AP European History Mr. Mercado CALENDAR OF ASSIGNMENTS: 2008-09 UNIT ONE: LATER MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE Week 1: 8/25 Lecture: Introduction/ Europe from Antiquity to the Middle Ages 8/26 McKay Chapter 12: The Crisis of the Later Middle Ages Lecture: Crisis of the Later Middle Ages 8/27 Homework: Christine de Pisan, The City of Ladies; merchant, Perry pp. 254-257; On Love and Marriage Perry pp. 254-259; Qs 2-6 Lecture: Nationalistic Literature, Daily Life: Rural and Urban 8/28 McKay Chapter 13: European Society in the Age of the Renaissance Lecture: Renaissance Society: Economics and politics 8/29: Homework: Professor Burckhardt and the Renaissance ; one-page précis (summary) Castiglione: The Courtier -- Weisner pp. 257-260; 1/2 page précis for each question Lecture: Humanism Week 2: 9/1: Labor Day (no school) 9/2: Homework: Machiavelli: The Prince Kishlansky pp. 223-227 Qs 1-6 (Note: questions located on different pages) Lecture: Italian Renaissance Art -- Painting 9/3: Homework: Petrarch; Bruni; Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man (Question 1); Perry pp. 279-287; Qs 1-4 on p. 285 Lecture: Italian Renaissance Art -- Sculpture and Architecture 9/4: Lecture: Northern Renaissance and Christian Humanism: Erasmus, More, Rabelais, Montaigne 9/5: Homework: Erasmus: In Praise of Folly Kishlansky Vol. I, pp. 227-230; Qs 1-5 More s Utopia Kishlansky Vol. I, pp. 231-234; Qs 1-6 Week 3: 9/8: Homework: Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel Perry pp. 299-301; Question: In what ways did the curriculum recommended by Gargantua reflect teachings of the Renaisance humanists? Lecture: Northern Renaissance Art 9/9: McKay Chapter 15A 9/10: Lecture: New Monarchs 9/11: Homework: Geography sheet due Lecture: The Age of Discovery: Conquerors and the Conquered 9/12: Geography Exam Essay writing tips
Calendar of Assignments: AP Euro Page 2 Week 4: 9/15: Essay writing tips 9/16: Homework: Practice FRQ; Essay peer assessment 9/17: Homework: Practice FRQ; Essay peer assessment 9/18: Review for Exam UNIT TWO: REFORMATION AND RELIGIOUS WARS 1350-1648 Week 5: 9/22: Unit 1 Exam: McKay Chapters 12 & 13, parts of 15 9/23: Review Exam 9/24: McKay Chapter 14: Reform and Renewal in the Christian Church Lecture: Folly of the Renaissance Popes: Disintegration of the Medieval Church 9/25: Lecture: Pre-Luther reform, the Gutenberg Revolution, Impact of Christian Humanism. 9/26: Homework: Luther: The Freedom of a Christian and Of Marriage and Celibacy, Kishlansky pp. 256-261Qs 1-8 Lecture: Protestant Reformation: Luther & Calvin; Hapsburg resistance to Protestantism Week 6: 9/29: Homework: Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion and Catechism Kishlansky pp. 262-269; Qs 1-8 Lecture: The English Reformation 9/30: Homework: Luther: The Twelve Articles of the Peasants of Swabia and Admonition to Peace Kishlansky pp. 279-284; Qs 1-5 Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent; Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises Perry pp. 327-332; Qs 1-4 Lecture: Catholic Counter Reformation 10/1: Homework: Chapter 15B; Lecture: Religious Wars 10/2: Homework: Henry IV: Edict of Nantes Kishlansky pp. 303-305; Qs 1-5 10/3: Review for Test UNIT THREE: ABSOLUTISM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM Week 7: 10/6: Unit 2 Exam: MC and FRQ 10/7: Review Exam 10/8: McKay Chapter 16A Absolutism in Western Europe. Lecture: Development of absolutism in Western Europe 10/9: Lecture: The Age of Louis XIV 10/10: Lecture: The Wars of Louis XIV
