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ESSENTIAL TIME
THEMES
FRAME
UNITS OF STUDY
*1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18,
19, 21
Aug/Sept
Middle Ages
* See attached appendix
with Essential Themes
listed
1. VASSALAGE
2. MEDIEVAL CATHOLIC
CHURCH STRUCTURE
3. DISPUTES WITHIN THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
4. LATE MEDIEVAL ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL CHANGES
5. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
DURING THE LATE MIDDLE
AGES
SKILLS
ASSESSMENT
Students will:
a. Explain and compare the major feudal and manorial relationships of
a personal nature.
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
b. Relate the different clergies' roles in society?
European Map Quiz
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
c. Describe the issues involved in the following: 1) the Cluniac reform;
2) Gregory VII versus Henry IV; 3) Innocent III's theocracy; 4) the Great
Schism; 5) Conciliarism.
d. Explain how the above controversies create problems in Western
Christendom.
e. Classify the economic and social changes during the late Middle
Ages.
f. Analyze those that are positive and those that are negative.
g. Explain the major economic and social changes in the late Middle
Ages.
1, 8, 10, 12, 18, 19, September
20, 21
Renaissance
Students will:
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
1. ITALY DURING THE
RENAISSANCE
a. Expand on the unique characteristics which allowed the
Renaissance to begin in Italy.
2. ITALIAN HUMANISM
b. Describe the Italian political structure by using examples from the
Papal States, Naples, Milan, Venice and Florence.
3. MACHIAVELLI'S STYLE OF
POWER POLITICS
c. Identify the ideal qualities of Castiglione's courtier.
4. ITALIAN FINE ARTS
d. Give a biographical account of Niccolo Machiavelli.
5. THE NORTHERN
RENAISSANCE: HUMANISM AND
SPIRITUAL OVERTONES
e. Extrapolate Machiavelli's major political principles in The Prince and
compare his ideas with political philosophy in the late Middle Ages.
f. Designate the major contributions to Renaissance art of the
following: da Vinci and Michelangelo.
6. RENAISSANCE MONARCHIES
7. RECONNAISSANCE
g. Compare Northern and Italian humanism and evaluate to what extent
they influenced one another.
h. List the major contributions to humanism of Thomas More and
Desideris Erasmus.
European Map Quiz
Leonardo da Vinci video
questions measuring student
understanding of video content.
Michelangelo video questions
measuring student understanding
of video content.
Comparison chart showing
similarities and differences
between da Vinci and
Michelangelo.
Renaissance Timeline
Explorer mini research project
and presentation.
Test consisting of Map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
i. Evaluate the renaissance monarchies of France, England and
Spain in terms of power structures and intrastate problems.
j. Explain the technical achievements and major motives that
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encouraged exploration.
The Protestant Reformation
5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 20, 21
Sept/October
Notebook grade to assess proper
and Catholic Responses
1. PRELUDE TO THE
REFORMATION
2. LUTHERANISM
Students Will:
a. Explain the degree to which reform within the Catholic Church had
succeeded before 1517.
b. Discuss the position taken by Erasmus in In Praise of Folly.
3. OTHER PROTESTANT
ADHERENTS
4. HENRY VIII'S ANNULMENT
CONTROVERSY
c. Describe Luther's early church years and how they evolved into his
eventual break with Rome.
d. Explain Luther's positions on the following: Indulgences, faith, the
sacraments, papal power, and the role of secular authority.
5. THE CATHOLIC RESPONSES
6. THE WARS OF RELIGION
e. Describe Calvin's theocracy in Geneva.
7. CHARLES V AND PHILIP II OF
SPAIN
8. ELIZABETH I:
REFORMATION, NATIONALISM,
AND MERCANTILISM
notetaking
Identify religious regions on map
of 16th century Europe.
Reformation Timeline
A Man For All Seasons video
questions measuring student
understanding of video.
Student created test questions
related to the Reformation.
Test consisting of map
identification, matching multiple
choice and essay.
f. Determine the possible motives of Henry VIII for annulling his
marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
g. Discuss the religious changes under Edward VI and Mary Tudor.
h. Explain the organization of the Jesuits.
i. Delineate the doctrinal definitions and administrative reforms
postulated by the Council of Trent.
j. Describe the Huguenot situation in the France of Catherine de
Medici, Francis II, and the War of the Three Henries.
k. Analyze the position of the Huguenots during the reign of Henry IV.
l. Formulate the foreign and domestic policies of Charles V and Philip II
m. Explain the reasons for the permanent English theological break with
Rome under Elizabeth I.
n. Determine the disputes that forced Mary Stuart's flight from Scotland
and the political conspiracies in England which resulted in her
execution.
o. Cite the results of the Armada battle in relation to the power of
England and Spain.
