Week 1:
8/27 – Lecture: Introduction/ Europe from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
8/28 – McKay Chapter 12: The Crisis of the Later Middle Ages
Lecture: Crisis of the Later Middle Ages
8/29 – Homework: Christine de Pisan, The City of Ladies; merchant, Perry pp. 254-257; “On Love and
Marriage” – Perry pp. 254-259; Qs 2-6
Lecture: Nationalistic Literature, Daily Life: Rural and Urban
8/30 – McKay Chapter 13: European Society in the Age of the Renaissance
Lecture: Renaissance Society: Economics and politics
8/31: Homework: “Professor Burckhardt and the Renaissance”; one-page précis (summary)
Castiglione: The Courtier -- Weisner pp. 257-260; 1/2 page précis for each question
Lecture: Humanism
Week 2:
9/3: Labor Day (no school)
9/4: Homework: Machiavelli: The Prince – Kishlansky pp. 223-227 Qs 1-6 (Note: questions
located on different pages)
Lecture: Italian Renaissance Art -- Painting
9/5: Homework: Petrarch; Bruni; Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man (Question 1);
Perry pp. 279-287; Qs 1-4 on p. 285
9/6: Lecture: Northern Renaissance and Christian Humanism: Erasmus, More, Rabelais, Montaigne
9/7: Homework: Erasmus: In Praise of Folly – Kishlansky Vol. I, pp. 227-230; Qs 1-5
More’s Utopia – Kishlansky Vol. I, pp. 231-234; Qs 1-6
Week 3:
9/10: Homework: Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel – Perry pp. 299-301; Question: In what
ways did the curriculum recommended by Gargantua reflect teachings of the
Renaisance humanists?
Lecture: Northern Renaissance Art
9/11: McKay Chapter 15
9/12: Lecture: New Monarchs
9/13: Homework: Geography sheet due
Lecture: The Age of Discovery: Conquerors and the Conquered
9/14: Geography Exam
Essay writing tips
Week 4:
9/17: Homework: Practice FRQ
9/18: Essay peer assessment
9/19: Review for Exam
9/20: Unit 1 Exam: McKay Chapters 12 & 13, parts of 15
9/21: Review Exam
Week 5:
9/24: McKay Chapter 14: Reform and Renewal in the Christian Church
Lecture: Folly of the Renaissance Popes: Disintegration of the Medieval Church
9/25: Lecture: Pre-Luther reform, the Gutenberg Revolution, Impact of Christian Humanism.
9/26: Homework: Luther: The Freedom of a Christian and Of Marriage and Celibacy,
Kishlansky pp. 256-261Qs 1-8
Lecture: Protestant Reformation: Luther & Calvin; Hapsburg resistance to Protestantism
9/27: Homework: Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion and Catechism
Kishlansky pp. 262-269; Qs 1-8
Lecture: The English Reformation
9/28: Homework: Luther: The Twelve Articles of the Peasants of Swabia and Admonition to Peace
Kishlansky pp. 279-284; Qs 1-5
Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent; Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises
Perry pp. 327-332; Qs 1-4
Lecture: Catholic Counter Reformation
Class Activity: To what extent was the Catholic Reformation successful?
Week 6:
10/1: Lecture: Religious Wars
10/2: Homework: Henry IV: Edict of Nantes – Kishlansky pp. 303-305; Qs 1-5
10/3: Review for Test
10/4: Unit 2 Exam: MC and FRQ
10/5: Review Exam
Week 7:
10/8: McKay Chapter 16 – Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Western Europe.
