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AP European History
Class Requirements, Teacher Expectations and Student Responsibilities
Class: A.P. European History (HIST 131, HIST 142)
Teacher: Lowell Z. Macy III
Teacher's Planning Period: 5th Period
Materials
The following will be needed daily 1. the textbook (that’s why I give you one)
2. a notebook to keep notes and other materials
3. a supply of paper
4. a pen (black or blue, no red ink) and/or pencil
Primary Text:
Western Civilization, 6th ed.(2005) By Jackson Spielvogel
Class Objectives
This class will trace the developments of civilization over the last 5000 years. After reading the assigned
materials, attending class, completing assignments and participating in class you will:
a) gain a better understanding of important events in world history
b) identify key figures, dates, and events in world history
c) define and use historical terms in the proper context
d) be able to effectively demonstrate advanced communication skills
e) be able to compare significant cause and effect situations in terms of historical importance
f) be able to critically analyze historical information
g) develop a clearer perception of the evolution of social responsibility
Grading Scale
A – 100-93
B – 92-85
C – 84-76
D – 75-68
F – 67 & below
Grades are on a point-based system. All points collected throughout the grading period will be
divided by the total possible points to determine your grade. So, if you have totaled 668 points out of
a possible 750, you would have an 89% (B). (668/750 = .890) I suggest that you keep a running total
of your grades as I return them so you stay informed on your standing in this class.
Dual Credit
This class is offered as Dual Credit through Campbellsville University. This is a unique opportunity to
gain college credit as you fulfill your high school requirements. This class offers the chance to gain 6
hours of college history credit while being enrolled in only one class. You can enroll in Hist 131 (to
1650) in the Fall semester and Hist 142 (from 1650) in the Spring. Students are by no means
required to do this, but it presents and excellent opportunity to get a jump start on college
requirements.
Tests: Each test will consist of a combination of any of the following: multiple choice, matching, fill-inthe-blank, true and false, short answer, and essay questions. Tests will occur upon the completion of
each chapter and will be announced 2 to 3 days in advance.
Quizzes: Quizes may come from readings, lectures or a combination of both. Each quiz will
consist of short answer, listing, or short essay questions. Quizzes will occur approximately every 5 to
6 days and may or may not be announced in advance.
Assignments: Homework and classwork, assignments will consist of reading assignments, writing
assignments, and review assignments.
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You are to complete all assignments and meet all due dates. Most assignments will be due the day
after the date assigned. By meeting due dates, you will avoid any late penalties.
A late assignment will be penalized 15 points for each day past the due date. Points penalized for
late work will be taken off before the assignment is graded. For example, if a paper is worth 28 points
and it is turned in 1 day late, 15 points will be subtracted before I grade the paper.
*** I reserve the right to change this policy at any time ***. If late work becomes a
problem, expect a higher penalty or the possibility that the late work may not be accepted ***
Make-up Work: You are expected to arrange to turn in all missed assignments and take make-up
tests at the first possible instance after your return to school in tutoring.
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All missed class assignments, projects and tests will be made up outside of class. (tests & typed
quizzes in after-school tutoring)
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You have one week after returning to school to take your make-up tests or quizzes. After
that, you will receive a zero on untaken tests.
Make-up work will be accepted only in the event of an excused absence. Unexcused absences will
result in a zero (0) for any and all assignments given that day.
Missed oral quizzes will not be made up. The next quiz will count twice.
Bonus work that is missed will not be made up.
All homework and class work assignments will be designed to reinforce classroom instruction and will
help you prepare for quizzes, tests, and further learning opportunities. Each assignment will be
meaningful and relevant to our study of European History, and thusly I expect it to be finished on the
due date.
Semester Exams: The Mid-term and final exam may be cumulative, therefore it is highly suggested
that you keep all of your notes and other materials for study aids.
Book Review and Research Paper
Each semester you will be required to complete a Book Review (2-4 pages) and a Research Paper
(3-5 pages) based over subject matter covered in that class section. The papers will be in MLA
format. More details will be given as after the class is under way.
