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Advanced Placement European History Syllabus Course Description In addition to reviewing facts, dates, and figures, the goals of this course will be: 1. Develop the ability to analyze historical evidence. 2. Develop an understanding of the major themes in modern European history 3. Develop the ability to express the understanding of major themes in modern European history and analysis of historical evidence in writing in an effective manor. Students in this course are expected to demonstrate knowledge of basic chronology and major trends and events from approximately 1450 to the present. Within that chronology, the themes of cultural-intellectual, political-diplomatic, and socio-economic history form the course basis. Emphasis in this course will be placed on student development of academic and intellectual skills, including: 1. 2. 3. 4. effective note-taking precise and clear expression in writing analysis of primary sources such as documents, maps, pictorial evidence, maps, and graphic evidence the ability to reach conclusions by weighing evidence on the basis of facts. The course is divided into four quarters. Each quarter consists of four units. Each unit will be concluded with a multiple-choice quiz and a thematic essay. I will use items and essay prompts from released AP Exams, the resources provided with your textbook, and original items and prompts. In each quarter students will write one DBQ and one thematic paper. In the fourth quarter students will complete a visual (self –produced or Movie Maker, etc.) project following the Advanced Placement Exam. Text: Kagan, Donald, Steven Osment, and Frank M. Turner. The Western Heritage. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2007. Historical and primary source readings from various readers including: Kishlansky, Mark A. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, 6 th ed., Volumes I and II (Pearson Longman) by Mark Kishlansky. Rogers, Perry M. Aspects of Western Civilization: Problems and Sources in History, 5 th ed., Volumes I and II (Pearson Prentice Hall) by Perry M. Rogers. Lehning, James R., and Megan Armstrong. Europeans in the World, Volumes I and II (Prentice Hall) by James R. Lehning and Megan Armstrong. This syllabus does not attempt to show everything we do in class; rather it is meant to be a guide to the course’s pacing, units, and readings. The principle textbook and readers are listed above, but this course will also rely on other readings and information throughout the class. There are a selection of several short primary and secondary sources, or excerpts from them, for most units rather than the entire work in order to allow students to have contact with many (and sometimes differing) points of view and voices from each time period. First Quarter DBQ Choices: The Plague European Vision of the New World in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries The Protestant Reformation Henry IV, Religious Toleration, and the Edict of Nantes Quarter Paper: Interpretive Biography Primary source readings including: Castiglione, Machiavelli, Luther, Calvin, Council of Trent, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, James I, Louis XIV, Peter the Great Medieval and Renaissance Art Lecture and Slide Show: Works of art from the medieval period as well as the Italian and Northern Renaissance. Unit 1: The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown (1300-1453) The Black Death 1. Preconditions and Causes 2. Popular Remedies 3. Social and Economic Consequences The Hundred Years’ War and the Rise of National Sentiment 1. Causes of the War 2. Three major stages of development- Edward III, Treaty of Troyes, Joan of Arc and Conclusion Ecclesiastical Breakdown and Revival: The Late Medieval Church 1. Papal developments in the Thirteenth century 2. Boniface VIII and Philip the Fair- Royal Challenges to papal authority and papal response 3. The Avignon Papacy 4. John Wycliffe and John Huss 5. The Great Schism and Concilliary Movement Medieval Russia 1. Greek Orthodox Conversion 2. Social Divisions 3. The Khan invasions Unit 2: Renaissance and Discovery Generic description of the Renaissance- Burckhardt The Renaissance in Italy- Why here first? 