Lecture: Development of absolutism in Western Europe
10/9: Lecture: The Age of Louis XIV
10/10: Homework: Lecture: The Wars of Louis XIV
10/11: Homework: Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan—Kishlansky pp. 330-334; Qs 1-5
James I, True Law of free Monarchies and 1610 speech to Parliament;
Perry pp. 358-359; Qs 1-2
10/12: Quiz #1: Unit 1
Week 8:
10/15: Homework: English Declaration of Rights (Bill of Rights)—Perry pp. 373-375; Qs 1-2
Lecture: The Glorious Revolution
10/16: Quiz #2: Unit 1
10/17: McKay Chapter 17 -- Absolutism in Eastern Europe
Lecture: Fall of Three Empires: HRE, Poland, Ottoman; Rise of Austria: Hapsburg Empire
10/18: Quiz #3: Unit 2
10/19: Lecture: Prussia and Frederick William the “Great Elector”
Week 9:
10/22: Lecture: Russia and Peter the Great
10/23: Quiz #4: Unit 2
10/24: Homework: Review Set 1 (Yellow Book)
Jeopardy! Review (in class)
10/25: Midterm MC & FRQ Exam--Units 1, 2 & 3
10/26: Review exam
END OF FIRST QUARTER
Week 10:
10/29: Intro to DBQ writing
10/30—Analyzing documents
10/31: DBQ Activity--Renaissance Women
11/1—Practice DBQ due (peer editing)
11/2 – DBQ Exam
UNIT FOUR: 18TH CENTURY
Week 11:
11/5 – McKay Chapter 18: Toward a New World-view
Review DBQ Exam
Lecture: The Scientific Revolution
11/6—Homework: Copernicus: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres; Cardinal
Bellarmine’s letter; Galileo, The Starry Messenger; Galileo, letter to Grand Duchess; Bacon, Refutation of Philosophies; Perry pp. 379-394 (11 questions)
Lecture: The Impact of the Scientific Revolution on Society
Quiz: Periods 1
11/7— Homework: Réne Descartes: Discourse on Method—Kishlansky pp. 54-58; Qs 1-5
Newton, Principia – Perry Vol 1. pp. 398-400 –Qs 1-4
Lecture: The Enlightenment
Quiz: Periods 2
11/8—Homework: Locke: Second Treatise Concerning Government—Kishlansky pp. 63-67; Qs 1-3
Jefferson, Declaration of Independence—Perry Vol 1 pp. 407-408; Q 2
Lecture: Classical Liberalism
11/9: Lecture: The Philosophes
Week 12:
11/12: Veteran’s Day (no school)
11/13: Homework: Voltaire, “A Plea for Tolerance and Reason” – Perry pp. 409-412 Qs 1-4
Lecture: The later Enlightenment and the challenge of Romanticism
11/14: Homework: Denis Diderot, Encyclopedia, Perry pp. 424-427; Qs 1-4
Research for Enlightened Despotism
11/15: Class Activity: Enlightened Despotism
11/16: McKay Chapter 19 – European Expansion in the 18th Century
Lecture: Agricultural Revolution, Population Explosion, Cottage and Textile Industries
11/19-11/23: Thanksgiving Holiday (no school)
Week 13:
11/26: The Atlantic Economy in the 17th and 18th centuries, Colonial Wars and Overseas Colonies
11/27: McKay Chapter 20 – Changing Life of the People in the 18th century
11/28: DBQ Exam
11/29: Unit 4 Exam: MC and FRQ
11/30: Review Exams
Week 14:
12/3: McKay Chapter 21
Lecture: The Age of Montesquieu (1789-1791)
12/4: Homework: Abbé de Sieyès: What is the Third Estate?; Kishlansky pp. 110-115; Qs 1-5
Declaration of the Rights of Man; Olympe de Gouges: The Declaration of the Rights of
Woman; Kishlansky pp. 115-120; Qs 1-6
Lecture: The Age of Rousseau (1791-1799): The National Convention and Robespierre
12/5: Homework: Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France—Kishlansky pp.120-123; Qs 1-5
Lecture: Thermidor and the Directory
12/6: Lecture: Napoleon -- The Age of Voltaire (1799-1815)
UNIT SIX: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Week 15:
12/10: French Revolution Documentary
12/11: French Revolution Documentary (cont.)
12/12: French Revolution Activity
12/13: McKay Chapter 22
Lecture: The Industrial Revolution and the Transportation Revolution
12/14: Lecture: Industrial Revolution in Continental Europe
Week 16:
12/17: Lecture: Social Implications of the Industrial Revolution
12/18: DBQ Exam
12/19: Periods Quiz
Class Activity: Units 5 & 6 Jeopardy!