Conduct
Be on time to class. The school policy on tardies will be strictly enforced (AE on the 4th tardy & each
tardy thereafter). Be respectful to everyone in this classroom. All student handbook rules and
procedures will be followed.
Cheating
There is absolutely no excuse for academic dishonesty in this classroom. Cheating, copying or whatever
name you would like to call it by will not be tolerated.
Remember: This is a college preparatory class. It is intended to be very challenging. Since we cover
such an expansive period of history, there is no way for me to cover every topic thoroughly. There will be
things that I will not have time to cover as well as I would like in class. That does not excuse you from
covering it in your readings.
If it is in an assignment, lecture, discussion, chapter readings, etc. It is fair game on the chapter test. You
are responsible for your own education and success. I will strive to do my best each day; I ask the same
from you.
Keep this page of class expectations for future reference.
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Course Outline (HIST 131)
*** Maps used in lectures are all found in the textbook; if a map is used from another source you will receive a photocopy ***
*** Supplemental Material will be provided in class ***
Class Introduction
Syllabus
Personal Information/Historical Background
Surviving the AP European History Exam
How to Write a DBQ
Directions and scoring guide for DBQs
Definitions of History (for Analysis & Discussion)
Unit 1: The Ancient Near East
Ch 1: The First Civilizations (pp.1-29)
 The First Humans
 The Emergence of Civilization
 Civilization in Mesopotamia
 Document Analysis – “The Code of Hammurabi”
 Egyptian Civilization
 Document Analysis – from the Book of the Dead: The Negative Confession
 On the Fringes of Civilization
Ch 2: Peoples and Empires (pp.31-50)
 The Hebrews
 Document Analysis – from Exodus
 The Neighbors of the Israelites
 The Assyrian Empire
 The Neo-Babylonian Empire
 The Persian Empire
 Unit 1 Study Guide
 Unit 1 Exam
Unit 2: Ancient Greece
Ch 3: The Civilization of the Greeks (pp.51-82)
 Early Greece
 The Homeric Tradition
 The Greeks in a Dark Age
 The World of the Greek City-States
 The High Point of Greek Civilization: Classical Greece
 Document Analysis –from Plato’s Republic
 Culture and Society of Classical Greece
 Document Analysis – Xenophon’s The Laws and Customs of the Spartans
 Case Study – The Ideal and the Reality of Classical Athens
Ch 4: The Hellenistic World (pp.84-104)
 Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander
 The World of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
 Hellenistic Society
 Culture in the Hellenistic World
 Religion in the Hellenistic World
 Unit 2 Study Guide
 Unit 2 Exam
Unit 3: Roman Civilization
Ch 5: The Roman Republic (pp.106-134)
 The Emergence of Rome
 Document Analysis – The History of Rome from Its Foundation (Livy)
 The Roman Republic
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic
Ch 6: The Roman Empire (pp.137-164)
 The Age of Augustus
 Case Study – The Achievements of Augustus
 The Early Empire
 Roman Culture and Society in the Early Empire
 Crisis in the Third Century
 The Rise of Christianity
 Unit 3 Study Guide
 Unit 3 Exam
Unit 4: Medieval Europe
Ch 7: Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World (pp. 165-197)
 The Late Roman Empire
 The Germanic Kingdoms
 Document Analysis – The Customs of the Germans (Julius Caesar)
 Development of the Christian Church
 The Byzantine Empire
 Document Analysis – Justinian’s Code
 The Rise of Islam
Ch 8: European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages (pp. 198-225)
 Europeans and the Environment
 The World of the Carolingians
 Document Analysis – Rule of St. Benedict
 Disintegration of the Carolingian Empire
 The Emerging World of Lords and Vassals
 The Zenith of Byzantine Civilization
 The Slavic Peoples of Central and Eastern Europe
 The Expansion of Islam
