Review   • Power  Point  presentation  on  art  history,  schools  and  representative  artists   Unit  3:  Practice  Multiple  Choice  Questions     Assessments:   • 3  content  review  quizzes                        Supplemental  Readings:   • Completion  of  primary  and  secondary  source  readings  along  with  visual   source  interpretation  and  supplemental  questions  in  Western  Civilization;   Vol.  II  –  Chapters    28  ,  29  and  30                        Writing:   • 2  DBQs  (Immigration  in  Europe,  Western  Europe)   • Final  Project     Course  Goals:     1. Take  and  “pass”  the  AP  examination   2. Apply  analysis,  synthesis,  and  evaluation  skills  in  writing  concise  interpretive  essays.   3. Acquire  the  ability  to  deal  with  a  high  work  load  in  a  mature  and  diligent  manner.   4. Understand  the  different  types  of  historical  interpretations   5.  Acquire  a  broader  perspective  and  understanding  of  the  many  historical  periods  of  European   history  (1400-­‐post  WWII).  

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Note:  I  strongly  encourage  all  students  to  take  the  May  15  AP  Test.  The  test  may  earn  you  college  credit,  can  help  you  stand  out  in  the  college   admissions  process,  and  will  aid  you  in  the  transition  to  the  college  classroom  and  workload.  For  those  who  decide  not  to  take  the  test  there   will  be  an  alternative  assignment  on  the  day  of  the  test.