AP Euro B Assignments

Instructor
Danielle Aucoin
Term
Spring 2020
Department
Social Studies Department
Description
AP European History covers the study of Europe circa 1450-present day. Students will examine nine units divided into four periods as prescribed by College Board:
Fall semester includes:
Period 1: 1450-1648 (Renaissance, Exploration, and Reformation - 2 Units)
Period 2: 1648-1815 (Absolutism & Constitutionalism, Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment, The French Revolution & Napoleon)
 
Spring semester includes:
Period 3: 1815-1914 (The Industrial Revolution, the Age of Isms (Liberalism, Conservatism, Romanticism, Nationalism, Socialism, Feminism), the late 19th Century (New Imperialism, Social Darwinism, The Rise of Mass Society and Mass Politics)
Period 4: 1914-present (Global Conflict in the 20th Century - WWI, Rise of Totalitarianism, WWII, the Cold War)
 
This survey course covers political, economic, religious, social, intellectual, geographic, and art history over that time period.
 
Use the links below for further resources throughout the year.
 
 
 

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Past Assignments

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Quarantine House Assignment Zoom

Quarantine House presentation - last day of class

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Quarantine House presentation

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Quarantine House Assignment due

Deadline to submit to turnitin for Quarantine House project

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History v Hollywood Film #3

Write up on Film #3 due to turnitin.com

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Zoom at 11:00AM

Film review zoom at 11:00
 

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History v Hollywood Film #2

Film write up #2 due to turnitin.com

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Zoom at 11

Film review - Zoom at 11:00AM
Quarantine House Assignment (due June 5)

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History v Hollywood Film #1

Film #1 Write up due to turnitin.com

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Post-Exam Assignment

zoom to go over History vs. Hollywood @ 11:00AM

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EURO Exam @ 1:00PM

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Prompts
Think fast thesis
Contextualization

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DBQ Practice
Content and Chronology
Organizing materials for the open note exam

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DBQ Practice - complete (NI or IU)

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CB Updates - exam simulation
DBQ

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DUE: Period 3 CB Video Notes/Marco Learning
 

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DBQ Development Practice
Thesis and Context
Grouping
Outside Evidence
Doc Analysis - textual and non-textual
 

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EXAM REVIEW - PERIOD 3 (1815-1914)
Zoom: 10:30AM (recurring meeting link)
Agenda:
 
Feedback on last week's intro and body paragraphs
Mercado Lecture notes available
Period 3 - ISMs!
DBQ Development: Sourcing and POV (Doc 3 in class, Docs 4-5 HW + APPS Docs Week 3 due today to Schoology)
Thematic or Content Review (due Tuesday 4/28 to Schoology)

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DUE: Period 2 CB or Marco Video Notes (Period 2)
Past due: Intro Paragraph (alternate prompt), body paragraph, and APPS docs (alternate docs) - deadline was 4/22

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EXAM REVIEW - PERIOD 2 (1648-1815)
Short Zoom -  Please be on time for direct instruction: 10:30AM 
 
Activities:
1. Feedback on DBQ Development: Thesis and Context Overview and Practice Document Absolutism (10 minutes)
2. APPS documents: English Civil War or Sci Rev or French Rev (2-3 docs 5 minutes)
3. DBQ Development: Argumentation & Using Documents as Evidence (20 minutes)
4. HW: CB/Marco Videos with notes (due Friday)
 
DUE TODAY: 
1. Practice intro AND body paragraphs and APPS practice (to Schoology)
 
CB Videos (topics for 2nd half of the week):
#19 - Enlightenment & Enlightened Absolutism
#20 - Rise of Global Markets and Britains Ascendancy
#21 - French Revolution and Napoleon
#22 - Congress of Vienna, Romanticism, 18th Century States
 

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EXAM REVIEW - PERIOD 2 (1648-1815)
Short Zoom -  Please be on time for direct instruction: 10:30AM - Go over REVISED review calendar
 