Ch 9: The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages (pp. 227-252)
 Land and People in the High Middle Ages
 The New World of Trade and Cities
 The Intellectual and Artistic World of the High Middle Ages
 Unit 4 Study Guide
 Unit 4 Exam
Unit 5: Crisis and Transition in the Late Middle Ages
Ch 10: The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power (pp. 254-282)
 The Emergence and Growth of European Kingdoms
 The Recovery and Reform of the Catholic Church
 Christianity and the Medieval Civilization
 Document Analysis – Life at a Medieval University
 The Crusades
 Case Study – Infidels and Heretics: Crusades of the High Middle Ages
Ch 11: The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century (pp. 283-312)
 Black Death and Social Crisis
 Document Analysis – The Black Death in Paris
 War and Political Instability
 The Decline of the Church
 The Cultural World of the Fourteenth Century
 Society in an Age of Adversity
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 Unit 5 Study Guide
Unit 5 Exam
 Book Review Due
Unit 6: Renaissance and Reformation
Ch 12: Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance (pp.313-345)
 Meaning and Characteristics of the Italian Renaissance
 Renaissance Society
 Case Study - The Renaissance Man and Woman
 States, City-States, & Warfare in Italy
 Birth of Modern Diplomacy
 Document Analysis – “Advice to Princes” Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince Ch. XIV-XVIII
 Humanism & Education in the Renaissance
 The Artistic Renaissance
 Europe During the Renaissance
 The Renaissance Church
 DBQ – Attitudes About Religion in the Late Middle Ages & Early Renaissance
Ch 13: Reformation and Religious Warfare in the 16th Century (pp.346-378)
 Christian Humanism
 The Church on the Eve of Reformation
 Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany
 Document Analysis – “Luther’s Refusal at the Diet of Worms” (1521)
 The Spread of Protestantism
 The Catholic Reformation/Council of Trent
 DBQ – Reform and Renewal in the Christian Church
 Politics & Wars of Religion in the 16th Century
 Unit 1 Study Guide
 Unit 6 Test
 Research Paper Due
Unit 7: Exploration and State-building
Ch 14 – Europe and the New World: New Encounters (pp.379-409)
 Motivation: God, Glory & Gold
 Spain & Portugal in the New World
 Document Analysis – “First Impressions of the New World” Columbus (1493)
 New Rivals on the World Stage
 Toward a World Economy
 Impact of Expansion
Ch 15 – State Building and the Search for Order in the 17th Century (pp.410-447)
 Witch-hunts of the late 16th & early 17th century
 The Thirty Years War / Peace of Westphalia
 Absolutism in Western Europe
 Louis XIV’s France
 Document Analysis – “A Day in the Life of Louis XIV” memoir of Duc de Saint-Simon
 Constitutional Monarchy, Civil War, & the Glorious Revolution in England
 Document Analysis – “The Fall of James II” diary entries of John Eveyln (1688)
 Absolutism in Central & Eastern Europe
 The Rise of Russia Under Peter the Great
 Document Analysis – “The Great Czar” memoir of Archbishop Feofan Prokopovich
 The Baroque Artistic Movement
 Unit 7 Study Guide
 Unit 7 Test
 Final Exam
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Course Outline (HIST 142)
Unit 8: Science and Enlightenment
Ch 16 –The Scientific Revolution & the Emergence of Modern Science (pp.448-472)
 Background – Renaissance impact on science
 A Revolution in Astronomy & Mechanics
 Advances in Medicine & Chemistry
 Document Analysis – “On the Motion of the Heart and Blood” William Harvey (1628)
 Women in the Scientific Revolution
 Rationalism & a New View of Humankind
 Bacon & The Scientific Method
 DBQ – Toward A New World View
 The Struggle Between Science & Religion
 Ch 16 AP Prep Packet
Ch 17 – The 18th Century: An Age of Enlightenment (pp.473-501)
 Paths to Enlightenment
 Philosophes & Their Ideas
 Rousseau & the “Woman’s Question”
 DBQ – European Expansion & the Changing Life of the People
 Innovations in Art, Literature & Music
