AP European History Syllabus 2013-2014

Instructor: Ms. Catherine Cannon Catherine.cannon@ocps.net voicemail: (407) 905-3000 ext. 6112615 Course Description: AP European History is a college level class that covers European history from the 15th century to present. Students will study cultural, political, economic and social developments in Europe as well as meeting the goals set forth by the college AP Board for the course. These goals are for students to develop: a) an understanding of some of the principle themes in modern European history, b) an ability to analyze historical evidence and historical interpretation, and c) an ability to express historical understanding in writing. Students may be able to earn college credit by the taking and passing the AP exam at the end of the year. Amount of college credit earned and acceptable passing scores are determined by the college/university you plan to attend. Expectations: As this is a college level course, all students are expected to participate fully in every aspect of the course. You will be reading and writing more than you ever have! Students are expected to complete all homework, class work and reading assignments. Please note that the schedule and pace of this class is rigorous and you will need to be willing to put forth the time and effort to keep up. Readings: - Textbook: The Western Heritage Since 1300 AP Edition - Source book: Discovering the Western Past, Weisner, Ruff, Wheeler - Summer reading: A World Lit Only By Fire, Manchester -Nine weeks readings: - The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli - Candide, Voltaire - Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels - The Mouse that Roars, Lenard Wibberley e-mail:

First Nine Weeks Nine weeks reading: The Prince - Write a one page paper analysis of the book - Write a two page modern day revision of the book Topic 1: Review and Introduction Review Summer Reading - Discuss the differences presented in A World Lit Only By Fire between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Review High Middle Ages - Black Death and social crisis - War and political instability - The decline of the Church - Cultural World of the 14th century Introduce DBQ writing style - Discuss use of writers point of view - Identification of tasks - Analyzing of documents Topic 2: The Renaissance - Meaning and characteristics of the Italian Renaissance o What characteristics distinguish the Renaissance from the Middle Ages? - The making of Renaissance society o Economic recovery o Social change o Family structure - The Italian states in the Renaissance o The five major Italian states o Warfare in Italy o Modern Diplomacy and the new state craft o How did Machiavellis works reflect the political realities of Renaissance Italy? - The Intellectual Renaissance in Italy o Italian Humanism o Education o Impact of printing press - The Artistic Renaissance o Early Renaissance art o High Renaissance art o Art and social status o Northern Renaissance art - The European state in the Renaissance o Growth of French monarchy o Civil war in England o Unification of Spain o Holy Roman Empire o Eastern Europe - The Church in the Renaissance

o Heresy and reform o Renaissance Papacy - Unit Review: How did Renaissance art and the humanist movement reflect the political, economic and social developments of the time? Topic 3: The Reformation - Prelude to Reformation o Christian (Northern) Humanism o Church and religion on the eve of the Reformation - Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany o Indulgence controversy o Rise of Lutheranism o Involvement of church and state o Germany and the reformation: religion and politics o What were Martin Luthers main disagreements with the Roman Catholic Church? - The spread of the Protestant Reformation o Lutheranism in Scandinavia o Zwinglian reformation o Anabaptist o England o Calvinism o Compare and contrast the main components of the various Protestant religions. - Social impact of the Reformation o Family Structure o Education o Religious practices and popular culture - Catholic Reformation o Old and new Catholic orders o Revived Papacy and Council of Trent - Politics and Wars of Religion in the 16th century o French Wars of Religion o Philip II and Spain o Revolt in the Netherlands o Elizabethan England o What role did religion play in the European wars of the 16th century? - Unit Review: What were the main tenets of the major Protestant groups, and how did they differ from each other and from Catholicism? What were the results of these differences? Topic 4: Exploration - On the Brink of a New World o Motives and means: Gold, gold and glory - The Portuguese and Spanish Empires o Development of Portuguese maritime empire o Exploring the New World o Spanish Empire

o Compare and contrast the differences between the Spanish and Portuguese oversees empires. New Rivals o Africa slave trade o Asia o India o Americas Toward a World Economy o Growth of commercial capitalism o Mercantilism o Movement towards globalization o What was the relationship of mercantilism to colonial empires? The impact of European expansion o The conquered o The conquerors Unit Review: What was the relationship between European oversees expansion and political, economic and social developments in Europe?