1. The Italian City-State 2. Medicis and Florence 3. Despotism Humanism 1. The heavy hitters- Petrarch, Dante, and Boccaccio 2. Educational reform 3. The Florentine Academy and Platonism Renaissance Art 1. Goals of Renaissance Art 2. Linear perspective and Giotto and Masaccio 3. The heavy hitters of the High Renaissance- DaVinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello Italy’s Political Decline- The French Invasions 1. Charles VII 2. Alexander VI and the Borgias 3. Julius II 4. Machiavelli and the way to rule Revival of Monarchy in Northern Europe 1. France 2. Spain 3. England 4. Holy Roman Empire Northern Renaissance- Comparison between the Northern and Italian Renaissances 1. The Printing Press and its effects 2. Northern Humanism- Erasmus 3. Humanism and Reform- Germany, England, France, Spain Voyages of Discovery and the New Empires in the West and East 1. The Portuguese 2. The Spanish- intended and unintended consequences 3. The Spanish Empire in the New World- Aztecs, Incas 4. Exploitation of New World- mining, agriculture, labor 5. Impacts on Europe What was new and what was ―reborn‖ in the Renaissance? Unit 3: The Age of Reformation and Family Life in Early Modern Europe Society and Religion 1. Social and Political Conflict- Compare and contrast the New Monarchies of England, France, and Spain- foreign and domestic policy 2. Popular Religious Movements and Criticism of the Church- causes of the Reformation Martin Luther and the German Reformation to 1525 The Reformation Elsewhere Political Consolidation of the Lutheran Reformation The English Reformation to 1553 Catholic Reform and Counter-Reformation- consequences of the Reformation- political and religious The Council of Trent The Social Significance of the Reformation in Western Europe 1. Changes in Religious Practices and Institutions 2. The Reformation and Education 3. The Changing Role of Women Family Life in Early Modern Europe 1. Effects on marriage 2. Effects on family life- birth control, family size, etc. Literary Imagination in Transition 1. Political and Cultural Changes brought on by Calvinism, Puritanism, Lutheranism as well as Catholic reform 2. Cervantes and Shakespeare- the Rejection of Idealism and Drama of the Day. Unit 4: The Age of Religious Wars Renewed Religious Struggle The French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) 1. Appeal of Calvinism 2. Catherine de Medicis and the Guises 3. The Rise to Power of Henry of Navarre 4. The Edict of Nantes Imperial Spain and the Reign of Philip II (r. 1556-1598) 1. Pillars of Spanish Power- New World Riches- Political, economic, and technological causes for the exploration of the New World 2. Golden Age of Spain 3. Commerical Revolution- bullionism, mercantilism 4. Revolt of the Netherlands England and Spain (1553-1603) 1. Mary I 2. Elizabeth I- Internal Religious quarrel, external troubles with Spain The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) 1. Preconditions for war- Causes 2. Stages (4 Periods) of 30 Years War 3. Effects of the 30 Years War 4. Peace of Westphalia Second Quarter DBQ Choices: The American Revolution as a European Conflict The Enlightenment as a bastion of political, social, and cultural reforms Louis XIV and the qualities of and effective monarch Galileo: the relationship between science, theology, and classical scholarship The Role of Women in the Eighteenth Century Economy Spanish Control of their New World Empire The Enlightenment and Spread of Enlightenment Ideas Quarter Paper: Historiography Primary Source Readings including: Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Paine, Wollstonecraft, Paine, Montesquieu, Goethe, Voltaire Art Lecture: Baroque, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism in art Unit 5: Growth of the State: European State Consolidation in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries The Netherlands: Golden Age to Decline 1. Urban Prosperity 2. Economic Decline Two Models of European Political Development 1. Parliamentary monarchy- what does it consist of? Where practiced? Effects? 2. Political absolutism- What does it consist of? Where practiced? Effects? Constitutional Crisis and Settlement in Stuart England 1. James I battles the Puritans- political, economic, and religious problems 2. Charles I and the road to Civil War- political, economic, and religious problems 3. The Long Parliament and Civil War 4. Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan Republic- effects on England 5. Charles II and the Restoration of the Monarchy 6. The ―Glorious Revolution‖ 7. Changes in Religious toleration in England and movement towards constitutionalism 8. The Age of Walpole Rise of Absolute Monarchy in France 1. The World of Louis XIV-Versailles and Divine Right 2. role of Mazarin, the Fronde, and the nobles 3. Louis’ Early Wars 4. Religious repression under Louis XIV 5. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes- effects on religious structure 6. Louis’ later wars The Nine Years’ War The War of Spanish Succession 7. Definition and examples of absolutism under Louis XIV 8. Social and Economic problems of Louis XIV 9. France after Louis XIV- Effects of Louis’ reign Central and Eastern Europe 1. Poland 2. The Hapsburgs and the effects of the Pragmatic Sanction 3. Prussia and the Hohenzollerns Russia Enters the European Political Arena 1. The Romanov Dynasty 2. Peter the Great- achievements in reform and westernization economically, politically, and religiously and their effects on Russia The Ottoman Empire 1. Religious toleration and the Ottoman Government 2. Ottoman Expansion- the end Unit 6: Scientific Revolution: New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries The Scientific Revolution- causes 1. What was revolutionary about the Scientific Revolution? 