COURSE DESCRIPTION:

     

AP European History since 1450 is a college level course that introduces students to the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have fundamentally shaped western civilization.  Through use of appropriate analytical skills, primary and secondary sources, maps, charts, graphs, statistics, and other visual documents students will “evaluate selective factual knowledge to increase their understanding of the development of contemporary institutions, the role of continuity and change in present-day society and politics, and the evolution of current forms of artistic expression and intellectual discourse” (College Board, 2010).

 

Students will develop an understanding of the basic concepts and topics introduced, analyze and interpret historical evidence, and improve their abilities to express their understanding of historical events in writing through research papers and timed essays.

 

This course covers the chronological period beginning with the High Renaissance (c. 1450) through the present. The outline of the periods covered is as follows:

 

            c. 1450 – c. 1815 (French Revolutionary/Napoleonic Era)       50%

            c. 1815 – Present                                                                      50%

                        Nineteenth Century     25%

                        Twentieth Century        25%

 

For additional course information, please review the Syllabus and Curriculum Map for this course attached below.

 

 

Mrs. Hanson