12/20: Units 5 & 6 MC and FRQ Exam
12/21: Review Exams
Winter Break: 12/24/05-1/6/06
Week 17: Review for Final Exam
1/7/08: Review Unit 1 at home!; Unit 1 Jeopardy
1/8: Quiz #5 (Unit 1) ; Unit 2 Jeopardy!
1/9: Quiz #6 (Unit 2); Unit 3 Jeopardy! Homework: Review Set II (Yellow Book)
1/10: Quiz #7: (Unit 3); Unit 4 Jeopardy! Homework: Practice Test 1 – Qs 1-37 (Yellow Book)
1/11: Quiz #8: (Unit 4); Units 5 & 6 Jeopardy! Homework: Practice Test 2 – Qs 1-34 (Yellow Book)
1/14: Quiz #9 & 10: Units 5 & 6; “Periods”; Homework: Practice Test 3 – Qs 1-27 (Yellow Book)
SECOND SEMESTER
Week 1:
1/21: King's Day (no school)
1/22: Review Exam
1/23: McKay Chapter 23: Concert of Europe—Conservatism vs. Liberalism/Nationalism
Lecture: The Congress of Vienna and Conservatism
12/24: Homework: Karlsbad Decrees--Perry pp.151-152, Qs 3-4
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty – Kishlansky pp. 166-170 Qs 1-5
Lecture: Liberalism and the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848
12/25: Homework: Pierre Proudhon: What is Property?—Kishlansky pp. 170-174 Qs 1-5
Marx and Engels: The Communist Manifesto—Kishlansky pp. 182-186; Qs 1-5
Lecture: Nationalism and the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848
12/22: Lecture: Romanticism and Socialism
UNIT SEVEN: EUROPEAN POLITICS 1815-1848 AND 19TH CENTURY SOCIETY
Week 1:
1/22: Day between semesters (no school)
1/23: Review Exam
1/24: McKay Chapter 24
Lecture: The 2nd Industrial Revolution
1/25: Homework: Chadwick: Inquiry into the Condition of the Poor—Kishlansky pp. 140-144 Qs 1-6
Lecture: Urbanization
1/26: Homework: Charles Darwin: The Descent of Man (1871)—Kishlansky pp. 196-199; Qs 1-4
Sigmund Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams—Kishlansky pp. 199-203; Qs 1-5
Lecture: Social Structure and the Changing Family
Week 2:
1/28: Lecture: Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism in Art
1/29: Homework: Zola, The Experimental Novel; Charles Dickens, Hard Times;
Perry Vol. 2 pp. 162-165 pp. 2-4
Lecture: Fin-de-Siecle -- Philosophy and Science
1/30: Film: Return of Martin Guerre
UNIT EIGHT: THE AGES OF REALPOLITIK, MASS POLITICS AND IMPERIALISM
Week 3:
2/4: Unit 7 Exam: MC and FRQ
2/5: Review Exam
2/6: McKay Chapter 25
Lecture: Second French Empire and the Crimean War
2/7: Lecture: Unification of Italy
2/8: Lecture: Unification of Germany
Week 4:
2/11: Lincoln’s Day (no school)
2/12: Lecture: The Age of Mass Politics -- Britain and France
Homework: Emmeline Pankhurst, “Why We Are Militant” (1/2 page précis)
2/13: Lecture: The Age of Mass Politics -- Germany and Austria-Hungary
2/14: McKay Chapter 26: The West and the World
Lecture: Causes of the New Imperialism
2/15: Lecture: Age of Imperialism in Africa and Asia
Week 5:
2/18: President’s Day (no school)
2/19: Homework: J.A. Hobson, Imperialism; Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith; Rudyard Kipling,
“The White Man’s Burden”—Kishlansky pp. 216-223; all questions
2/20: Review DBQ; review for exam
2/21: Review for exam
2/22: Unit 8 Exam: MC and FRQ
Week 6:
2/25: Review Exam
2/26: McKay Chapter 27: World War I
Lecture: Causes of World War I
2/27: Homework: Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front; Perry pp. 305-307 Qs 1-3