Second Nine Weeks Nine weeks reading: Candide - Why is Candide considered one of the most important works of Enlightenment literature? - Use examples from the book that highlight specific enlightenment ideas. Topic 5: Absolutism - Social crises, war, and rebellions o Witchcraft craze o The Thirty Years War o Rebellions during the war o What economic, social, and political crises did Europe experience in the first half of the 17th century? - The practice of Absolutism in Western Europe o Absolute Monarchy in France o Reign of Louis XIV o Decline of Spain o What was absolutism in theory, and how did its actual practice in France reflect or differ from the theory? - Absolutism in Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe o German States o Italy: from Spanish to Austrian Rule o Russia: from fledging principality to major power o The Great Northern states o The Ottoman Empire o Limits of Absolutism - Limited Monarchy and Republics o Weakness of the Polish Monarchy o Golden Age of the Dutch republic

o England and the emergence of constitutional monarchy The flourishing of European culture o Changing faces of art o Wondrous age of theater o How did the artistic and literary achievements of this era reflect the political and economic developments of the period? Unit Review: what theories of government were proposed by Jacques Bossuet, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke, and how did their respective theories reflect concerns and problems of the 17th century?

Topic 6: The Scientific Revolution - Background to the Scientific Revolution o Influence of ancient authors on Renaissance artists o Technological Innovations and Mathematics o What developments during the middle Ages and Renaissance contributed to the Scientific Revolution? - A revolution in Astronomy o Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler and heliocentric conception o Galileo and The Starry Messenger o Newton and the universal law of gravitation - Advances in Medicine and Chemistry o Paracelsus and Vesalius o William Harvey o Chemistry - Women and the origins of Modern science o Cavendish, Merian Winklemann o Debates on the nature of women - Descartes, Rationalism, and a new view of humankind o Why is Descartes considered the founder of modern rationalism? - The Scientific Method and the spread of scientific knowledge o Science and religion o How were the ideas of the Scientific Revolution spread, and what impact did they have on society and religion? - Unit Review: In what ways were the intellectual, political, social, and religious developments of the 17th century related? Topic 7: The Age of Enlightenment - The Enlightenment o Paths to Enlightenment o The Philosophes and their ideas o Social environment of the Philosophes o In what type of social environment did the philosophes thrive, and what role did women play in that environment? - Culture and society in the Enlightenment o Innovations in art, music, and literature o High culture of the 18th century o Crime and punishment o Popular culture o How did popular culture differ from high culture in the 18th century?

Religion and the Churches o The Institutional church o Popular religion o How did popular religion differ from institutional religion in the 18th century? Unit Review: What is the relationship between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?

Topic 8: Wars of Absolutism - The European States o Enlightened absolutism o Atlantic seaboard states o Central and Eastern Europe o What do historians mean by the term Enlightened absolutism and to what degree did 18th century Prussia, Austria, and Russia exhibit its characteristics? - Wars and Diplomacy o War of Austrian Succession o Seven Years War o Changing warfare - Economic Expansion and Social Change o Growth of Population o Changing family structure o Agricultural Revolution o European Industry - The Social order of the 18th century o Peasants o Nobility o Towns and Cities o How did the living conditions of various social groups throughout Europe differ? - Unit Review: What was the relationship among political, economic, and social changes in the 18th century? Topic 9: Revolutions and the Napoleonic Era - The American Revolution o The War for Independence o Impact of American Revolution on Europe - Background to French revolution o Social structure of the old regime o Problems facing the French monarchy - The French Revolution o From Estates-General to the National Assembly o Destruction of the Old Regime o The Radical Revolution o Reaction and the Directory - Age of Napoleon o The Rise of Napoleon o The Domestic Policies of Emperor Napoleon

o Napoleons Empire and the European Response Unit Review: In what ways were the French Revolution and the 17th century English revolution alike? In what ways were they different?