4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
16, 17, 20, October
21
The Rise and Decline of
French and English
Absolutism
1. THE RISE OF FRENCH
ABSOLUTISM
2. THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV
Students will:
a. Describe the formulation of the Edict of Nantes.
b. Elucidate the policies of Richelieu and Mazarin.
3. EARLY STUART ABSOLUTISM
AND CIVIL WAR
4. CROMWELL'S ENGLAND, THE
RESTORATION, AND THE
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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c. Determine how the "Sun King" style of absolutism was implemented
in governmental administration.
d. Determine how the wars of Louis XIV led to the deterioration of
French prominence.
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Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
Comparison chart of French and
English Absolutism
Comparison chart of Locke and
Hobbes
Timeline of 17th century France
and England.
Test consisting of map
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5. JOHN LOCKE'S SOCIAL
CONTRACT THEORY
6. 17TH CENTURY
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
e. Explain how James I applied the divine right theory of kings.
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
f. Describe Cromwell's opposition and how the civil war affected royal
absolutism.
g. Describe Cromwell's Commonwealth.
h. Indicate the degree to which religion played a role in the reign of
Charles II.
i. Formulate the major ideas in John Locke's writing.
j. Explain the philosophical and political implications of the following
writer's ideas: Michel de Montaigne, Thomas Hobbes.
8, 12, 16, 20, 21
October
Enlightenment and
Despotism
1. THE RISE OF MODERN
SCIENCE
2. 18TH CENTURY SOCIETY AND
THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE
ENLIGHTENMENT
3. ENLIGHTENED
ABSOLUTISM (sometimes called
Enlightened Despotism)
4. THE GROWTH OF RUSSIA
Students will:
a. Determine the major contributions of Robert Grosseteste and Roger
Bacon in the Middle Ages.
b. Compare the theories of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton.
c. Describe the life of the 18th century common man in relationship to
the state, the church, demography, and rural/urban status.
d. Survey the major intellectual contributions of Voltaire and Rousseau.
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
e. Explain Diderto's role as a publicist.
f. Explain how Frederick the Great contributed to the rise of Prussia.
g. Explain the origins of the Russian monarchy under Ivan III, Ivan IV,
and the early Romanovs.
h. Discuss the domestic policies and foreign expansionism of Peter and
Catherine the Great.
1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,12, 14, 15,
17, 18, 19, 20,
November
21
The French Revolution
1. UNDERLYING SOCIETAL
FACTORS LEADING TO THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION
2. THE EARLY PHASE OF
REVOLUTION IN FRANCE
3. THE RADICALIZATION OF THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION
4. THE THERMIDORIAN
REACTION THROUGH THE
NAPOLEONIC CONSULATE
Students will:
5. THE EMPIRE PERIOD
f. Evaluate the objectives and outcomes of the Continental System.
g. Explain the major factors that led to the Napoleonic Empire's
collapse.
a. Explain the impact of the American Revolution on late 18th century
France.
b. Describe the economic, social and political problems of France.
c. Identify the major events which led to the formation of the National
Assembly.
d. Evaluate the degree to which the Reign of Terror both promoted and
repudiated the ideals of the French Revolution.
e. Determine the cause of the Thermidorian Reaction and its results.
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
Speech for/against the execution
of Louis XVI a part of a mock
trial of the King
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
French Revolution/Napoleon
timeline
Napoleon video questions
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1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, December
21
The Balance of Power
Concept Broken by
Revolution
1. THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA:
1814-1815
2.DETERIORATION IN THE 1820'S
AND 1830'S
3. THE 1848 REVOLUTIONARY
FIASCO IN FRANCE
4. REVOLUTION IN GERMANY
AND THE HAPSBURG EMPIRE
5. THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM
7. ROMANICISM IN MUSIC,
PAINTING AND LITERATURE
2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
15, 17, 20 January
Students Will:
a. Explain the peace settlements of 1815, using the map of Europe
resulting from the congress of Vienna.
b. List the causes of the 1848 French revolt.
c. Explain the events which led to Louis Philippe's abdication.
d Evaluate the importance of the Frankfurt Assembly in the growth of
German nationalism.
Students will:
a. List and explain the major economic and social developments in
England.
2. THE WORLD OF ADAM
SMITH
b. Understand and explain the major ideas of Adam Smith
7. MARXISM
Romanticism video questions
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
e. Compare the causes and features of the four major 1848
revolutions.
f. Hypothesize reasons why the rebellions failed.
g. List the major characteristics of Romanticism.
h. Determine the influence of Romanticism on religion, politics, and
attitudes toward previous history.
