In this elective college-level course using college texts, students examine the history of Europe through the twentieth century. Students explore and analyze various aspects of European history including intellectual and cultural history, political and diplomatic history, and social and economic history. Research using analytical and communication skills consistent with historical methodology is required. The AP Exam is offered in May.
| Full AP European History Notes (WIP) |
| Unit 1 - Renaissance and Exploration (1450-1648) (8/25/22 - 10/3/22) |
Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy Intellectual Change The Art and the Artist Social Hierarchies Politics and the State World Contacts before Columbus The European Voyages of Discovery Conquest and Settlement The Era of Global Conflict Changing Attitudes and Beliefs |
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| Unit 2 - Age of Reformation (1450-1648) (10/4/22 - 10/21/22) |
The Early Reformation German Politics and the Reformation The Spread of Protestant Ideas The Catholic Reformation Religious Violence Baroque Art |
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| Unit 3 - Absolutism and Constitutionalism (1648-1815) (10/22/22 - 11/29/22) |
17th Century Crisis and Rebuilding Absolutism in France and Spain Absolutism in Austria and Prussia Development of Russia and the Ottoman Empire Constitutional Rule The Dutch Golden Age Working the Land The Beginning of the Population Explosion The Growth of Rural Industry The Debate over Urban Guilds The Atlantic World and Global Trade |
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| Unit 4 - Scientific, Philosophical, Political (1648-1815) (11/30/22 - 1/24/23) |
The Scientific Revolution Changes in Scientific Thinking and Practice Rise and Spread of Enlightenment Thought Social Life of the Enlightenment Enlightened Absolutism Women in Science and the Enlightenment Marriage and the Family Children and Education Popular Culture and Consumerism Religious Authority and Belief Medical Practice |
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| Unit 5 - The French Revolution and Republic and Empire (1/26/23 - 3/20/23) |
Background to Revolution The American Revolutionary Era The French Revolution - The Old Regime The French Revolution - The Revolt against Privilege The French Revolution - Declaration and October Days The French Revolution - Politics and Religion The French Revolution - Race and Gender The French Revolution - The King's Flight The French Revolution - Foreign Reactions The French Revolution - Birth of the Republic The New Republic The Vendee and the Fall of the Girondin The Reign of Terror Robespierre, Thermidor, and the Directory The Napoleonic Era The Haitian Revolution |
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| Unit 6 - Industrialism & its Effects (3/23/23 - 4/5/23) |
The Industrial Revolution in Britain The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the World New Patterns of Working and Living Relations between Capital and Labor The Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars The Spread of Radical Ideas The Romantic Movement Reforms and Revolutions before 1848 Revolutions of 1848 Taming the City Rich and Poor and those in Between Changing Family Lifestyles Science and Thought |
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| Unit 7 - 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments (4/6/23 - 4/18/23) |
Napoleon III in France Nation Building in Italy, Germany, and the United States The Modernization of Russia and the Ottoman Empire The Responsive Nationalist State The Dreyfus Affair The Nation and the People Marxism and the Socialist Movement Industrialization and the World Economy Global Migration Around 1900 Western Imperialism 1880-1914 Responding to Western Imperialism |
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| Unit 8 - 20th-Century Global Conflicts (4/19/23 - 4/30/23) |
The Road to War Waging Total War The Home Front The Russian Revolution The Peace Settlement Uncertainty in Modern Thought Modernism in Art, Architecture, Literature, and Music An Emerging Consumer Society The Search for Peace and Political Stability The Great Depression, 1929-1939 Authoritarian States Stalin's Soviet Union Mussolini and Fascism in Italy Hiter and Nazism in Germany World War II |
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| Unit 9 - Cold War and Contemporary Europe (5/1/23 - 5/4/23) |
Postwar Europe and Origins of the Cold War The Western Renaissance/Recovery in Western Europe Developments in the Soviet Union and East Bloc The End of Empires Postwar Social Transformations Reform and Protest in the 1960s Crisis and Change in Western Europe The Decline of Developed Socialism The Revolutions of 1989 |
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