 Rococo art
 Birth of “classical” music
 Crime & Punishment in the 18th Century
 Religion in the Enlightenment
 Ch 17 AP Prep Packet
 Unit 8 Study Guide
 Unit 8 Test
Unit 9: International Wars, Revolution in France & the Napoleonic Age
Ch 18 – European States, International War & Social Change (pp.502-531)
 The European States
 Wars and Diplomacy
 War of Austrian Succession
 The Seven Years War
 Economic Expansion & Social Change
 The Agricultural Revolution & the Cottage Industry
 Social Order in the 18th Century
Ch 19 – The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon (pp.532-561)
 Beginning of the Revolutionary Era: the American War for Independence
 Background to the French Revolution
 Revolution Begins
 Document Analysis – “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”
 The Great Fear/Fall of the Old Regime
 Revolution Turns Radical
 Robespierre & the Reign of Terror
 Document Analysis – “Robespierre and Saint-Just Defend the Arrest of Danton” George
Buechner
 Reaction & The Directory
 DBQ – The French Revolution
 The Rise of Napoleon
 The Napoleonic Empire
 Domestic Policy
 Document Analysis – excerpt: Letters of Napoleon I (1801-1806)
 Foreign Policy & the European Response
 The “100 Days Campaign” & Waterloo
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 Unit 9 Study Guide
 Unit 9 Test
Unit 10: The Growth of Industry & the Rise of Nationalism
Ch 20 – The Industrial Revolution & Its Impact on European Society (pp.562-588)
 The Industrial Revolution Begins in Great Britain
 Technological Changes & New Forms of Industrial Organization
 The Industrial Factory
 Document Analysis – “A Working Day in A Manchester Cotton Mill” newspaper article
 The Great Exhibition 1851
 The Industrial Revolution Spreads to the U.S. & Continental Europe
 Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution
 The Workers Plight/Reform Efforts
Ch 21 – Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism (pp.589-619)
 The Conservative Order in Europe
 Congress of Vienna/Concert of Europe
 Russia: Autocracy of the Czars
 Ideologies of Change
 Political Liberalism
 Economic Liberalism
 Nationalism
 Early Socialism
 Document Analysis – “A Visit to New Lanark” Robert Southey (1819)
 DBQ – Ideologies & Nationalism
 Revolution & Reform 1830-1850
 Another French Revolution (1830)
 Reform in Great Britain
 The Revolutions of 1848
 France
 Germany
 Austria
 Italy
 Failures of 1848 Revolutions
 Romanticism in Art, Literature, & Music
 Document Analysis – from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)
 Unit 10 Study Guide
 Unit 10 Test
Unit 11: Nationalism, “The Age of Progress”, & Imperialism
 Begin working on Group Project for AP Exam Review
Ch 22 – The Age of Nationalism & Realism (pp.620-650)
 France Under Napoleon III
 Crimean War (1854-1856)
 Unification of Italy
 Unification of Germany
 Bismarck’s Three Wars
 Document Analysis - Bismarck “Edits” the Ems Dispatch
 Dual-Monarchy in Austria
 Imperial Russia
 The Victorian Age in Great Britain
 Marx & Marxist Socialism
 Document Analysis – from The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
 Science in the Age of Realism
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Ch 23 – Mass Society in an “Age of Progress” (pp.651-680)
 Evolutionary Socialism
 Population Growth in Europe
 Education & Leisure in Mass Society
 The National State
 Reform in Britain
 France’s Third Republic
 Sectionalization in Italy
 Departure of Bismarck in Germany
 Ethnic divisions in Austria-Hungary
 Alexander III, Russification & the Decline of Russia
Ch 24 – Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism (pp.681-715)
 Developments in Physical & Social Sciences
 Document Analysis – “Two Testimonials For Albert Einstein” (1911)
 Social Darwinism & Racism
 Jews in the European Nation-State
 International Rivalry & the Coming of War
 Unit 11 Study Guide
 Unit 11 Test
 Book Review Due
Unit 12: The Great War and the Search for Stability