2. Copernicus rejects and Earth-Centered Universe 3. Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo- the heavy hitters and new ideas 4. Isaac Newton- an apple changes the world Philosophy Responds to Changing Science 1. Political, military, and economic implications of the Scientific Revolution 2. Nature as Mechanism 3. Bacon’s Empirical Method 4. Réné Descartes and Rational Deduction 5. Thomas Hobbes and Absolutism 6. Locke: Liberty and Toleration 7. Compare and contrast Hobbes and Locke New Institutions of Expanding Natural Knowledge Women in the World of the Scientific Revolution The New Science and Religious Faith 1. Religious implications of the Scientific Revolution 2. The Condemnation of Galileo- Effects 3. Pascal- Reason and Faith 4. The English approach to science and Religion Continuing Superstition 1. Effects on Scientific Revolution 2. Village Origin 3. Influence of the Clergy 4. Witch Hunts and their effects. Changes in Art due to Science- Baroque Period Unit 7: Eighteenth Century Old Regime and Industrial Society- Society and Economy under the Old Regime in the Eighteenth Century and the Transatlantic Economy, Trade Wars, and Colonial Rebellion Major Features of Life in the Old Regime The Aristocracy 1. Aristocratic Privileges 2. Aristocratic Resurgence The Land and Its Tillers 1. Peasants and Serfs- obligations and rebellions Family Structures and Family Economy 1. Differing households throughout Europe 2. The Family Economy- Economic Effects 3. Women’s role in the Family Economy 4. Children’s role in the Family Economy The Revolution in Agriculture 1. New Crops and New Methods- changing the way Europe eats 2. Population Expansion- effects on economy, political, and social structure The Industrial Revolution of the Eighteenth Century- political and economic changes and effects 1. Increasing Consumption 2. The effects of new technologies and industries: Textiles, the Steam Engine, Iron Production 3. Impact of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions on Working Women The Growth of Cities 1. What was it like before? 2. The Emergence of the Urban Classes 3. Urban Riot The Jewish Population: The Age of the Ghetto Periods of European Overseas Empires- economic ramifications Mercantile Empires 1. Mercantilist Goals 2. French and British Rivalry The Spanish Colonial System 1 Colonial Government 2. Trade Regulation 3. Colonial Reform under the Spanish Bourbon Monarchs Black African Slavery, the Plantation System, and the Atlantic Economy 1. The African Presence in the Americas- social, political, and economic impact 2. Slavery and the Transatlantic economy 3. The Slavery Experience Mid-Eighteenth Century Wars- political, social, and economic ramifications 1. The War of Jenkins’s Ear 2. The War of Austrian Succession 3. ―Diplomatic Revolution‖ of 1756 4. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) and its consequences The American Revolution and Europe 1. Resistance to the Imperial Search for Revenue 2. The Crisis and Independence 3. American Political Ideas- how they led to Revolution and changed the political landscape 4. Events in Great Britain that pushed towards war 5. Broader impact of the American Revolution Unit 8: Enlightenment and Social Change: The Age of Enlightenment- EighteenthCentury Thought Formative Influences of the Enlightenment 1. Define the Enlightenment/Age of Reason 2. Economic and Demographic changes in the 18 th Century 3. 4. 5. Ideas of Newton and Locke The Example of British Toleration and Political Stability The Emergence of a Print Culture- How did widely dispersed printed material and increased literacy effect the spread of ideas? The Philosophes- Who were they and what did they say? 1. Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, Rousseau, Kant, and Company The Encylopedia The Enlightenment and Religion 1. Changes in Religious thought due to Enlightenment thinking 2. Deism 3. Toleration 4. Radical Enlightenment and Criticism of Christianity 5. Jewish Thinkers in the Age of Enlightenment 6. Islam in Enlightenment Thought The Enlightenment and Society-new ideas in political and social theory 1. The Encyclopedia: Freedom and Economic Improvement 2. Beccaria and Reform of Criminal Law 3. The Physiocrats and Economic Freedom- new economic theories, end of mercantilism 4. Adam Smith on Economic Growth and Social Progress- Laissez-Faire economics Political Thought and the Philosophes 1. Montesquieu and the Spirit of the Laws 2. Rousseau: A Radical Critique of Modern Society 3. Enlightened Critics of European Empires Women in the Thought and Practice of the Enlightenment 1. Views on Women by Enlightened thinkers 2. Wollstencraft Enlightened Absolutism- Enlightened