Third Nine Weeks Nine weeks reading: Communist Manifesto Topic 10: Industrial/Agricultural Revolution - Industrial Revolution in Great Britain o Origins o Technological Changes and New Forms of Industrial Organization o Britains Great Exhibition of 1851 - Spread of Industrialization o Limitations to Industrialization o Centers of Continental Industrialization o The Industrial Revolution in the United States o Limiting the Spread of Industrialization to the Nonindustrialized World - Social impact of the Industrial Revolution o Population Growth o The Growth of Cities o New Social Classes: The Industrial Middle Class o New Social Classes: Workers in the Industrial Age o Standards of Living o Efforts at Change: The Workers o Efforts at Change: Reformers and Government - Unit review: What was the role of governments in the industrial development of the Western world? Topic 11: Ideologies of Change - The Conservative Order o The Peace Settlement o The Ideology of Conservatism o Conservative Domination: The Concert of Europe o Conservative Domination: The European States - Ideologies of Change o Liberalism o Nationalism o Early Socialism o What were the main tenets of conservatism, liberalism, nationalism, and utopian socialism? - Revolution and Reform o Another French Revolution o Revolutionary Outbursts in Belgium, Poland, and Italy o Reform in Great Britain o The Revolutions of 1848 o The Maturing of the United States - The Emergence of an Ordered Society o New Police Forces

o Prison Reform Culture in an Age of Reaction and Revolution: The Mood of Romanticism o The Characteristics of Romanticism o Romantic Poets o Romanticism in Art o Romanticism in Music o The Revival of Religion in the Age of Romanticism The France of Napoleon III o Louis Napoleon: Toward the Second Empire o The Second Napoleonic Empire o Foreign Policy: The Mexican Adventure o Foreign Policy: The Crimean War National Unification: Italy and Germany o The Unification of Italy o The Unification of Germany o What actions did Cavour and Bismarck take to bring about unification in Italy and Germany respectively? Nation Building and Reform: The National State in the Mid-Century o The Austrian Empire: Toward a Dual Monarchy o Imperial Russia o Great Britain: The Victorian Age o The United States: Slavery and War o The Emergence of a Canadian Nation Industrialization and the Marxist Response o Industrialization on the Continent o Marx and Marxism Science and Culture in an Age of Realism o A New Age of Science o Charles Darwin and the Theory of Organic Evolution o A Revolution in Health Care o Science and the Study of Society o Realism in Literature o Realism in Art o Music: The Twilight of Romanticism Unit Review: What was the relationship between nationalism and reform between 1850 and 1871?

Topic 12: La Belle Epoche - The Growth of Industrial Prosperity o New Products o New Markets o New Patterns in an Industrial Economy o Women and Work: New Job Opportunities o Organizing the Working Classes o What was the second Industrial Revolution, and what effects did it have on European economic and social life?
The Emergence of Mass Society

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Transformation of the Urban Environment Social Structure of Mass Society The Woman Question: The Role of Women Education in the Mass Society Mass Leisure

o Western Europe: The Growth of Political Democracy o Central and Eastern Europe: Persistence of the Old Order o What political trends were evident in the nations of western Europe and how did those trends differ from the policies perused in Germany, AustriaHungary and Russia? Unit Review: what was the relationship among economic, social, and political developments between 1871 and 1894?

Topic 13: Emergence of the Modern Era - Toward the Modern Consciousness: Intellectual and Cultural Developments o Developments in the Sciences: The Emergence of a New Physics o Toward a New Understanding of the Irrational o Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis o The Impact of Darwin o The Attack on Christianity o The Culture of Modernity: Literature o Modernism in the Arts o Modernism in Music - Politics: New Directions and New Uncertainties o The Movement for Womens Rights o Jews within the European Nation-State o The Transformation of Liberalism: Great Britain and Italy o France: Travails of the Third Republic o Growing Tensions in Germany o Austria-Hungary: The Problem of the Nationalities o Industrialization and Revolution in Imperial Russia o What difficulties women, Jews, and working classes face in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? - The New Imperialism o Causes of the New Imperialism o The Scramble for Africa o Imperialism in Asia o Responses to Imperialism o Results of the New Imperialism o What effects did European imperialism on Africa and Asia? - International Rivalry and the Coming of War o The Bismarckian System o New Directions and New Crises - Unit Review: What is the connection between the New Imperialism of the late 19th century and the underlying causes on WWI?