Calendar of Assignments: AP Euro Page 3 Week 8: 10/13: McKay Chapter 16B -- Constitutionalism in Western Europe 10/14: Homework: Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan Kishlansky pp. 330-334; Qs 1-5 James I, True Law of free Monarchies and 1610 speech to Parliament; Perry pp. 358-359; Qs 1-2 Lecture: The English Civil War 10/15: Quiz #1: Unit 1 10/16: Homework: English Declaration of Rights (Bill of Rights) Perry pp. 373-375; Qs 1-2 Lecture: The Glorious Revolution 10/17: Quiz #2: Unit 1 Week 9: 10/20: McKay Chapter 17 -- Absolutism in Eastern Europe Lecture: Fall of Three Empires: HRE, Poland, Ottoman; Rise of Austria: Hapsburg Empire 10/21: Quiz #3: Unit 2 Lecture: Prussia and Frederick William the Great Elector 10/22: Lecture: Russia and Peter the Great 10/23: Quiz #4: Unit 2 10/24: Homework: 1st Quarter Practice Test Jeopardy! Review (in class) END OF FIRST QUARTER Week 10: 10/27: Homework: 1st Quarter Comprehensive Practice Exam; 1st Quarter Comprehensive Exam Midterm MC & FRQ Exam--Units 1, 2 & 3 10/28: Review exam 10/29: Intro to DBQ writing 10/30: Analyzing PoV 10/31: Querelles des Femmes Activity (Part I) UNIT FOUR: 18 TH CENTURY Week 11: 11/3: Querelles des Femmes Activity (Part II) 11/4: Practice DBQ due (peer editing) 11/5 DBQ Exam 11/6 McKay Chapter 18: Toward a New World-view Lecture: The Scientific Revolution 11/7 Homework: Copernicus: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres; Cardinal Bellarmine s letter; Galileo, The Starry Messenger; Galileo, letter to Grand Duchess; Bacon, Refutation of Philosophies; Perry pp. 379-394 (11 questions) Lecture: The Impact of the Scientific Revolution on Society
Calendar of Assignments: AP Euro Page 4 Week 12: 11/10 & 10/11: Veteran s Day Holiday (no school) 11/12 Homework: Réne Descartes: Discourse on Method Kishlansky pp. 54-58; Qs 1-5 Newton, Principia Perry Vol 1. pp. 398-400 Qs 1-4 Lecture: The Enlightenment 11/13 Homework: Locke: Second Treatise Concerning Government Kishlansky pp. 63-67; Qs 1-3 Jefferson, Declaration of Independence Perry Vol 1 pp. 407-408; Q 2 Lecture: Classical Liberalism 11/14: Lecture: The Philosophes Week 13: 11/17: Homework: Voltaire, A Plea for Tolerance and Reason Perry pp. 409-412 Qs 1-4 Lecture: The later Enlightenment and the challenge of Romanticism 11/18: Homework: Denis Diderot, Encyclopedia, Perry pp. 424-427; Qs 1-4 11/19: Lecture: Enlightened Despotism 11/20: McKay Chapter 19 European Expansion in the 18 th Century Lecture: Agricultural Revolution, Population Explosion, Cottage and Textile Industries 11/24-11/28: Thanksgiving Holiday (no school) Week 14: 12/1 The Atlantic Economy in the 17 th and 18 th centuries, Colonial Wars and Overseas Colonies 12/2: McKay Chapter 20 Changing Life of the People in the 18 th century 12/3: DBQ Exam 12/4: Unit 4 Exam: MC and FRQ 12/5: Review Exams UNIT FIVE: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC ERA Week 15: 12/8: McKay Chapter 21 Lecture: The Age of Montesquieu (1789-1791) 12/9: Homework: Abbé de Sieyès: What is the Third Estate?; Kishlansky pp. 110-115; Qs 1-5 Declaration of the Rights of Man; Olympe de Gouges: The Declaration of the Rights of Woman; Kishlansky pp. 115-120; Qs 1-6 Lecture: The Age of Rousseau (1791-1799): The National Convention and Robespierre 12/10: Homework: Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France Kishlansky pp.120-123; Qs 1-5 Lecture: Thermidor and the Directory 12/11: Lecture: Napoleon -- The Age of Voltaire (1799-1815)
