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AP European History Curriculum Map
Course Understandings
Essential Questions
Assessments
Course Knowledge/Skills
First Quarter A.P. EUROPEAN HISTORY
Students will understand:
THE
ART,LITERATURE,ARCHITECTURE
AND INTELLECTUAL
COMPONENTS OF THE ITALIAN
RENNAISSANCE
THE CAUSES, PEOPLE AND
MAJOR EVENTS OF THE
PROTESTANT REFORMATION
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE“NEW MONARCHIES”,
EXPLORATION AND THE
SPANISH DISCOVERY OF THE
NEW WORLD
THE CAUSES AND
RAMIFICATIONS OF THE 30
YEARS WAR AND THE MAJOR
EVENTS OF THE ENGLISH
REVOLUTION
WHAT WERE THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF
ITALIAN RENNAISANCE
ART?
WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER
AND WHAT REFORMS DID
HE PROPOSE
HOW DID THE NEW
MONARCHS CONSOLIDATE
THEIR POWER AND WHAT
PROBLEMS DID THEY FACE?
WHO WERE THE MAJOR
PLAYERS IN THE 30 YEARS
WAR AND HOW WAS
EUROPE RESHAPED BY IT?
DIAGNOSTIC
STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED ON PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A FORMAL OR
INFORMAL QUESTIONING PROCESS
FORMATIVE
*STUDENTS WIL BE ASSESSED ON
PAPER ON MARTIN LUTHER
*STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE PAPER ON NORTHERN
HUMANISTS
* STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE OPINION PAPER ON
COLUMBUS DAY
*STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON
QUIZ IN CHAPTER 15
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SUMMATIVE
STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON
MULTIPLE CHOICE, IDENTIFICATION,
TRUE AND FALSE, OPEN ENDED
QUESTIONS, AND THE CHARTS AND
GRAPHS USED IN THE FORMAL
WRITTEN TEST ON MATERIALS IN
CHAPTERS 12,13,14 AND 15
WORLD HISTORY
8.4.12.A: Evaluate the role groups and individuals played in the
social, political, cultural, and economic development
throughout world history.
8.4.12.B: Evaluate the importance of historical documents,
artifacts, and sites which are critical to world history.
8.4.12.C: Evaluate how continuity and change have impacted
the world today.
Belief systems and religions
Commerce and industry
Technology
Politics and government
Physical and human geography
Social organization
8.4.12.D: Evaluate how conflict and cooperation among groups
and organizations have impacted the development of the world
today, including its effects on Pennsylvania.
ECONOMICS
6.1.12.A:Predict the long-term consequences of decisions made
because of scarcity.
6.1.12.B: Evaluate the economic reasoning behind a
choice.Evaluate effective allocation of resources for the
production of goods and services.
6.1.12.C: Analyze the opportunity cost of decisions made by
individuals, businesses, communities, and nations.
6.1.12.D: Predict how changes in incentives may affect the
choices made by individuals, businesses, communities, and
nations.
6.2.12.A: Evaluate the flow of goods and services in an
international economy.
6.2.12.B: Analyze the effect of changes in the level of
competition in different markets.
6.2.12.F: Evaluate the impact of private economic institutions
on the individual, the national and the international economy.
6.2.12.G: Evaluate various economic systems.
6.4.12.A: Evaluate the comparative advantage of nations in
the production of goods and services.
6.4.12.B: Assess the growth and impact of international trade
around the world.
6.4.12.C: Evaluate the impact of multinational corporations
and other non-government organizations.
6.4.12.D: Analyze how changes in transportation,
communication networks, and technology affect economic
interdependence around the world in the 21st century.
6.5.12.A: Analyze the factors influencing wages.
6.5.12.B: Evaluate how changes in education, incentives,
technology, and capital investment alter productivity.
6.5.12.C: Analyze the costs and benefits of organizing a
business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation.
6.5.12.D: Analyze the role of profits and losses in the allocation
of resources in a market economy.
6.5.12.E: Compare distribution of wealth across nations.
6.5.12.F: Assess the impact of entrepreneurs on the economy.
6.5.12.G: Analyze the risks and returns of various investments.
6.5.12.H: Evaluate benefits and costs of changes in interest
rates for individuals and society.
GEOGRAPHY
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7.1.12.A: Use geographic tools to analyze information about
the interaction between people, places, and the environment.
7.1.12.B: Assess how physical changes to a region may have
global impact.
7.3.12.A: Analyze the human characteristics of places and
regions using the following criteria:
Population
Culture
Settlement
Economic activities
Political activities
7.4.12.B: Analyze the global effects of human activity on the
physical systems.