Despots 1. Frederick the Great of Prussia- Promotion Through Merit 2. Joseph II of Austria- political, religious, and economic reforms 3. Catherine the Great of Russia- Reforms and Territorial Expansion 4. Central Europe at the End of the Eighteenth Century Changes in Art and Architecture: Rococo and Neoclassical styles in Art 1. Definitions of two movements- differences 2. Examples and artists from each style Third Quarter DBQ Choices: The French Revolution: The Paris Commune The French Revolution: The Role of the Third Estate Romanticism: Views on nature, history, and religion The Great Reform Bill of 1832 Women and the Industrial Revolution Contrasting Views of Nineteenth Century Nationalism Quarter Paper: Book Review Primary Source Readings: Smith, Ricardo, Marx and Engels, Spencer, Metternich, Mill, Bismarck, Darwin, and possibly Freud Art Lecture: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism Unit 9: French Revolution and Napoleon: The Triumph of Romanticism The Crisis of the French Monarchy 1. French Society before the Revolution 2. Seeking new taxes 3. Necker’s Report, Calonne’s Reform Plan, and the Assembly of Notables 4. Deadlock and the Calling of the Estates General The Revolution of 1789- causes, chronology, and periodization 1. The Estates General becomes the National Assembly 2. Tennis Court Oath 3. Fall of the Bastille 4. The ―Great Fear‖ 5. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 6. Parisian Women march on Versailles The Reconstruction of France- Political, Economic, and Religious Reforms 1. Political Reorganization 2. Changing Economic Policy 3. Civil Constitution of the Clergy 4. Counterrevolutionary Activity The End of the Monarchy: A Second Revolution 1. The Jacobins 2. Sans-Culotttes 3. Execution of Louis XVI Europe at War with the Revolution- How does Europe react? 1. Burke attacks 2. Suppressing Reform in Britain 3. Poland and the East The Reign of Terror- the Committee on Public Safety 1. War with Europe 2. The Defense of the Republic 3. Robespierre's justification 4. De-Christianization 5. The End of the Terror and the Fall of Robespierre The Thermidorian Reaction The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte- causes and consequences 1. How did Napoleon rise? 2. Early Military Victories 3. The Constitution of the Year VIII The Consulate in France (1799-1804)- the beginning of Napoleon’s legacy 1. Suppression of foreign enemies and domestic opposition 2. Concordat with the Catholic Church 3. The Napoleonic Code and its effects Napoleon’s Empire (1804-1814)- Napoleon’s foreign and domestic policy 1. Conquering of his Empire- What areas were affected? 2. The Continental System European Response to the Empire 1. German Nationalism and Prussian Reform 2. The Wars of Liberation in Spain and Austria 3. The Invasion of Russia 4. Formation of European Coalition- Metternich The Congress of Vienna and the European Settlement- the birth of Nationalism 1. Territorial Adjustments after Napoleon’s defeat 2. The Hundred Days- Napoleon Returns- and the Quadruple Alliance The Romantic Movement- Change is in the air 1. Basic Ideas Romantic Questioning of the Supremacy of Reason 1. Rousseau and Education 2. Kant and Reason Romantic Literature 1. Basic Ideas 2. English Romantic Writers- Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron 3. German Romantic Writers- Schlegel and Goethe The Romantic Art 1. The Cult of the Middle Ages and Neo-Gothicism 2. Nature and the Sublime Religion in the Romantic Period 1. The Rise of Methodism 2. Religion on the Continent takes a new direction Romantic Views of Nationalism and History 1. Herder and Culture 2. Hegel and History 3. Islam, the Middle East, and Romanticism Unit 10: Nationalism and Liberalism: The Conservative Order and the Challenges of Reform (1815-1832) The Challenges of Nationalism and Liberalism 1. Definitions of Nationalism and Liberalism 2. The Emergence of Nationalism- Opposition to the Vienna Settlement 3. Creating Nations and the meaning of Nationhood 4. Early Nineteenth-Century Political Liberalism- political and economic goals 5. Relationship of Nationalism to Liberalism Conservative Governments: The Domestic Political Order 1. Ancient institutions as pillars of Conservatism- monarchies, aristocracies, and churches 2. effects these institutions had on political, social, and governmental life 3. Resistance of Liberalism and Nationalism in Austria and the Germanies 4. Repression in Great Britain 5. Restoration of the Bourbons in France The Conservative International Order- how policy effected change 1. The Congress System- successes and failures 2. The Spanish Revolution of 1820 3. Revolt Against Ottoman Rule in the Balkans The Wars of Independence in Latin America 1. The French Revolution and Napoleon spark desire for independence 2. Revolution in Haiti 3. Wars of Independence on the South American continent a. Argentina b. Venezuela- Bolivar 4. Independence in ―New‖ Spain The Conservative Order Shaken in Europe 1. Liberalism expands to Europe proper 2. Russian Decembrist Revolt of 1825 3. French Revolution of 1830 4. Independence of Belgium (1830) 5. Great Britain- The Great Reform Bill (1832) Unit 11: Industrial Society and Revolution: Economic Advance and Social Unrest (1830-1850) Movement toward an Industrial Society 1. The Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Society 2. Changes in Population and Migration 3. Railways redefine transportation and economic possibilities The Labor Force 1. Composition 2. Emergence of Wage-Labor- how did this affect the economy? 