Activities:
1. Assess what you've learned from Period 1 and review new schedule + video check in (CB/Marco) (10 minutes)
2. DBQ Development: Thesis and Context Overview and Practice Document (20 minutes)
3. APPS documents: Reformation and Wars of Religion (2 docs 5 minutes)
4. HW: Thematic or Content Specific Fill-Ins (due Tuesday); CB/Marco Videos with notes (due Friday)
 
CB Videos (topics for 1st half of the week):
#16 - English Civil War & the Glorious Revolution (1648-1815)
#17 - Absolutism, the Dutch Golden Age, and Economic Changes (1648-1815)
#18 - The Scientific Revolution (1648-1815)

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DUE: Period 1 Thematic Review AND Period 1 Video Notes DUE
Directions - After reading each of the 7 course themes and watching the CB videos (from College Board), use appropriate theme to complete the chart and submit to Schoology.
 

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For those who were unable to attend Monday's Zoom, please login to today's meeting at 11AM (this meeting is only for those who were absent from Monday's Zoom or for those who have questions about Monday's meeting or anything else course/exam related).
Period 1 (1450-1648) Review Continued
CB Videos:
#14 - Columbian Exchange, Slave Trade, Commercial Revolution
#15 - Reformation & Wars of Religion

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Course Theme Questions due to turnitin.com (must do BEFORE thematic review)
EXAM REVIEW - PERIOD 1 (1450-1648)
Zoom: 10:30AM
Start: Period 1 Thematic Review (Due Friday 4/17)
Directions - After reading each of the 7 course themes (from College Board), use appropriate theme to complete the chart and submit to Schoology.
#12 - Italian & Northern Renaissance
#13 - New Monarchies & Age of Exploration
 

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PERIOD 2 BLOCK - ZOOM TODAY AT 11AM (via Schoology)
NOTES: The Horrors of the Holocaust (notes 98-103)
WATCH and SUBMIT NOTES: 7 part series (20 minutes total) from Yad Vashem LINK ALSO ON SCHOOLOGY: https://www.yadvashem.org 
Scroll to the "Featured Videos section and find the thumbnail with "What is the Holocaust?" to start the series - each is 2-3 minutes long - take notes
On SCHOOLOGY: Disney's Der Fueher's Face and Education for Death Videos
NOTES: (Slides 119-125) The Home Front - End of the War
WATCH: 5 min. video FDR & WWII, Part 3 The Home Front: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km0qPiepOss
 
 

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PERIOD 2 BLOCK (10:30-12:00)
NOTES: D-Day to VE Day (slides 76-96) Battle of the Bulge to VE Day
 
 
NOTES: War in the Pacific (slides 104-118)
FINISH MAPS  - Submit to Schoology
 

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District mandated Pupil Free Day

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NOTES: Mediterranean and Eastern Fronts (Turning point battles on Maps - El Alamein, Stalingrad, Invasion of Italy - "soft underbelly" (slides 56-75)
WATCH: 2 Khan Academy 5 min. videos (1942 TIDE TURNING and 1943 AXIS LOSING - add to Maps: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/us-wwii/v/1942-tide-turning-in-world-war-ii-in-europe
 

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Today: WATCH and TAKE NOTES (Submit to Schoology)
College Board: Link to online skills/lecture
Topic: Contextualizing 20th Century Global Conflict
 

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HW DUE: Ch. 27 RG
Notes: Europe at War (slides 28-55)
Do: Map Activity (both maps - start to fill in battles and troop movements while watching TWO Khan Academy videos 6 min./12min.): 1940 - AXIS gains momentum in WW2
 
 

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ZOOM meeting at 8:30AM - topic - Beginning of WW2
DUE: Norton Simon Field Trip Assignment Part 1
 
WORK DAY! CH. 27 RG due Tuesday

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Last section of art website due - remember that I already have your website links - no need to submit anything to me. I just click on your links. 
FIELD TRIP DAY! Today we're going to explore the Norton Simon Museum virtually! Use the link to explore the collection - https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/explore-the-collection/european-painting-and-sculpture/ (make sure you click on "see all" to see all the collection).
 
See Schoology for assignment.