Calendar of Assignments: AP Euro Page 5 UNIT SIX: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Week 16: 12/15: McKay Chapter 22 Lecture: The Industrial Revolution and the Transportation Revolution 12/16: Lecture: Industrial Revolution in Continental Europe 12/17: Lecture: Social Implications of the Industrial Revolution 12/18: Units 5 & 6 MC Exam 12/19: Review Exam Winter Break: 12/22/08-1/2/09 Week 17 1/5/09: Homework: 1st Quarter Practice Exam; 1st Quarter Comprehensive Practice Exam Jeopardy! (Unit 1) 1/6: Quiz #5 (Unit 1); Jeopardy! (Unit 2) 1/7: Quiz #6 (Unit 2); Jeopardy! (Unit 3) 1/8: Quiz #7 (Unit 3); Jeopardy! (Unit 4) 1/9: Quiz #8 (Unit 4); Jeopardy! (Units 5 & 6) Week 18 1/12: Homework: 2nd Quarter Practice Exam; 1st Semester Comprehensive Practice Exam 1/13: Quiz #9 (Units 5 & 6); Jeopardy! (1st Semester) Final Exam: TBD
Calendar of Assignments: AP Euro Page 6 SECOND SEMESTER UNIT SEVEN: EUROPEAN POLITICS 1815-1848 AND 19 TH CENTURY SOCIETY Week 1: 1/19: Martin Luther King's Day (no school) 1/20: McKay Chapter 23: Concert of Europe Conservatism vs. Liberalism/Nationalism Lecture: The Congress of Vienna and Conservatism 1/21: Homework: Karlsbad Decrees--Perry pp.151-152, Qs 3-4 John Stuart Mill: On Liberty Kishlansky pp. 166-170 Qs 1-5 Lecture: Liberalism and the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 1/22: Homework: Pierre Proudhon: What is Property? Kishlansky pp. 170-174 Qs 1-5 Marx and Engels: The Communist Manifesto Kishlansky pp. 182-186; Qs 1-5 Lecture: Nationalism and the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 1/23: Quiz #1: Periods & Dates (1st page) Lecture: Socialism Week 2: 1/26: Quiz #2: Periods & Dates (1st page) Lecture: Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism in Art 1/27: McKay Chapter 24 Lecture: The 2 nd Industrial Revolution 1/28: Homework: Chadwick: Inquiry into the Condition of the Poor Kishlansky pp. 140-144 Qs 1-6 Lecture: Urbanization 1/29: Homework: Charles Darwin: The Descent of Man (1871) Kishlansky pp. 196-199; Qs 1-4 Sigmund Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams Kishlansky pp. 199-203; Qs 1-5 Lecture: Social Structure and the Changing Family Week 3: 2/2: Homework: Zola, The Experimental Novel; Charles Dickens, Hard Times; Perry Vol. 2 pp. 162-165 pp. 2-4 Lecture: Fin-de-Siecle -- Philosophy and Science 2/3: Quiz #3: Periods & Dates (both pages); Review for Exam 2/4: DBQ Exam ('02) 2/5: Unit 7 MC and FRQ Exam 2/6: Work on Chapter 25 in class UNIT EIGHT: THE AGES OF REALPOLITIK, MASS POLITICS AND IMPERIALISM Week 4: 2/9: Quiz #4: Periods and Dates 2/10: McKay Chapter 25 Lecture: Second French Empire and the Crimean War 2/11: Quiz #5: Periods and Dates Lecture: Unification of Italy 2/12: Lecture: Unification of Germany 2/13: Abraham Lincoln's Day (no school)
Calendar of Assignments: AP Euro Page 7 Week 5: 2/16: Presidents Day (no school) 2/17: Lecture: The Age of Mass Politics -- Britain and France Homework: Emmeline Pankhurst, Why We Are Militant (1/2 page précis) 2/18: Quiz #6: Periods and Dates Lecture: The Age of Mass Politics -- Germany and Austria-Hungary 2/19: McKay Chapter 26: The West and the World Lecture: Causes of the New Imperialism 2/20: Lecture: Age of Imperialism in Africa and Asia Week 6: 2/23: Homework: J.A. Hobson, Imperialism; Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith; Rudyard Kipling, The White Man s Burden Kishlansky pp. 216-223; all questions 2/24: DBQ Exam 2/25: Review for exam 2/26: Unit 8 Exam: MC and FRQ 2/27: Review Exam UNIT NINE: WORLD WAR I AND THE AGE OF ANXIETY Week 7: 3/2: McKay Chapter 27: World War I Lecture: Causes of World War I 3/3: Homework: Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front; Perry pp. 305-307 Qs 1-3 Lecture: The Great War 3/4: Quiz 7: Periods & Dates Lecture: European Society during WWI 3/5: Homework: Woodrow Wilson s 14 Points; -- Kishlansky pp. 237-240; Qs 1-5 Lecture: The Versailles