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Course
Syllabus
Course Name: European
History
I Course Information
Course
Number: 1245
Level:
Honors
Department: Social Science
II Course Description
Prerequisite: None
Open
to: Sophomores; Fulfills World History Requirement
Length:
1 Year
Credit:
1
Summary: This course is designed to be the equivalent of a college survey. It
offers motivated students the opportunity to experience the historical
development of Western civilization in greater depth than possible at the honors
level in World History. This course is also intended to prepare students for the
AP European History exam administered in May. Reading assignments are lengthy.
Writing assignments require mastery of divergent primary and secondary sources.
The AP European History course is a survey of Western development beginning with
the Greeks, but the course emphasizes the period since 1450. Students are
required to complete a research paper. This course fulfills the graduation
requirement in World History.
III Course Goals
As a
result of this course,
1)
Students should understand the vocabulary utilized in the study of history
2)
Students should understand historical questions, historical analysis and
historical research methods
3)
Students should understand the cultural contributions, social institutions, the
internal political systems, diplomatic relations and economic issues of Western
European states from the Renaissance to present day.
IV Textbooks and Materials
William
Manchester, World Lit Only By Fire: Medieval Mind & Renaissance (1993
edition) Little Brown & Co.
Richard M. Golden, The Social Dimension of Western Civilization
Vol. 1 & 2 (1999 edition) Bedford/St. Martin's
Jackson J. Spielvogel, Western Civilization (2003),
Thomson/Wadworth
V Course Outline
First
Semester
Units of Instruction:
Unit I: Prehistory to the Ancient Greeks
Unit 2: Ancient Rome, 700 CE-476 AD
Unit 3: Medieval Europe, 500 AD-1350 AD
Unit 4: The Renaissance
Unit 5: The Reformation
Unit 6: The Age of Discovery
Unit 7: The New Monarchies and the Emergence of the Nation State
Unit 8: The Age of Absolutism
Unit 9: The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
Unit 10: The French Revolution and Napoleon
Major Assessments:
Analytical Book Report
Unit Exams
First Semester Examination
Second
Semester
Units of Instruction:
Unit 11: Europe After the Congress of Vienna, 1815-1848
Unit 12: Europe in the late Nineteenth Century
Unit 13: Europe’s World Supremacy
Unit 14: World War I and the Aftermath
Unit 15: The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union
Unit 16: Europe Between the Wars and World War II
Unit 17: The Cold War, 1945-1975
Unit 18: Modern Europe
Major Assessments:
Analytical Research Paper
Unit
Exams
Second
Semester Examination
(Parents and students: please consult individual teachers for grading policies,
extra credit info, class procedures, etc.)
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