3. The beginning of working-class involvement in political action Family Structures and the Industrial Revolution- What changes occurred? 1. The Family in the early Factory System 2. Child Labor concerns 3. Changing Economic role for the family Women in the Early Industrial Revolution 1. Exploitation in Employment 2. Women in Factories 3. Women working on the land and in the Home 4. Changing expectations in the working-class marriage Problems of Crime and Order 1. Historian debate over reasons for spike in crime rate 2. Emergence of new police forces- why were they formed and what was their effectiveness? 3. Prison reform Classical Economics 1. Prevalent views on economics at the time- role of the government/ 2. Adam Smith 3. Political economists appeal to the Middle Classes 4. Malthus on population 5. Ricardo on wages 6. Government policies based on Classical Economics- France, Great Britain, and Germany Early Socialism- a reaction to social discord 1. Utopian Socialism- Saint-Simonianism, Owenism, and Fourierism 2. Anarchism 3. Marxism- Karl Marx, Frederick Engels and Revolution through Class Conflict 1848: The Year of Revolutions 1. Liberal and Nationalistic revolutions erupt 2. France: The Second Republic and Louis Napoleon- domestic and foreign policies 3. The Hapsburgs- Nationalism Resisted- Vienna Uprising, Magyars, Czechs, Northern Italian revolt 4. Germany- Prussian Revolution and Frankfurt Parliament 5. How did these change the European landscape politically, economically, and socially? Unit 12: Nationalism and Imperialism: The Age of Nation-States The Crimean War (1853-1856) 1. Who, what, when, where, and why? 2. Peace settlement and long-term results Reforms in the Ottoman Empire 1. Effects on political, economic, and social life Italian Unification 1. Romantic Republicans 2. Mazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi and the Unification of Italy 3. The New Italian State- ramifications of unification German Unification 1. Bismarck and the unification of Germany 2. Bismarck’s domestic policy, especially suffrage, kulturkampf, and socialism 3. Bismarck’s foreign policy before and after 1871 4. The Franco-Prussian War and the German Empire (1870-1871) France: From Liberal Empire to the Third Republic 1. Franco- Prussian War, Paris Commune and formation of the Third Republic 2. Dreyfus Affair The Hapsburg Empire 1. The Formation of the Dual Monarchy 2. National Unrest Russia: Emancipation and Revolutionary Stirrings 1. Social and Political changes in Russia 1848-1881 2. Reforms of Alexander II 3. Revolutionaries stir up the pot Great Britain: Toward Democracy 1. The Second Reform Act of 1867 2. Gladstone and Disraeli’s ministries 3. Changes on the social front 4. Increasing suffrage and social programs Fourth Quarter DBQ Choices: Economic change and middle class women in the late nineteenth century The influence of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution on racial thinking Why was World War I a ―new war‖? Factors that led to European Imperialism in the 19 th century Women’s place in the new communist order of the Soviet Union Themes of Nazi Propaganda and its appeal to the masses Appeasement- why were France and Britain eager to avoid war? Italy in Ethiopia- how did this affect the outbreak of World War II? Anticolonialism movement after World War II European Unification- what does it mean? Quarter Project: Visual Representation- Self-produced or Movie Maker project Primary Source Readings: Woodrow Wilson, Treaty of Versailles, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Marshall Plan, Charles DeGaulle, Churchill, Marx Art Lecture: Impressionism, Postimpressionism, Cubism, Expressionism, Social Realism, Modernis m, Postmodernism Unit 13: Intellectual, Cultural, and Social Upheaval: The Building of European Supremacy: Society and Politics to World War I and the Birth of Modern European Thought Population Trends and Migration- Where are people going and why? The Second Industrial Revolution 1. Development of new industries- steel, chemicals, electricity, and oil 2. Economic difficulties- Europe and the New World The Middle Classes in Ascendancy 1. Social Distinctions within the Middle Class 2. The Bicycle- precursor to the automobile Late Nineteenth-Century