AP European History Course Schedule (tentative)

 

First Semester: August 22- January 9 2008

Unit I:  Summer Assignment

August 22-24

The Rise of Europe : Ancient Times to High Middle Ages

3 days

Unit II:  August 27-Sept 5

The Upheaval in Western Christendom  1300-1560

7days

Unit III: Sept 6-Sept 17

Economic Renewal and Wars of Religion 1560-1648

7 days

Unit IV: Sept. 18- Sept. 26

The Growing Power of Western Europe 1640-1715

7 days

Unit V: Sept 27- Oct. 4:

 end of 1st  trimester

The Transformation of Eastern Europe , 1648-1740

5 days

Unit VI: Oct. 5- Oct 12

The Scientific View of the World

6 days

Unit VII: Oct. 13 –Oct 19

The Struggle for Wealth and Empire

6 days

Unit VIII: Oct 20-Oct 31

The Age of Enlightenment

7 days

Unit IX: Nov. 1- Nov 13

End of 2nd  trimester 11/ 16.

The French Revolution

9 days

Unit X: Nov. 14- Nov 30

 

Napoleonic Europe

10 days

Unit XI:  Dec 1- Dec 9

Industries, Ideas and the Struggle for Reform 1815-1848

7 days

Unit XII: Dec 10- Dec. 18 :

Take-home open-book semester exam worth 50% of semester final grade

Revolution and the Imposition of Order, 1848-1870

7days

Unit XIII: Dec 19-21, - Jan 3- 9

end of 3rd trimester

The Global Consolidation of Large Nation-States, 1859-1871

8 days

Second Semester: January 11- May 8 2008

Unit XIV Jan. 14- Jan. 18

European Civilization, Economy and Politics 1871-1914

5 days

Unit XV: Jan. 21- Jan. 28

European Civilization, Society and Culture 1871-1914

5 days

Unit XVI: Jan. 29- Feb 6

Europe ’s World Supremacy (imperialism)

7 days

Unit XVII:  Feb 7-Feb 15

The First World War

9 days

Unit XVIII: Feb. 15- Feb. 25 end of 4th trimester

The Russian Revolution and Rise of The Soviet Union

10 days

Unit XIX: Feb 26- March 3

Democracy, Anti-Imperialism and the economic crisis After the First World War

8 days

Unit XX: March 4- March 13

Democracy and Dictatorship in the 1930’s

8 days

Unit XXI:  March 14-28

(spring break)

The Second World War

6 days

Unit XXII: March 29-April 11 end of 5th trimester

The Cold War and Reconstruction After the Second World War

10 days

Unit XXIII & XXIV: April 12- April 18

Empires into Nations: Asia, Africa and the Middle East

7 days

Unit XXV & XXVI: April 19- April 30

Coexistence, Confrontation, and the New Global Economy

9 days

Unit XXIV May 1-8 end of 6th trimester for AP

Test preparation/Review

8 days

AP European History Exam: May 9, 2008