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Notes: Japanese Path to WW2 (Slides 19-27)
Watch VIDEO 7 min.: Development of the War in Asia and the Pacific: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/us-wwii/v/beginning-of-world-war-ii 

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Ch. 27: Path to WWII in Asia
NOTES - Slides 1-18 (Path to WW2 in Europe)
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Start new Reading Guide
 

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Notes
Rise of Nazism (Slides 98-103)
Mass Culture, Mass Leisure, Cultural and Intellectual Trends of the 1920s (Slides 104-126 - many are images)
Dada, Surrealism, and Bauhaus
 
Watch 13 min. VIDEO and take notes - upload to Schoology: 
 
HW:Start Ch. 27: WWII

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HW: Ch. 26 RG DUE to Schoology
RESOURCES DUE (via email or Schoology message - take pictures and upload as a file)
Notes: Slides 89-97 (including Venn diagram)
Rise of Dictators
Fascism vs. Communism
 

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Min. Day
Stalin
Spanish Civil War
 
HW: Ch. 26 RG DUE Monday (upload to Schoology)
RESOURCES (due Monday 3/16)
Tom Richey "Totalitarianism (Rough Cut)" 22 min. 
TR: Adolf Hitler Series
Part I 1889-1921 (8 min.)
Part II 1921- 1929 (11 min.)
Part III 1929 – 1933 (14 min.)
HHH - Age of Anxiety (43 min.)
HHH:  WWII and the Rise of Dictators (70 min.)

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Postwar Democracies - England, France
Communist USSR
Spanish Civil War
 
 

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Ch. 26 - The Futile Search for Stability: Europe between the Wars, 1919-1939
Global response to the Great Depression
Postwar Governments -
Rise of Fascism in Germany and Italy

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Treaty of Versailles Simulation
Postwar Art -
 
Ch. 26 - The Futile Search for Stability: Europe between the Wars, 1919-1939
Postwar Democracy and Collective Security in the 1920s
 

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Resources DUE
End of the War:
Paris Peace Conference
The Impact of WWI
 
 

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Russian Revolution and withdrawal from the War 
 
Resources due Monday: 
HHH: Russian Revolution (28 min.)
HHH: The End of a Shaky Peace in Europe (55 min.)
Paul Sargent: The Versailles Peace Conference (12 min.)
Ted-Ed: History v. Lenin (6 min.)

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Total War
Propaganda
Women in WWI  (Great War Series)

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Ch. 25 RG Due
RQ - Ch. 25
 
Expansion of the War - Colonial Fronts
US Entry

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PDD
Trench Warfare on the Western Front; 
WWI Weapons Technology
Stalemate on the Eastern Front
 
HW: The Western Front - Would you have made a good officer? Simulation: http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/westernfront/Western%20Front%20Sim.htm
Ch. 25 RG

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WWI Map and Resources DUE
Period 4 (1914 to present)
Ch. 25:Road to WWI
 

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Period 3 Comprehensive Exam (MC)
 
HW: Start Period 4 (1914-present)
Ch. 25 -  The Beginning of the 20th Century Crisis: War and Revolution
WWI Map Assignment - due Monday
 
RESOURCES - due Monday:
Tom Richey - The Causes of WWI (17 min)
Crash Course WH 209 - How WWI Started (11 min.)
CCWH 36 - Archduke... (12 min.)

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EC Resources DUE
Period 3 Comprehensive Exam (SAQ + LEQ)

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Responses to New Imperialism

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New Imperialism

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Ch. 24 RG DUE
The "Eastern Question"
Crisis in the Balkans
Mass Politics Simulation
 
RESOURCES: 
HHH Ch. 26 Imperialism (43 min.)
PS: What Caused the Age of Imperialism (10 min.)
CC WH#35: Imperialism (14 min.)
Khan Academy: Industrialization and Imperialism (10 min.)
TR: The LEQ (14 min.)