Urban Life- social change 1. The redesigning of cities 2. Development of Suburbs 3. Urban Sanitation or lack thereof- impact of Cholera 4. Water and sewer systems and expanded government involvement in public health 5. Housing reform and middle-class values Varieties of Late Nineteenth-Century Women’s Experiences 1. Social Disabilities of Women- property, family law, education 2. New employment patterns for women 3. Working-class women 4. Women, poverty, and prostitution 5. Middle-class women- Cult of Domesticity, sexuality and family size 6. The Rise of Political Feminism- increasing suffrage and social programs in England 7. Relationship of Socialism and Feminism- History of Feminism and arguments for women’s suffrage Jewish Emancipation 1. Differing degrees of citizenship 2. Broadened opportunities 3. role of anti-Semitism Labor, Socialism, and Politics to World War I- Economic and Political Developments 1. Emergence of Trade Unions 2. Development of Democratic electoral systems 3. Karl Marx- The First International 4. Great Britain: Fabianism and early welfare programs 5. French rejection of Opportunism 6. Germany: Social Democrats and Revisionism 7. Russia: Industrial Development and the birth of Bolshevism- here comes Lenin Compare and contrast the women’s movements in England, France, and Germany Social and Cultural Changes in England, France, and Germany The New Reading Public 1. Social effects of changes in education- advances in primary education 2. Reading materials for mass audiences-what did this provide? Science at Mid-century 1. Shifts in thought- scientific prestige 2. Comte 3. Darwin reevaluates science and social thought- Social Darwinism Christianity and the Church under Siege 1. The Challenging of Church rule and Doctrine- effects of nation-states and science on the church 2. Intellectual skepticism in history, science, and morality 3. Conflict between the church and nation-states- Great Britain, France, Germany 4. Religious Revival 5. Roman Catholicism and the modern world- papal infallibility and struggles with nations 6. Islam and late Nineteenth-Century thought Toward a Twentieth-Century Frame of Mind 1. Changes in thought- philosophy, science, art 2. The Revolution in Physics 3. Literature: Realism and Naturalism- Flaubert, Zola, Ibsen, Shaw 4. Modernism in Literature: Virginia Woolf, Proust, Mann 5. The Coming of Modern Art- Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism- how do these movements reflect the changing ideas of the time? 6. Friedrich Nietzsche and the Revolt Against Reason- a counterattack on the ideas of the age 7. The Development of Psychoanalysis- ―Paging Dr. Freud‖- Intellectual changes in psychology 8. Retreat from rationalism in politics- Weber, Durkheim, LeBon, etc. 9. Racism in ―Modern‖ Europe- including anti-Semitism and the birth of Zionism Women and Modern Thought 1. 2. 3. Women take a step back- Antifeminism in late Nineteenth-Century thought New directions in feminism- challenging the double standard Women begin to define their own lives- how did this affect the social and cultural aspects of society? Unit 14: World War I and Revolution: Imperialism, Alliances, World War and the Resulting Political Experiments of the 1920s Expansion of European Power and the New Imperialism 1. The Scramble for Africa 2. Other Imperialist Rivalries 3. Russo-Japanese War 4. How were the Economics of the New Imperialism different from before? Emergence of the German Empire and the Alliance Systems (1873-1890)- The Arms Race 1. Nationalism’s role in provoking the war 2. The Balkans act as a powder keg World War I 1. What were the goals and expectations of each nation in 1914? 2. The Schlieffen Plan 3. Plan 17 4. The causes of the war and their importance 5. How was the war fought? How was it different from before? How was it won? The Russian Revolution 1. What happened to Russia before and during the war? 2. Domestic Polices of Alexander III 3. Agricultural and industrial conditions in Russia 4. Stolypin’s reforms and responses to the Revolution of 1905 5. Role played by the Intelligentsia 6. Radical Groups: Competing Ideologies 7. Events leading to Revolution: 1917 8. How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks do it? The End of World War I The Settlement at Paris 1. Versailles Treaty 2. Consequences and Evaluation of the Versailles Treaty 3. Wilson’s 14 Points and self-determination Political and Economic Factors after the Paris Settlement The Soviet Experiment Begins The Fascist Experiment in Italy Joyless Victors 1. The punishment of the losers Trials of the Successor States in Eastern Europe The Weimar Republic in Germany- set up for failure Unit 15: The Crisis of Democracy and World War II (1920-1945): Europe and the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II Toward the Great Depression 1. World Economy in the Interwar Period 2. The Role of the Great Depression in leading