Treaty and Consequences of the War 3/6: Homework: Alex II, Emancipation Edict; Kropotkin s Memoir; Kishlansky pp. 186-189 Qs 1-4 Lecture: Russian Politics and Society --1815-1917 Week 8: 3/9: Homework: 1st Quarter Practice Test; 2nd Quarter Practice Test Lecture: Causes of the Russian Revolution 3/10: Homework: 1st Semester Comprehensive Practice Test Lecture: Results of the Russian Revolution 3/11: McKay Chapter 28: The Age of Anxiety Lecture: Modern European Thought 3/12: Homework: 3rd Quarter Practice Test Lecture: European politics in the 1920s and the Great Depression 3/13: Homework: 2008 3rd Quarter Practice Test
Calendar of Assignments: AP Euro Page 8 UNIT 10: TOTALITARIANISM AND WORLD WAR II Week 9: 3/16: Third Quarter MC Exam: Units 1-9 (Renaissance through World War I) Homework: 3rd Quarter Comprehensive Practice Test 3/17: Review Exam 3/18: McKay Chapter 29: World War II Lecture: Totalitarianism in Russia Lenin and Stalin 3/19: Homework: Stalin: Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Kishlansky pp. 283-287 Qs 1-5 3/20: Lecture: Fascism in Italy Spring Break: 3/23-3/27 Week 10: 3/30: Homework: Mussolini: Fascist Doctrine; Hitler: Mein Kampf; -- Kishlansky pp. 255-263; all Qs 3/31: Lecture: Nazi Germany 4/1: Homework: Chamberlain, In Defense of Appeasement; Churchill, A Disaster of the 1 st Magnitude; Perry pp. 391-396; Qs 1-6 4/2: Quiz 8: Periods and Dates Lecture: Road to War 4/3: Quiz 9: Periods and Dates Lecture: World at War UNIT 11: 1945 TO THE PRESENT Week 11: 4/6: Quiz 10: Periods & Dates Lecture: Results of World War II 4/7: McKay Chapter 30: 1945-1968 Lecture: The Cold War: 1945-1968 4/8: Homework: Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain Speech; Kishlansky pp. 298-302; Qs 1-5 4/9: Lecture: De-Stalinization and Re-Stalinization: Khrushchev and Brezhnev 4/10: Homework: Kennan, Containing the Soviet Union; Perry pp. 424-426; Qs 3-5 Khrushchev s Secret Speech; Perry pp. 353-354; Qs 1-3 Lecture The Economic Miracle Week 12: 4/13: Lecture: Decolonization 4/14: Quiz 11: Periods & Dates Lecture: The Cold War -- 1968-1991 4/15: Homework: Simone de Beavoir, The Second Sex; -- Kishlansky pp. 291-295 Qs 1-5 Lecture: European Unity -- 1946 to the Present 4/16: McKay Chapter 31: 1968 to the Present Lecture: European Society in the Post-War Era 4/17: Quiz 12: Periods & Dates; Lecture: The 1990s and Beyond
Calendar of Assignments: AP Euro Page 9 Week 13: 4/20: Unit 11 MC and FRQ Exam Homework: 4th Quarter Practice Exam 4/21: Review Exam; Review: Reformation/Religious Wars Pt. 1 Homework: 1st Quarter Practice Test 4/22: DBQ Exam Homework: 1st Quarter Comprehensive Practice Test 4/23: Review DBQ Exam; Review Reformation/Religious Wars Pt. 2 Homework: 1st Quarter Comprehensive Test 4/24: Review: Women in Euro History Homework: 2nd Quarter Practice Test 4/25: Saturday Review Session: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: 20th Century Week 14: AP Review 4/27: Review: Absolutism Homework: First Semester Comprehensive Practice Test 4/28: Review: Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Homework: Third Quarter Practice Test 4/29: Review: Renaissance Homework: Third Quarter Comprehensive Practice Test 4/30: Review: French Revolution Homework: 2008 Third Quarter Comprehensive Practice Test 5/1: Homework: 1984 AP Exam; Review: Industrial Revolution 5/2: Saturday Review Session: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: 19th Century Week 15: AP Review 5/4: Homework: 1988 AP Exam; Review: TBD 5/5: Homework: 1994 AP Exam; Review TBD 5/6: Homework: 1999 AP Exam; Review TBD 5/7: Homework: 2004 AP Exam; Review TBD 5/8: AP Exam Afternoon Session