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France - the Third Republic under Jules Ferry
Britain under David Lloyd George (Liberal to Labour Party)
Growing Tensions in Central and Eastern Europe 
Art Website - Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism Deadline

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Politics in the Age of Uncertainty:
Suffragette Movement
Rise of Anti-Semitism 

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The LEQ
Start Ch. 24: The Age of Anxiety
HW: READ Ch. 24: Toward a Modern Consciousness
Psychology
Culture, Art, Literature

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PDD
Ch. 24: The Age of Anxiety
Science
 

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International Workers Congress

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Mass Society, the "woman question" and Mass Leisure
Ch. 23 RG + IDs due
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TR:
Second Industrial Revolution (9 min.)
Reform Act of 1832 (9 min.)
 

 

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The 2nd Industrial Revolution
Resources (due): 
TR - The 2nd Industrial Revolution (9 min.)

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Bismarckian Germany - Kulturkampf
Central and Eastern Europe
 
Resources (due Wednesday): 
TR - The 2nd Industrial Revolution (9 min.)

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5-week grade EC cover sheets DUE
Realism

School of Life (YouTube): Political Theory – Karl Marx (10 min.)

Ch. 23 - The Age of Mass Politics, 1871 - 1914
France: The Third Republic

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ISMs Superheroes and Victorian Age DUE
Realism
 
HW: Start Ch. 23

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Work day  - ISMs and Victorian Age (due Friday)

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England during the Victorian Age - Illustrated (due Friday)

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PDD
Ch. 22 RG + Resources DUE
Ch. 22 RQ
 
CW - German Unification (due Wednesday)
 

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Italian and German Unification (notes)
Italian Unification handout DUE
German Unification - handout CW (due Wednesday)

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The Crimean War
Italian Unification
Handout - CW

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Ch. 22: France - the 2nd Empire
The Crimean War

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Failure of 1848
Romanticism
 

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CW: Sorrows of Young Werther
Complete ISMs Handout in class (due at end of class)
 
HW: Start Ch. 22 - An Age of Nationalism and Realism, RG due 2/3
 
RESOURCES (due 2/3)
Tom Richey
German Unification Part 1: Failure of Liberal Nationalism (9 min.)
German Unification Part 2: Bismarck’s Realpolitik (7 min.)
German Unification Part 3: Blood and Iron (14 min.)
Auguste Comte (13 min.)
 
Paul Sargent - Unification of Germany and Italy
1. Italian Unification (7 min.)
2. German Unification (9 min.)

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Resources DUE
1848 Handouts DUE
Reforms in Great Britain
The Springtime of the Peoples! The Revolutions of 1848
 

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Revolutions of 1830
Realism and Romanticism Website Pages DUE
 
HW: Revolutions of 1848 handouts
 
RESOURCES:  (due 1/27)
TR - The Revolutions of 1848 (5 part series: General, Italy, France, Russia/Britain, German States)
TR - John Stuart Mill
TR - Romanticism and Romantic Art

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Revolutions of 1830: When France sneezes...
Nationalism Packet: How the Map of Europe Changed in the 19th Century

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19th century liberalism
Revolutions of 1830

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PDD
Ch. 21 RG DUE + RQ, Congress of Vienna Map due, Napoleon & Nationalism
Challenges to the Concert System 
Conservatism and the Revolutions in the 1820s
Greek War of Independence handout (done in class)

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COV Resource DUE
Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe (Ch. 21)
 
HW: Ch. 21 RG DUE Tuesday
 
 
 

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The Spread of the IR
Crystal Palace
Impact of the IR (Political, Social, Economic)
 
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Start Ch. 21: Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism
The Conservative Order - Metternich and the Congress of Vienna
 
RESOURCES - due Friday 1/17: 
TR - Congress of Vienna: Metternich's Conservative Order (14 min.)

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Debrief/Exit Activity - Urban Game
Textile Industry
Transportation Revolution
 

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PDD
Urban Game

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Welcome back!
Ch. 20 RG DUE
 + Ch. 20 RQ!
RESOURCES Due: 
WB EC RESOURCES - DUE 1/13:
HHH, Ch. 22 - Industrialization (24 min.)
CC WH: #32 Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution (11 min.)
CC WH: #214 Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution (12 min.)
 
Intro Period 3: 1815-1914
Ch. 20 - The Industrial Revolution
IR in Great Britain
**Realism and Romanticism Website due 1/24