to war Confronting the Great Depression in the Democracies 1. What made France and Great Britain less susceptible to totalitarianism that Germany and Italy? Germany: The Nazi Seizure of Power 1. Was it possible to stop Hitler? Italy: Fascist Economics The Soviet Union: Central Economic Planning, Collectivization, and Party Purges 1. Lenin’s domestic and foreign policies 2. Succession of Stalin and Stalin’s domestic and foreign policies 3. Stalin vs. Trotsky- he won’t go down without a fight- consolidating Stalin’s dictatorial powers 4. The Purges of the 1930s 5. The Five Year Plans 6. How were Lenin and Stalin following the ideas of Marx? Did they do it well? The Road to War (Again) (1933-1939) 1. Events leading up to the outbreak of World War II 2. The Failure of Diplomacy 3. The Versailles Treaty’s role in leading to the war 4. Compare and contrast the reasons for World War I and the reasons for World War II World War II- (1939-1945) 1. How the war was fought 2. How it was won Racism and the Holocaust The Domestic Fronts Preparations for Peace 1. Peace settlements after World War II 2. Differences and similarities between the settlements from World War I and World War II Unit 16: Europe, 1945-Present: The Cold War Era and the Emergence of the New Europe, the West at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century The Emergence of the Cold War 1. The causes and progression of the Cold War 2. Important Cold War Documents: Truman Doctrine, ―containment‖ policy, and Marshall Plan 3. Economic recoveries of Great Britain, France, and Germany through the Marshall Plan 4. Domestic issues in Great Britain, France, and Germany- Compare and Contrast 5. Social and Economic policy in Great Britain, France, and Germany 6. United Nations Role The Khrushchev Era in the Soviet Union 1. atomic/nuclear arms race 2. Opposition to Soviet domination in Eastern/Central Europe (Poland, Yugoslavia, Hungary, etc.) 3. De-Stalinization Later Cold War Confrontations 1. Military conflicts in the Cold War The Brezhnev Era in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Decolonization: The European Retreat from Empire 1. Great Britain 2. France The Turmoil of French Decolonization 1. French politics in the 4th and 5th Republics 2. Role of DeGaulle The Collapse of European Communism 1. Gorbachev- the winds of change 2. The Rise of the European Union 3. Movement towards economic unity in Europe 4. The collapse of the Soviet Union 5. Nationalism and desire for freedom in Eastern Europe and Russia 6. Reunification in Germany 7. The world economy from World War II to the millennium The Collapse of Yugoslavia and Civil War The Rise of Radical Political Islamism A Transformed West 1. Youth movement in the 1960s 2. Nationalism in the New Europe 3. Environmentalism The Twentieth-Century Movement of People 1. demographic changes 2. Racial tensions and problems with minorities Toward a Welfare-State Society New Patterns in the Work and Expectations of Women 1. The women’s movement 2. Changes in women’s roles in society, politics, and the economy Transformations in Knowledge and Culture 1. Literature, music, theatre, and movies 2. postmodernism and deconstructionism 3. Existentialism Art Since World War II 1. 20th century art 2. Postmodernism The Christian Heritage Late Twentieth-Century Technology: The Arrival of the Computer The Challenges of European Unification First Quarter Paper Interpretive Biography from 1300-1648 Parameters: No less than four pages with Times New Roman 12-point font and regular margins, doublespaced, plus annotated bibliography Minimum of five sources (at least one ―print‖ source must be used) with citations of their use in your paper. Primary sources and secondary sources should both be used MLA format for citations and bibliography 100 points- test/exam grade Choose a person of interest to you who we’ve discussed in the time period of 1300 -1648. You will write an essay that will discuss this person’s life in terms of its importance to their time. You will be asked to interpret their importance, discuss their failures and successes in terms the standards of their time or by modern standards. You will explain the meaning your person’s life and what was significant about them and their actions. This is your insight into their life. You must have a thesis statement about what the meaning of their life is and then back it up with your sources! NEVER write in first person or second person!! “I” and “You” = Zero!!!! Use the appropriate social, economic, cultural, political, religious, or military events that this person lived through to help you understand the era in which they lived. Remember, you must use citations for crediting sources—if you use it, cite it! Sample Subject: DaVinci’s work as a representation and/or promotion of Renaissance ideals Second Quarter Paper Histiography Parameters: No less than four pages with Times New Roman 