Lecture: The Great War
2/28: Lecture: European Society during WWI
2/29: Homework: Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points; -- Kishlansky pp. 237-240; Qs 1-5
Week 7:
3/3: Homework: Alex II, Emancipation Edict; Kropotkin’s Memoir; Kishlansky pp. 186-189 Qs 1-4
Lecture: Russian Politics and Society --1815-1917
3/4: Homework: V. I. Lenin, What is To Be Done? -- Kishlansky pp. 240-243; Qs 1-5
Lecture: Causes of the Russian Revolution
3/5: Lecture: Results of the Russian Revolution
3/6: McKay Chapter 28: The Age of Anxiety
Lecture: Modern European Thought
3/7: Homework: Paul Valèry, Disillusionment; Perry pp. 323-324; Q #1
Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism – Kishlansky pp. 288-291; all Qs 1-5
Lecture: European politics in the 1920s and the Great Depression
Week 8:
3/10: Unit 9 Exam: MC and FRQ
3/11: Review Exam
3/12: McKay Chapter 29: World War II
Lecture: Totalitarianism in Russia – Lenin and Stalin
3/13: Homework: Stalin: Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – Kishlansky pp. 283-287
Qs 1-5
3/14: Lecture: Fascism in Italy
Spring Break: 3/17-3/21 ** Begin studying for AP Exam!!**
Week 9:
3/24: Homework: Mussolini: Fascist Doctrine; Hitler: Mein Kampf; -- Kishlansky pp. 255-263; all Qs
3/25: Lecture: Nazi Germany
3/26: Homework: Chamberlain, In Defense of Appeasement; Churchill, A Disaster of the 1st Magnitude;
Perry pp. 391-396; Qs 1-6
3/27: Lecture: Road to War
3/28: Lecture: World at War
Week 10:
3/31: Lecture: Results of World War II
4/1: McKay Chapter 30: 1945-1968
Lecture: The Cold War: 1945-1968
4/2:Homework: Winston Churchill, “Iron Curtain” Speech; Kishlansky pp. 298-302; Qs 1-5
4/3: Lecture: De-Stalinization and Re-Stalinization: Khrushchev and Brezhnev
4/4: Homework: Kennan, Containing the Soviet Union; Perry pp. 424-426; Qs 3-5
Khrushchev’s Secret Speech; Perry pp. 353-354; Qs 1-3
Lecture – The Economic Miracle
Week 11:
4/7: Homework: Review Set III
Lecture: Decolonization
4/8: Lecture: The Cold War -- 1968-1991
4/9: Homework: Simone de Beavoir, The Second Sex; -- Kishlansky pp. 291-295 Qs 1-5
Lecture: European Unity -- 1946 to the Present
4/10: McKay Chapter 31: 1968 to the Present
Lecture: European Society in the Post-War Era
4/11: Lecture: The 1990s and Beyond
Week 12:
4/15: Unit 11 MC and FRQ Exam
Homework: Review Set IV
4/16: Review Exam
4/17: DBQ Exam
4/18: Review DBQ Exam
Week 13: AP Review
4/21: Homework: Yellow Book Review Set III
Quiz #11: Periods and Dates
4/22: Homework: Yellow Book Practice Tests 1 & 2
Quiz #12: Periods and Dates
4/23: Homework: Yellow Book Practice Tests 3 & 4
Quiz 1: Unit 1
4/24: Homework: Yellow Book Practice Tests 5 & 6
Quiz 2: Unit 1; Quiz 3: Unit 2
4/25: Homework: Yellow Book Practice Tests 7 & 8
Quiz 4: Unit 2; Quiz 5: Unit 3
Week 14: AP Review
4/28: Quiz 6: Unit 3; Quiz 7: Unit 4
4/29: Quiz 8: Unit 4; Quiz 9: Unit 5
4/30: Quiz 10: Unit 6; Quiz 13: Unit 7
5/1: Quiz 14: Unit 7; Quiz 15: Unit 8
5/2: Quiz 16: Unit 8; Quiz 17 Unit 9
Homework: 1984 AP Exam
5/5: Homework: 1988 AP Exam; DBQ Practice Test (2003)
5/6: Homework: 1994 AP Exam
5/7: Homework: 1999 AP Exam; DBQ Practice Test (2005)
5/8: Homework: 2004 AP Exam
5/9: AP Exam—Afternoon Session