Ch 25 – Beginning of the 20th Century Crisis: War & Revolution (pp.717-749)
 The Road to World War I
 Revisiting liberal Ideas of Nationalism
 Internal Dissent
 Militarism
 Escalation & Outbreak: Summer of 1914
 The War
 Germany has problems from the beginning
 The War in the East & West
 Document Analysis – “The Homefront in Germany”
o Stalemate: Trench Warfare
 Entry of the United States
o Allied propaganda
 DBQ – WWI and the Homefront
 The Russian Revolution & Withdrawal from World War I
o Russian Civil War (1918-1921)
o Document Analysis – “The Storming of the Winter Palace” - John Reed
 The Last Year of Fighting
 Treaty of Versailles (1919)
 Document Analysis – The Fourteen Points - Woodrow Wilson (1918)
 Article 231
 The League of Nations
Ch 26 – The Futile Search for Stability: Europe between the Wars, 1919-1939 (pp.750-781)
 Uncertainty in the West
 The Hopeful Years (1924-1929)
 The Great Depression
 Causes / Outcomes
 The Democratic States
 Authoritarian & Totalitarian States
 Fascist Italy
 Germany
o Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
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The Rise of Hitler & Nazi Germany (1933-1939)
 Document Analysis – “The Birth of the Nazi Party” from The Rise and Fall of the
Third Reich by William Shirer
 Case Study – Selling a Totalitarian System
 The Soviet Union
o Death of Lenin/Struggle for Power
o The Stalinist Era (1929-1939)
 Unit 12 Study Guide
 Unit 12 Test
Unit 13: World War II
Ch 27 – The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II (pp.782-813)
 Prelude to War (1933-1939)
 The Diplomatic Revolution (1933-1936)
 The Path to War in Europe (1937-1939)
 The Path to War in Asia (1895-1942)
 The Course of the World War II
 Blitzkrieg
 Document Analysis – “The Evacuation of Dunkirk”
 The Problem of Britain
 Invasion of the Soviet Union
 DBQ – Dictatorships and the Second World War
 The War in Asia
 The Turning Point of the War
 The Last Years of the War
 The Holocaust
 Document Analysis – “The Discovery of Anne Frank’s Hiding Place” exerpt from Anne
Frank Remembered by Miep Gies
 The Home Front
 Document Analysis – letters home & discharge papers of Pvt. John F. Hinton (my
grandfather)
 Costs of World War II
 Aftermath
 Yalta (Feb. 1945)
 Potsdam (July 1945)
 The Cold War
 Unit 13 Study Guide
 Unit 13 Test
 Research Paper Due
Unit 14: Cold War and Globalization
Ch 28 – Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1973 (pp.814-849)
 Confrontation of the Super Powers
 The Truman Doctrine (1946)
 The Marshall Plan (1947)
 American “Containment” Policy
 DBQ – Communism and Eastern Europe
 Contention Over Germany
 Case Study – Berlin: The Crux of the Cold War, 1945-1990
 Globalization of the Cold War
 The Arms Race
 Korean
 Vietnam
 Cuba
 Europe and the World: Decolonization
 Conflict in the Middle East
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 United Nations’ Formation of the state of Israel
 Formation of the PLO
Recovery and Renewal in Europe
The United States and Canada: A New Era
 Civil Rights Movement
 Anti-Vietnam movement in U.S.
 Americanization of the World Popular Culture
Ch 29 – The Contemporary Western World Since 1973 (pp.850-885)
 Toward a New Western Order
 Fall of the Soviet Union
 DBQ – Political, Social, and Economic causes for the Collapse of the U.S.S.R
 Collapse of Communism
 Reunification of Germany
 War in Eastern Europe
 Change in Western Europe
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 Aftermath of the Cold War: New World Order or Age of Terrorism?
 Carter’s Human Rights & Reagan’s “Star Wars”
 End of the Cold War
o Gorbachev Era
o Gulf War Test
 An Age of Terrorism?
o Organizations
o Attacks on the U.S. & Europe
 New Directions and New Problems in Western Society
 Women’s Role
 Guest Workers & Immigrants
 Environmental Concerns
 Towards a Global Civilization?
 Global Problems
 International Cooperation
 Case Study: Beyond the Nation-State: The European Union
 Unit 14 Study Guide
 Unit 14 Test
 Final Exam