Industrialism
1. ECONOMIC GROWTH IN
GREAT BRITAIN
3. THE WORLDS OF MALTHUS
AND RICARDO
4. THE MANY WORLDS OF
UTOPIAN SOCIALISM
5. SOCIAL RESPONSES FOR
REFORM
6. DEFENSE OF THE SYSTEM
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
c. Understand and explain the economic and social problems created
by industrialization, according to Malthus and Ricardo.
d. Compare the major ideas of Malthus and Ricardo.
e. Understand and explain the major ideas of the Utopian socialists.
f. Compare the Utopian socialists' ideas with each other and the times
in which they lived.
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
Comparison chart describing the
similarities and differences in
industrialization between England
and the Continent.
Comparison chart of Utopian
socialists and Marx.
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
g. Explain the reasons for, as well as the types of, workers' responses
to industrialism.
h. Analyze reasons for supporting the factory system.
i. Compare the domestic and foreign advantages of the factory system.
j Discuss Marx and relate him to the time in which he lived.
k. Explain the major ideas of Marx.
l. Relate the ideas of Marx to the early industrial society.
6, 10, 12, 20
January
Mid-Nineteenth Century
Europe
Students will:
Notebook grade to assess proper
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1. THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY
2. THE UNIFICATION OF
GERMANY AND THE
CONSOLIDATION OF AUSTRIA
3. CHARLES DARWIN
a. List and explain the specific steps leading to Italian unification.
b. Analyze the roles played by Cavour and Napoleon III in Italian
unification.
c. Understand the major programs for the unification of Germany.
d. List and explain the steps leading to German unification.
4. RELIGIOUS RESPONSES TO DARWIN
e. Discuss Bismarck's role in unification.
f. Analyze and explain the changes in the Austrian Empire.
5. CURRENTS OF THOUGHT
ABOUT THE NEW MAN
g. Analyze and explain the major ideas of Darwin.
h. Explain the various Catholic and Protestant responses to Darwin.
notetaking.
Comparison chart for unification of
Germany and unification of Italy.
Terminology sheet for Freud.
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
i. Evaluate and explain the ideas of Nietzsche.
j. Analyze and explain the major ideas of Freud.
Power Politics and
1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12,
February
20
Imperialism
Students will:
1. MOTIVES OF IMPERIALISM
2. IMPERIALISM IN INDIA
a. Evaluate and explain European motives for imperialism.
3. IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
4. IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
1, 5, 6, 10, 12, 20
Feb/March
b. Explain the major steps and features of imperialism in India.
c Analyze and evaluate the major causes of imperialism in India.
d. Explain the major steps and features of imperialism in Asia.
e. Analyze and evaluate the major causes of imperialism in Asia.
f. Explain the major steps and features of imperialism in Africa.
g. Analyze and evaluate the major causes of imperialism in Africa.
World War I and The
Postwar Impact
Students will:
1. CONFLICTS IN THE BALKANS
2. BACKGROUND CAUSE TO
WORLD WAR I
3. WORLD WAR I THROUGH 1916
a. Understand and evaluate the major domestic and foreign situations
of Austria and the Balkans.
b. Analyze the role of nationalism.
4. THE CONCLUSION OF THE
WAR
c. Understand and evaluate the developments of the alliance systems,
nationalism, militarism, and industrialism in Europe.
d. Understand and evaluate the events leading to World War I.
5. POSTWAR SETTLEMENTS
6. PROBLEMS OF THE 1920'S
7. FRANCE AND ENGLAND
BETWEEN THE WARS
8. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENTS
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e. Explain the developments in the war up to the United States entry.
f. Evaluate and explain the last phases of the war.
g. List the immediate results of the war.
h. Understand and evaluate the features of the Treaty of Versailles.
i. Explain the other peace settlements.
j. Analyze the results of the treaties.
k. Understand and explain the diplomatic problems of the 1920's.
l Understand and explain the economic problems of the 1920's.
m. Evaluate the solutions for economic and diplomatic problems in the
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Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
Comparison chart of major
European powers and the
colonies they held.
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
What would you do if you were
the General?
Short research project re: an
important person, place, event,
object of World War I or World
War II.
World War I video questions to
assess student understanding
Timeline of the War
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
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1920's.
n. Explain the postwar situations in England and France.
o. Analyze and explain the major problems faced by the English and
the French.
1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16,March/April
17, 20, 21
Fascism and Communism
Students will:
1. IMPERIAL RUSSIA
2. EVOLUTION AND
ATTEMPTS AT STABILITY IN
RUSSIA
3. STRUGGLE AND
CONSOLIDATION
a. Explain the roles played by the various czars.
b. Analyze the roles played by the Russian peasant.
c. Analyze the major ideas of Lenin and compare them to his
practices.
d. Understand and evaluate the major domestic and foreign situations
in Russia.
4. THE STALINIST PERIOD
e. Analyze the major ideas of Stalin and Trotsky.
f. Explain the major causes, features, and results of the Stalin-Trotsky
power struggle.
