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Pitt County Schools 40237C AP European History Instructional Guide Time Frame: First Six Weeks ESSENTIAL TASKS, RECOMMENDED ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, STRATEGIES, SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES RESOURCES AND BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS PROJECTS, ASSESSMENT CONNECTIONS Middle Ages and Renaissance  How did the Middle Ages begin to  Write an essay  History textbook, establish the roots of traditional describing the feudal History journals, 21st Century Themes: European society? system and how it test on goal,  Global Awareness  Describe the basic geography of affected both local quizzes on goal  Civic Literacy Europe. nobility and central  How did the Renaissance begin to monarchs 21st Century Skills: challenge accepted traditions,  Creativity and Innovation authorities, and political structures  Critical Thinking and Problem established during the Middle Ages? Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

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Reformation  How did the Renaissance influence  Compare and contrast  History textbook, Reformation thinkers? artistic styles of the History journals, Revised 2010 AP European History Instructional Guide 1 21st Century Themes:  How did the desired goals and Northern and Southern test on goal,  Global Awareness outcomes of the Reformation differ in Renaissance quizzes on goal, art  Financial, Economic, Business and various regions of Europe? and literature from Entrepreneurial Literacy  How did the Reformation further the the Renaissance  Civic Literacy establishment of modern European period nations? 21st Century Skills:  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

Exploration, Scientific Revolution, and  What effect did the scientific revolution  Conduct an organized  History textbook, Industrial Revolution and exploration have on European class discussion on how History journals, society? exploration led to the test on goal, 21st Century Themes:  How did the industrial revolution development of new quizzes on goal,  Global Awareness change Europe? scientific data and pictures of  Financial, Economic, Business and instruments scientific Entrepreneurial Literacy instruments  Civic Literacy developed during  Environmental Literacy scientific revolution

Revised 2010 AP European History Instructional Guide 2 21st Century Skills:  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

Absolutism and Constitutionalism  How did absolutism in Europe from the  Write an essay  History textbook, 1500s through the 1700s differ by comparing and History journals, 21st Century Themes: region? contrasting monarchies test on goal,  Global Awareness  How did absolutism effect the in various regions of quizzes on goal,  Financial, Economic, Business and development of modern nation states? Europe from the 1500s maps showing Entrepreneurial Literacy  How did the expansion of overseas through the 1700s European  Civic Literacy empires affect Europeans? exploration of the time period 21st Century Skills:  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications

Revised 2010 AP European History Instructional Guide 3 and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

Time Frame: Second Six Weeks ESSENTIAL TASKS, RECOMMENDED ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, STRATEGIES, SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES RESOURCES AND BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS PROJECTS, ASSESSMENT CONNECTIONS Enlightenment  What effects did the Enlightenment  Conduct a mock debate  History textbook, have on absolutism in Europe? between monarchs and History journals, 21st Century Themes:  How was the Enlightenment a catalyst Enlightenment thinkers test on goal,  Global Awareness for revolution in Europe? quizzes on goal,  Civic Literacy rubric that assess debate 21st Century Skills:  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills

Revised 2010 AP European History Instructional Guide 4  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

Nationalism and Imperialism  How did the establishment of powerful,  Write an essay  History textbook, nationalistic states affect Europe in the describing how Germany History journals, 21st Century Themes: 1800s? became a powerful test on goal,  Global Awareness  How did the race for empires affect the nation quizzes on goal,  Civic Literacy relationships between European nations written essays in the 1800s? 21st Century Skills:  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

World War I  How was WWI a conflict unlike any  Create a flow chart  History textbook, other in history? describing the national History journals, 21st Century Themes:  How did the participants of WWI create alliance system that test on goal,

Revised 2010 AP European History Instructional Guide 5  Global Awareness a tenuous peace and an atmosphere caused so many quizzes on goal  Civic Literacy ready for new conflict? European nations to be drawn into WWI 21st Century Skills:  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

Depression and Dictatorship  Why was the European economy in  Write an essay  History textbook, such a delicate state as to allow the explaining how the terms History journals, 21st Century Themes: worldwide depression of the 1920s and of the Treaty of test on goal,  Global Awareness 1930s? quizzes on goal  Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy  How and why did dictators gain power Versailles helped to bring  Civic Literacy in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s? about economic despair in Europe in the 1920s and 21st Century Skills: 1930s  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration

Revised 2010 AP European History Instructional Guide 6  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

Time Frame: Third Six Weeks ESSENTIAL TASKS, RECOMMENDED ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, STRATEGIES, SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES RESOURCES AND BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS PROJECTS, ASSESSMENT CONNECTIONS World War II  How was Germany able to extend its  Conduct a mock  History textbook, power over such a great deal of Europe discussion among History journals, 21st Century Themes: in a short amount of time? European leaders as to test on goal,  Global Awareness  How were the Axis powers defeated in why appeasement quizzes on goal,  Civic Literacy WWII? seemed to be an rubric that assess  How did the end of the war establish a acceptable policy in the discussion 21st Century Skills: new post-WWII order? late 1930s  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications

Revised 2010 AP European History Instructional Guide 7 and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

Cold War Era  What influence did the U.S. and the  Conduct a mock debate  History textbook, USSR extend over Europe and between the U.S. & History journals, 21st Century Themes: surrounding areas after WWII? USSR on why each test on goal,  Global Awareness  How did each side attempt to extend its believes its political and quizzes on goal,  Financial, Economic, Business and control over various parts of the world economic policies are rubric that assess Entrepreneurial Literacy during the Cold War? better than the other’s debate  Civic Literacy  What factors led to the collapse of communist governments by the 1980s? 21st Century Skills:  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

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Post-Cold War  How have eastern European nations  Use current periodicals  History textbook, reacted to the implementation of to assess the success of History journals, 21st Century Themes: democracy and free enterprise since the eastern European nations test on goal,  Global Awareness fall of communism? in their new democratic quizzes on goal,  Financial, Economic, Business and  What are the possible paths the new and free enterprise essay on eastern Entrepreneurial Literacy democratic governments of Eastern experiments European nations  Civic Literacy Europe could take and the results on the world of these choices? 21st Century Skills:  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility

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