12-point font and regular margins, doublespaced, plus annotated bibliography Minimum of five sources (at least one ―print‖ source must be used) with citations of their use in your paper. Watch your source validity!!! Primary sources and secondary sources should both be used MLA format for citations and bibliography 100 points- test/exam grade Histiographies are histories of history. How have historical persons or events been written or thought about throughout time? You will write an essay discussing different historians’ views of one topic in European history from the period of 1450- the Enlightenment. You will choose at least five sources from different historians discussing the same topic. After reading and pondering your sources, you will write your essay. In your essay, you should discuss your chosen topic in terms of differences and similarities between your historians’ views. You may also choose instead to discuss (if present) the historical debate surrounding your topic. One way to look at it is to see if there is one trend in the interpretation of your topic or to look at how interpretations of your topic have changed over time. You can also relate these changes in view to the time periods in which the authors were writing. Do cultural biases play in? How do historians use the same evidence to reach different conclusions? Things to think about as you read and write: Author’s thesis What are the author’s biases- political, social, religious, or possibly economic? What is the context in which the work was written? Primary? Secondary? Are your authors doing the same kind of history? Do your authors contradict each other? If so, how and why do you believe they disagree? Are their views generally accepted? Were they at one time? What is their evidence for their opinion? Third Quarter Paper Book Review Parameters: You will choose a book written by an historian over some historical topic in European history from the period 1450-2001. You may choose from the list I give or pick a book of your choosing, but I must approve your book before you start!!!!!!!! Review should be at least 4 pages MLA format with in-text citations. 12-point Times New Roman font with regular margins, double-spaced 100 points- test/exam score Once you have chosen and read your book on your topic, construct a review of your book. Begin by briefly describing why you chose this particular book on this topic. Briefly summarize your book and its main topics. This is not a book report. Once you finish summarizing, discuss the historical context of the book; where is the author coming from and what view of the events does he put forth? Does the author’s viewpoint coincide with the accepted viewpoint of historians? As you read the book, what new information did you discover about your chosen topic? Overall, what were your impressions? How did this book make you think about this historical period/event? Did it change your perceptions? Would you recommend it? Remember, choose wisely. Pick a book you’re actually interested in reading, not simply something that is short or can be found on Sparknotes or Cliff’s Notes. I will know if you have read your book or not. Fourth Quarter Project Visual/ Movie Maker Project Parameters: Must be a cohesive representation of the topic chosen Must be educational to others about European history Must draw from multiple sources Must be visually attractive and well put together. Citations must be included in the form of a bibliography 100 points Devise and be able to present and defend the relevance of a visual project over some facet of European History from 1450-2001. It needs to be a learning tool for yourself and others, so simply throwing a bunch of images and music in some quickie movie won’t cut it. You may choose to do any of the following (Power Point is a no-no!): create a piece of art representative of an event, period, art style etc. and defend it to the class create a family tree (not of yourself) and explain its importance to European history create a series of maps representing a period of time (create…not print) create a series of political cartoons depicting some facet of European history create a movie about some aspect of European history create a visual timeline Or you may create something totally different with my approval. Again, your project must come from legitimate sources and there must be an accompanying bibliography to back up the information presented. You will present to the class your project. This is your opportunity to be the teacher and review events/inspire the interest of your classmates. For example, if you were doing impressionism, you may design your own impressionist painting. Then in your presentation, you would be expected to give some background information about impressionism, discuss the style, important artists, and the attributes that make impressionism what it is and how what you’ve produced represents that.