Second Quarter
Students will understand:
THE MAJOR PLAYERS,
ADVANCES AND
RAMIFICATIONS OF THE
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE UNDER
LOUIS 14TH, AND THE POLITICAL
THEORIES OF LOCKE AND
HOBBES
WHAT FACTORS
CONTRIBUTED TO THE
BIRTH OF THE SCIENTIFIC
REVOLUTION/
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
THE POLITICAL VIEW OF
JOHN LOCKE AND THOMAS
HOBBES AND WHICH VIEW
DO YOU HOLD MORE
VALID?
DIAGNOSTIC
STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED ON PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A FORMAL OR
INFORMAL QUESTIONING PROCESS
FORMATIVE
*STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON 
QUIZZES ON COVERED CHAPTERS 
* STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON 
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PAPER ON ADAM SMITH
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*STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
WORLD HISTORY
8.4.12.A: Evaluate the role groups and individuals played in the
social, political, cultural, and economic development
throughout world history.
8.4.12.B: Evaluate the importance of historical documents,
artifacts, and sites which are critical to world history.
8.4.12.C: Evaluate how continuity and change have impacted
the world today.
Belief systems and religions
Commerce and industry
Technology
Politics and government
Physical and human geography
THE THEORIES, AND IMPACT OF
ADAM SMITH’S “WEALTH OF
NATIONS” AND THE MAJOR
EVENTS AND RAMIFICATIONS
OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN
WAR
THE MAJOR PLAYERS, IDEAS
AND RAMIFICATIONS OF THE
ENLIGHTENMENT
WHY WAS ADAM SMITH’S
BOOK CONSIDERED SO
RADICAL AND WHY DID
MANY EUROPEAN
MONARCHS EMBRACE IT/
WHAT IMPACT DID THE
IDEAS OF THE
ENLIGHTENMENT HAVE ON
THE AMERICAN AND
FRENCH REVOLUTIONS/
COMPLETE OPINION PAPER ON
LOCKE AND HOBBES
*STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE PAPER ON VOLTAIRE
*STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE ESSAY ON ‘CANDIDE
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SUMMATIVE
STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON
MULTIPLE CHOICE, IDENTIFICATION,
TRUE AND FALSE, OPEN ENDED
QUESTIONS, AND THE CHARTS AND
GRAPHS USED IN THE FORMAL
WRITTEN TEST ON MATERIALS IN
CHAPTERS 16,17,18 AND 19
Social organization
8.4.12.D: Evaluate how conflict and cooperation among groups
and organizations have impacted the development of the world
today, including its effects on Pennsylvania.
ECONOMICS
6.1.12.A:Predict the long-term consequences of decisions made
because of scarcity.
6.1.12.B: Evaluate the economic reasoning behind a
choice.Evaluate effective allocation of resources for the
production of goods and services.
6.1.12.C: Analyze the opportunity cost of decisions made by
individuals, businesses, communities, and nations.
6.1.12.D: Predict how changes in incentives may affect the
choices made by individuals, businesses, communities, and
nations.
6.2.12.A: Evaluate the flow of goods and services in an
international economy.
6.2.12.B: Analyze the effect of changes in the level of
competition in different markets.
6.2.12.F: Evaluate the impact of private economic institutions
on the individual, the national and the international economy.
6.2.12.G: Evaluate various economic systems.
6.4.12.A: Evaluate the comparative advantage of nations in
the production of goods and services.
6.4.12.B: Assess the growth and impact of international trade
around the world.
6.4.12.C: Evaluate the impact of multinational corporations
and other non-government organizations.
6.4.12.D: Analyze how changes in transportation,
communication networks, and technology affect economic
interdependence around the world in the 21st century.
6.5.12.A: Analyze the factors influencing wages.
6.5.12.B: Evaluate how changes in education, incentives,
technology, and capital investment alter productivity.
6.5.12.C: Analyze the costs and benefits of organizing a
business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation.
6.5.12.D: Analyze the role of profits and losses in the allocation
of resources in a market economy.
6.5.12.E: Compare distribution of wealth across nations.
6.5.12.F: Assess the impact of entrepreneurs on the economy.
6.5.12.G: Analyze the risks and returns of various investments.
6.5.12.H: Evaluate benefits and costs of changes in interest
rates for individuals and society.
GEOGRAPHY
7.1.12.A: Use geographic tools to analyze information about
the interaction between people, places, and the environment.
7.1.12.B: Assess how physical changes to a region may have
global impact.