5. INSTABILITY AND FASCISM
6. HITLER, THE RISE TO
POWER
g. Explain the major long-term and short-term goals of Stalin.
h. Analyze and evaluate the degree of success Stalin had in reaching
his goals.
7. POLAND AND WAR
8. WWII
i. Understand and explain the major ideas of Italian Fascism.
j. Analyze and explain the major postwar problems in Germany and
Italy.
k. Explain the major features of fascist control in Italy.
l. Understand and explain the major ideas of German fascism.
9. THE HOLOCAUST
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
Comparison chart of Stalin and
Hitler.
Holocaust video essay: What
would you have done if you were
in the shoes of a Jew in 1939
Belgium? Why.
Short research project re: an
important person, 0lace, event,
object of
World War I or World
War II.
Timeline of the war
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
m. Analyze and explain the factors that led to the takeover of Hitler.
n. Explain the major domestic policies of Hitler.
o. Explain the relationship of Hitler and the German army.
p. Analyze and explain the steps in the takeovers of Austria and
Czechoslovakia.
q. Explain the role of Italy in the war.
r. Analyze the reasons for Hitler's increased problems.
s. Explain how Hitler responded to these problems
t. Analyze and discuss the policy of the "Final Solution."
u. Explain the collapse of the Italian front.
v. Discuss the reasons for the impact of Hitler's health on his
performance.
w. Analyze and explain the role of Hitler's staff in the government.
x. Explain how Hitler responded to the closing Allied circle.
y. Analyze and explain the major causes for the fall of Hitler.
1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, May
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Europe Since the War
1. IMMEDIATE POSTWAR
PROBLEMS
2. POLITICAL
RECONSTRUCTION IN
WESTERN EUROPE
Students will:
a. Explain the physical loss in Europe due to World War II.
Notebook grade to assess proper
notetaking.
b. Analyze and explain the immediate political and social changes in
Europe.
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3. THE STALINIST WORLD
4. THE GERMAN SETTLEMENT
AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE
EAST-WEST ALLIANCE
5. THE COLD WAR AND
ATTEMPTS AT EUROPEAN
UNITY
6. NEW WESTERN POLITICAL
FORCES AND THE DECLINE OF
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
7. THE END OF STALINISM
8. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
REVIVAL
9. EUROPEAN SOCIAL AND
INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENTS
10. WESTERN EUROPEAN
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FINE
ARTS
11. REVISIONISM IN RUSSIA
AND HE SAELLITE
COUNTRIES
12. CONFLICT IN THE LATE 50'S
THROUGH THE MIDDLE 60'S
13. DE GAULLE AND EAST-WEST
RELATIONS IN THE 60'S
14. WESTERN AND EASTERN
EUROPE THROUGH THE
MIDDLE 70'S
15. WESTERN AND EASTERN
EUROPE FROM THE 70'S TO
TODAY
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c. Explain the major changes in the British, French, and Italian political
systems following the war.
Comparison chart of Economic
conditions in England and USSR
during the 50's and 60's.
d. Compare these changes in the three countries.
e. Analyze and explain the control of Stalin in Russia during the
postwar period
f. Evaluate the controls Russia had in Eastern Europe.
g. Explain the political developments in Germany during the postwar
years.
Comparison chart of the Balkans
of the early 1900's and the
Balkkans of the 1990's
Test consisting of map
identification, matching, multiple
choice and essay.
h. Analyze and explain the steps lending to the breakdown of the EastWest alliance.
i. Analyze and explain the steps that led to and the features of the
Cold War.
j. Compare the various economic and political organizations trying to
achieve unity.
k. Analyze and explain the impact of Stalin's death on the Soviet
Union.
l. Explain the decline of Stalinism and its impact on Eastern Europe.
m. Compare economic situations of Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union.
n. Analyze and explain the role of existentialism.
o. Compare the major sportswear trends in Literature of England, Italy, and
Germany.
p. Explain the ideological conflicts that emerged within the Soviet bloc.
q. Analyze and explain the crises in Poland and Hungary
r. Explain the German situation from the mid 50's to the mid 60's.
s. Analyze and explain the impact of De Gaulle on France.
t. Evaluate the degree in which De Gaulle influenced the European
community.
u. Explain the factors that led to the fall of De Gaulle.
v. Compare the domestic and foreign developments of England and
Germany through the 70's.
w. Analyze the domestic and foreign policies of Nikita Khrushchev and
his successors.
x. Analyze the changing relationships between the Soviet Union and
the satellite nations.
y. Analyze the causes for the breakup of the Soviet Union.
z. Explain the political and economic situations in Russia and the
former Soviet Republics and satellites.
aa. Explain the European Economic Community.
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