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AP European History Course Summary
Department: Social Studies
Semester 1
Learning Objective #1
The students will understand how the end of Feudalism and Renaissance change European History.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #1
 Target 1: General attributes of feudalism: agriculture, guild organizations, structure and
relationship between kings, nobility, pope.
 Target 2: Renaissance: Why did it happen in Italy first? Compare and contrast the Italian
Renaissance with the Northern Renaissance. Individualism and humanism with comparison with
Northern Humanism
 Target 3: Influence of Humanism on visual arts
Timeline
Weeks 1-3
Learning Objective #2
The students will understand the Reformation and the Wars of Religion.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #2
 Target 1: Causes of the Reformation; Political and religious consequences of the Reformation
 Target 2: Doctrines of Luther, Calvin and Anabaptists as compared to the Roman Catholic Church
 Target 3: 30 Years War: Cause/effect; stages; Peace of Westphalia
Timeline
Weeks 4-6
Learning Objective #3
The students will understand Absolute Monarchs and England’s Constitutional Monarchy.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #3
 Target 1: Limits and failures of absolute monarchies
 Target 2: Political, economic and religious crises of James I and Charles I
 Target 3: Establishment of constitutional monarchy in England
Timeline
Weeks 7-9
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Learning Objective #4
The students will understand the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #4
 Target 1: Causes of the Scientific Revolution
 Target 2: Political, military, economic and religious implications of the Scientific Revolution
 Target 3: Important people/ideas of the Scientific Revolution; Major philosophies, their writings
and impact of ideas
Timeline
Weeks 10-12
Learning Objective #5
The students will understand Enlightened Absolutes and the development of modern democracy.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #5
 Target 1: Who were the Enlightened Absolutes? Were they enlightened? Why or why not?
 Target 2: Wars and diplomacy
 Target 3: Economic expansion and social changes
Timeline
Weeks 13-15
Learning Objective #6
The students will understand the requirements and process of writing the DBQ in European History.
Timeline
Weeks 16-18
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Semester 2
Learning Objective #1
The students will understand the French Revolution, Napoleon & the Conservative Reaction.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #1
 Target 1: Legislation & major events of each period
 Target 2: Committee of Public Safety and Reign of Terror
 Target 3: Enduring Consequences of the Revolution
Timeline
Weeks 1-3
Learning Objective #2
The students will understand the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of modern industry and
technology.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #2
 Target 1: Industrial Revolution: causes and development
 Target 2: Inventors and inventions
 Target 3: Spread of Industrialization; social Impact of the Industrialization
Timeline
Weeks 4-6
Learning Objective #3
The students will understand The Isms of the 19th century and the development of modern political thought.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #3
 Target 1: Liberalism, nationalism and early socialism
 Target 2: Revolutions of 1830 & 1848
 Target 3: Unification of Italy & Germany
Timeline
Weeks 7-9
Learning Objective #4
The students will understand the Prelude to WWI 1871-1919 and the development of modern warfare.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #4
 Target 1: Social and cultural changes in England, France and Germany from 1871-1914
 Target 2: Role of nationalism
 Target 3: How the war was fought and won
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Timeline
Weeks 10-12
Learning Objective #5
The students will understand Europe between the Wars 1919-1939 and WWII.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #5
 Target 1: Rise of Authoritarian and Totalitarian States
 Target 2: Role of the Versailles Treaty in leading up to the war; events leading up to the war
 Target 3: How the war was fought and won
Timeline
Weeks 13-15
Learning Objective #6
The students will understand the Cold War 1945-1970 and the Contemporary World Since 1970.
Target(s) to Meet Learning Objective #6
 Target 1: End of the Soviet Era Brezhnev to Gorbachev
 Target 2: Collapse of the Eastern Bloc
 Target 3: Re-unification of Germany
Timeline
Weeks 16-18
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