7.3.12.A: Analyze the human characteristics of places and
regions using the following criteria:
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Population
Culture
Settlement
Economic activities
Political activities
7.4.12.B: Analyze the global effects of human activity on the
physical systems.
Third Quarter
Students will understand:
THE MAJOR PLAYERS,EVENTS
AND RAMIFICATIONS OF THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE BACKGROUND, RISE AND
FALL OF NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE AND HIS IMPACT
ON EUROPEAN HISTORY
THE MAJOR DECISIONS MADE
AND IMPLIMANTED AT THE
CONGRESS OF VIENNA
THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND AND
NORTHERN EUROPE
WHAT CONDITIONS LED TO
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
AND COULD THE
REOVOLUTION BEEN
AVOIDED?
WHY DID NAPOLEON
BELIEVE IN MERITOCRACY
AND DO YOU FEEL HIS
DECISION MAKING BECAME
PROBLEMATIC AFTER HIS
RISE TO EMPEROR?
WHO WERE THE PRIMARY
BENEFICIARIES AT THE
CONGRESS OF VIENNA AND
WHY?
WHAT CONDITIONS
EXISTED IN ENGLAND THAT
ALLOWED FOR THE
FORMATION OF THE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?
DIAGNOSTIC
STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED ON PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A FORMAL OR
INFORMAL QUESTIONING PROCESS
FORMATIVE
* STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON
QUIZZES IN RELEVANT CHAPTERS
* STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE COMPARISON PAPER ON
AMERICAN/FRENCH REVOLUTIONS
*STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE OPINION PAPER ON
NAPOLEON
* STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON
ESSAY ABOUT INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
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SUMMATIVE
STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON
MULTIPLE CHOICE, IDENTIFICATION,
TRUE AND FALSE, OPEN ENDED
QUESTIONS, AND THE CHARTS AND
GRAPHS USED IN THE FORMAL
WRITTEN TEST ON MATERIALS IN
CHAPTERS 20,21,22 AND 23
WORLD HISTORY
8.4.12.A: Evaluate the role groups and individuals played in the
social, political, cultural, and economic development
throughout world history.
8.4.12.B: Evaluate the importance of historical documents,
artifacts, and sites which are critical to world history.
8.4.12.C: Evaluate how continuity and change have impacted
the world today.
Belief systems and religions
Commerce and industry
Technology
Politics and government
Physical and human geography
Social organization
8.4.12.D: Evaluate how conflict and cooperation among groups
and organizations have impacted the development of the world
today, including its effects on Pennsylvania.
ECONOMICS
6.1.12.A:Predict the long-term consequences of decisions made
because of scarcity.
6.1.12.B: Evaluate the economic reasoning behind a
choice.Evaluate effective allocation of resources for the
production of goods and services.
6.1.12.C: Analyze the opportunity cost of decisions made by
individuals, businesses, communities, and nations.
6.1.12.D: Predict how changes in incentives may affect the
choices made by individuals, businesses, communities, and
nations.
6.2.12.A: Evaluate the flow of goods and services in an
international economy.
6.2.12.B: Analyze the effect of changes in the level of
competition in different markets.
6.2.12.F: Evaluate the impact of private economic institutions
on the individual, the national and the international economy.
6.2.12.G: Evaluate various economic systems.
6.4.12.A: Evaluate the comparative advantage of nations in
the production of goods and services.
6.4.12.B: Assess the growth and impact of international trade
around the world.
6.4.12.C: Evaluate the impact of multinational corporations
and other non-government organizations.
6.4.12.D: Analyze how changes in transportation,
communication networks, and technology affect economic
interdependence around the world in the 21st century.
6.5.12.A: Analyze the factors influencing wages.
6.5.12.B: Evaluate how changes in education, incentives,
technology, and capital investment alter productivity.
6.5.12.C: Analyze the costs and benefits of organizing a
business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation.
6.5.12.D: Analyze the role of profits and losses in the allocation
of resources in a market economy.
6.5.12.E: Compare distribution of wealth across nations.
6.5.12.F: Assess the impact of entrepreneurs on the economy.
6.5.12.G: Analyze the risks and returns of various investments.
6.5.12.H: Evaluate benefits and costs of changes in interest
rates for individuals and society.
GEOGRAPHY
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7.1.12.A: Use geographic tools to analyze information about
the interaction between people, places, and the environment.
7.1.12.B: Assess how physical changes to a region may have
global impact.