Fourth Nine Weeks Nine weeks reading: The Mouse that Roars Topic 14: WWI - The Road to World War I o Nationalism o Internal Dissent o Militarism o The Outbreak of War: The Summer of 1914 o What were the long-range and immediate causes of WWI? - The War o 1914-1915: Illusions and Stalemate o 1916-1917: The Great Slaughter o The Widening of the War o A New Kind of Warfare o The Home Front: The Impact of Total War - War and Revolution o The Russian Revolution o The Last Year of the War o Revolutionary Upheavals in Germany and Austria-Hungary o What were the causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and why did the Bolsheviks prevail? - The Peace Settlement o Peace Aims o The Treaty of Versailles o The Other Peace Treaties - Unit Review: What was the relationship between WWI and the Russian Revolution? Topic 15: - An Uncertain Peace: The Search for Security o The French Policy of Coercion o The Hopeful Years o The Great Depression o What problems did European countries face in the 1920s? - The Democratic States o Great Britain o France o The Scandinavian Example o The United States o European States and the World: The Colonial Empire - The Authoritarian and Totalitarian States o Fascist Italy o Hitler and Nazi Germany o The Soviet Union o Authoritarianism in Eastern Europe o Dictatorship in the Iberian Peninsula

o To what degree were the characteristics of totalitarian states present in fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Stalinist Russia? The Expansion of Mass Culture and Mass Leisure o Radio and Movies o Mass Leisure Cultural and Intellectual Trends in the Interwar Years o Nightmares and New Visions: Art and Music o The Search for the Unconscious in Literature o The Unconscious in Psychology: Carl Jung o The Heroic Age of Physics Unit Review: Why have some historians called the 1920s both an age of anxiety and a period of hope?

Topic 16: - Prelude to War o The Role of Hitler o The Diplomatic Revolution o The Path to War in Europe o The Path to War in Asia o What were Hitlers foreign policy goals and what steps did he take to achieve them? - The Course of World War II o Victory and Stalemate o The War in Asia o The Turning Point of the War o The Last Years of the War o What were the major events of WWII in Europe and in Asia, and why were the Allies victorious? - The New Order o The Nazi Empire o Resistance Movements o The Holocaust o The New Order in Asia - The Home Front o The Mobilization of Peoples o Frontline Civilians: The Bombing of Cities - Aftermath of the War: Cold War o The Conference at Tehran o Intensifying Differences o The Emergence of the Cold War o How did the Allies visions of post-war Europe differ, and how did these differences contribute to the emergence of the Cold War? - Unit Review: What was the relationship between WWI and WWII, and what were the differences in the way the wars were fought? Topic 17: - Development of the Cold War o Confrontation of the Superpowers o Globalization of the Cold War

o How and why did the Cold War become a global affair after 1949? Europe and the World: Decolonization o Africa: The Struggle for Independence o Conflict in The Middle East o Asia: Nationalism and Communism o Decolonization and Cold War Rivalries o Why and how did European colonies in Africa, the Middle East and Asia gain independence between 1945 and 1973 Recovery and Renewal in Europe o The Soviet Union: From Stalin to Khrushchev o Eastern Europe: Behind the Iron Curtain o Western Europe: The Revival of Democracy and the Economy o Western Europe: The Move toward Unity Postwar Society and Culture in the Western World o The Structure of European Society o Creation of the Welfare State o Women in the Postwar Western World o The Permissive Society o Education and Student Revolt o Postwar Art and Literature o The Philosophical Dilemma: Existentialism o The Explosion of Popular Culture Unit Review: What were the similarities and difference in the political, social, and economic history of Eastern Europe and Western Europe between 1945 and 1973?

Topic 18: - Toward a New Western Order o The Revolutionary Era in the Soviet Union o Eastern Europe: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Collapse of the Communist Order o The Reunification of Germany o The Disintegration of Yugoslavia o Western Europe: The Winds of Change o The Unification of Europe - After the Cold War: New World Order or Age of Terrorism? o The End of the Cold War o An Age of Terrorism? o Terrorist Attack on the United States o The West and Islam o How and why did the Cold War end? - New Directions and New Problems in Western Society o Transformation in Womens Lives o Guest Workers and Immigrants o The Environment and the Green Movements o What are the major political and social developments in western Europe since 1973? - Western Culture Today o Postmodern Thought

o Trends in Art, Literature, and Music o Varieties of Religious Life o The World of Science and Technology o Popular Culture: Image and Globalization Unit Review: What were the similarities between the feminist movement of the 19th century and post WWII feminist movement?

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