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European Studies
Cyclical Outline (7 periods a cycle)
Cycle
Unit
Work covered
1
Knowing the world/
Ancient Greece
2
Ancient Greece
3
Ancient Greece
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5
Ancient Greece
French Revolution
Mapping activities
- Atlas work
- Geographic work on Europe
Mapping the Ancient World
When was “Ancient Greece”?
How Ancient Greece was divided.
The ideas of Ancient Greece for the modern
world: Philosophy, Education, Politics and
Science
Wars of Ancient Greece:
- Conflict with Persia (*Watch 300)
- Rise of the Athenian Empire
- Peloponnesian War
- Supremacy of Sparta and the Spartan
Way of Life
- Rise of the Macedonian Empire
- - Philip and Alexander The Great
- Silver in Athens
Society
- Social Structure
- Way of Life
- Family
- Education
Homer – The Odyssey
Sophocles – Oedipus Rex
* Oedipus Rex Essay
Map of Europe in 1800s
Structure of French Society
- Three Estates
- Absolutism
- The Enlightenment (Voltaire)
- The Structure and Role of Government
The American Revolution and its impact
6
French Revolution
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
- Their indulgences
- The summoning of the States General
- Failure of the Reform Movement
- The Storming of the Bastille and the
events of July 14, 1789
7
French Revolution
8
French Revolution
9
Exam Preparation/
Exam/ Work
Experience
Exam Preparation/
Exam
10
Women on the march to Versailles
Liberty and the Declaration of Rights
* Task on what we think ‘freedom’ is and the
dangers and benefits of it.
The Constituent Assembly and what they did.
Declaration of the Rights of Man – its contents
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette – calls for
abdication and the killing
September Massacre
The Reign of Terror
Exam Preparation/ Exam/ Work Experience
Exam Preparation/ Exam
Items for Assessment
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Ancient Greece assignment
Oedipus Rex essay
French Revolution analysis
Workbook
Historical knowledge and understanding
Evaluation of the impact of conflicts and revolutions on nations and on people; for example, the
Cold War or the Russian Revolution
Analysis of ideologies such as fascism, communism, capitalism, feminism, environmentalism,
globalisation
Evaluation of the national and global significance of particular changes; for example, the end of
the Cold War
Historical reasoning and interpretation
Research inquiries which use a range of resources, including those which show differing
interpretations of events and issues
Recognition of multiple perspectives on events
Evaluation of evidence which supports different interpretations of events
In presentations of viewpoints on historical issues, analysis of competing interpretations, use of
accurate historical language and conventions, and a variety of ways of presenting information
Blurb –
This course looks at two “mega-events” in European history – Ancient Greeks and the
rise of democracy and philosophy, and the French Revolution. The unit is used to look
at the differing of “ideas” in these two eras, with particular focus on the differences in
political, philosophical and religious thoughts and the changing of these to bring about
overall changes in society. The unit looks at how outside events can influence
societies, both present at the time and in the future.