7.3.12.A: Analyze the human characteristics of places and
regions using the following criteria:
Population
Culture
Settlement
Economic activities
Political activities
7.4.12.B: Analyze the global effects of human activity on the
physical
Fourth Quarter
Students will understand:
THE MAJOR PLAYERS,
CAUSES,EVENTS, AND
WHAT WERE THE
SIMILARITIES IN THE
REVOLUTIONS THAT TOOK
DIAGNOSTIC
STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED ON PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A FORMAL OR
WORLD HISTORY
8.4.12.A: Evaluate the role groups and individuals played in the
social, political, cultural, and economic development
RAMIFICATIONS OF THE
EUROPEAN WIDE REVOLUTIONS
THAT OCCURRED IN 1848
THE MAJOR PLAYERS,CAUSES
AND EVENTS OF THE ITALIAN
AND GERMAN UNIFICATION
MOVEMENTS
THE VIEWS, AND IMPACT OF
KARL MARX AND THE UTOPIAN
SOCIALISTS
THE VIEWS,AND IMPACT OF
CHARLES DARWIN AND THE
VIEW OF THE SOCIAL
DARWINISTS
PLACE THROUGHOUT
EUROPE IN 1848/
INFORMAL QUESTIONING PROCESS
WHY DID THE MAJOR
EUROPEAN NATIONS FEAR
A UNITED GERMANY AND
WHAT LASTING IMPACT
CAME FROM THE FRANCO
PRUSSIAN WAR?
FORMATIVE
HOW SIS MARX’S IDEAS
PLAY A ROLE IN THE
REVOLUTIONS OF THE 20TH
CENTURY?
HOW DID DARWIN’S IDEAS
RESHAPE DEBATES ON
SOCIAL IISUES?
*STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON
COMPARISON PAPER ON MARX AND
CAPITALISM
* STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE COMPARISON PAPER ON
ITALIAN AND GERMAN UNIFICATION
MOVEMEMTS
* STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE ESSAY ON SOCIAL
DARWINISTS
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SUMMATIVE
STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON
MULTIPLE CHOICE, IDENTIFICATION,
TRUE AND FALSE, OPEN ENDED
QUESTIONS, AND THE CHARTS AND
GRAPHS USED IN THE FORMAL
WRITTEN TEST ON MATERIALS IN
CHAPTERS 24,25, 26
throughout world history.
8.4.12.B: Evaluate the importance of historical documents,
artifacts, and sites which are critical to world history.
8.4.12.C: Evaluate how continuity and change have impacted
the world today.
Belief systems and religions
Commerce and industry
Technology
Politics and government
Physical and human geography
Social organization
8.4.12.D: Evaluate how conflict and cooperation among groups
and organizations have impacted the development of the world
today, including its effects on Pennsylvania.
ECONOMICS
6.1.12.A:Predict the long-term consequences of decisions made
because of scarcity.
6.1.12.B: Evaluate the economic reasoning behind a
choice.Evaluate effective allocation of resources for the
production of goods and services.
6.1.12.C: Analyze the opportunity cost of decisions made by
individuals, businesses, communities, and nations.
6.1.12.D: Predict how changes in incentives may affect the
choices made by individuals, businesses, communities, and
nations.
6.2.12.A: Evaluate the flow of goods and services in an
international economy.
6.2.12.B: Analyze the effect of changes in the level of
competition in different markets.
6.2.12.F: Evaluate the impact of private economic institutions
on the individual, the national and the international economy.
6.2.12.G: Evaluate various economic systems.
6.4.12.A: Evaluate the comparative advantage of nations in
the production of goods and services.
6.4.12.B: Assess the growth and impact of international trade
around the world.
6.4.12.C: Evaluate the impact of multinational corporations
and other non-government organizations.
6.4.12.D: Analyze how changes in transportation,
communication networks, and technology affect economic
interdependence around the world in the 21st century.
6.5.12.A: Analyze the factors influencing wages.
6.5.12.B: Evaluate how changes in education, incentives,
technology, and capital investment alter productivity.
6.5.12.C: Analyze the costs and benefits of organizing a
business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation.
6.5.12.D: Analyze the role of profits and losses in the allocation
of resources in a market economy.
6.5.12.E: Compare distribution of wealth across nations.
6.5.12.F: Assess the impact of entrepreneurs on the economy.
6.5.12.G: Analyze the risks and returns of various investments.
6.5.12.H: Evaluate benefits and costs of changes in interest
rates for individuals and society.
GEOGRAPHY




7.1.12.A: Use geographic tools to analyze information about
the interaction between people, places, and the environment.
7.1.12.B: Assess how physical changes to a region may have
global impact.
7.3.12.A: Analyze the human characteristics of places and
regions using the following criteria:
Population
Culture
Settlement
Economic activities
Political activities
7.4.12.B: Analyze the global effects of human activity on the
physical