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AP European History

Unit 1: The Transition from Medieval to Modern Europe

Essential Question: Does art reflect life or does life reflect art?

Text Readings: McKay. A History of Western Society. Chapter 12, pp. 381-411 and Chapter 13, pp. 413-451.

Web site for text book (outlines, practice tests, etc.)



Web site for Georgia Virtual Learning (Supplementary readings and assignments)



Daily Assignments (B-Day): (Bold-printed dates are class meetings)

|Wed. 8/14 |Intro to the class; Complete Political Maps #1 & #2 and the Physical Map |

|Thurs. 8/15 |Background Reading and complete questions #1-12 (Highlight and/or annotate the reading) |

|Fri. 8/16 |Signed Parent Signature and Reading Questions Due; Peer Grade Maps; Discuss Background Reading; HW: The |

| |Changing Face of Europe |

|Mon. 8/19 |Read McKay, pp. 379-387 and complete Ch. 12.1 Notes (Prelude to Disaster and The Black Death) |

|Tues. 8/20 |Ch. 12.1 Notes Due; Geography Test: Countries; Reading: The Big Chill; Assignment: Life of the People; HW: |

| |Read McKay, pp. 387-393 and complete Ch. 12.2 Notes (The Hundred Years War) |

|Wed. 8/21 |Assignment: Medieval Warfare |

|Thurs. 8/22 |Ch. 12.2 Notes Due; Medieval Warfare Due; Geography Test: Capital Cities; Assignment: Battle of Crecy; HW: |

| |Read McKay, pp. 393-400 and complete Ch. 12.3 Notes (Decline of the Church’s Prestige and The Life of the |

| |People – stop at Fur-Collar Crime) |

|Fri. 8/23 |Read McKay, pp. 400-407 and 410-411 and complete Ch. 12.4 Notes (The Life of the People – begin with |

| |Fur-Collar Crime) |

|Mon. 8/26 |Ch. 12.3 Notes and Ch. 12.4 Notes Due; Geography Test: Physical Features; Outline FRQ 12.1; HW: Complete Ch.|

| |12 Review |

|Tues. 8/27 |Read McKay, pp. 413-422 and complete Ch. 13.1 Notes (The Evolution of the Italian Renaissance and |

| |Intellectual Hallmarks of the Renaissance); Print Machiavelli excerpts (Go to GVL website; See p. 4); |

| |Optional: Read GVL “The Renaissance”, pp. 1, & 3-5. |

|Wed. 8/28 |Ch. 13.1 Notes Due; Quiz 13.1; Assignment: Machiavelli Reading; Assign Northern Renaissance Art Project; HW:|

| |Read McKay, pp. 422-428 and complete Ch. 13.2 Notes (Art and the Artist); Go To GVL website, read about |

| |Renaissance Art, and download art chart - See p.7. |

|Thurs. 8/29 |Research Northern Renaissance Art and complete your individual chart |

|Fri. 8/30 |Ch. 13.2 Notes Due; Quiz 13.2; Work on Northern Renaissance Art Project with partner; HW: Read McKay, pp. |

| |428-437 and complete Ch. 13.3 Notes (Social Change) |

|Tues. 9/3 |Read McKay, pp. 437-445, 450-451 and complete Ch. 13.4 Notes (The Renaissance in the North & Politics and |

| |the State) |

|Wed. 9/4 |13.3 Notes & Ch. 13.4 Notes Due; Quizzes 13.3 & 13.4; Assignment: New Monarchs; HW: Outline FRQ 13.1 |

|Thurs. 9/5 |Ch. 13 Review; Study for Unit 1 Test |

|Fri. 9/6 |Unit 1 Test: 50 Multiple Choice; Notebook Check; Intro Unit 2 |

Key Questions and Terms

Ch. 12.1 Notes: Prelude to Disaster and The Black Death; pp. 379-387

Describe the disastrous conditions affecting the people and institutions of Europe in the 14th century (1300s). (Include discussion of the Little Ice Age and the Great Famine)

Discuss the causes of the Black Death and its social, economic and cultural consequences. (Include discussion of the Statute of Laborers and flagellants)

Ch. 12.2 Notes: The Hundred Years War; pp. 387-393

List and discuss the causes of the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) and the reasons for the French victory. (Include discussion of the Battles of Crecy, Agincourt, and Orleans and the role of Joan of Arc)

Describe the consequences, effects, and impact of the Hundred Years’ War on the people and institutions of France and England. (Include a discussion of the Parliament)

Ch. 12.3 Notes: Decline of the Church’s Prestige and The Life of the People (Stop at

Fur-Collar Crime); pp. 393-400

Discuss the decline of Church prestige and its response to attempts at reform. (Include discussion of the Babylonian Captivity, the Great Schism, the Conciliar Movement, Marsiglio de Padua, John Wycliffe, and Jan Hus)

Ch. 12.4 Notes: The Life of the People ( Begin with Fur-Collar Crime); pp. 400-407

and 410-411

Discuss the class tensions exemplified by rising “fur-collar crime” and the peasant revolts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (Include discussion of the revolts in Flanders, France, and England)

Describe the rise in vernacular literature as a reflection of the values of the Middle Ages noting the contributions of Dante Alighieri, Geoffrey Chaucer, François Villon, and Christine de Pisan.

Ch. 13.1 Notes: The Evolution of the Italian Renaissance and Intellectual Hallmarks

of the Renaissance; pp. 413-422

Discuss the Italian Renaissance as an outgrowth of the rising economic growth of the later Middle Ages.

Describe the basic organization of the Italian city-states as the Renaissance began. (Include discussion of communes, popolo, signori, and oligarchies)

Describe the balance of power as achieved in Italy among the Italian city-states in the fifteenth century. (Include discussion of Medici, Sforza, and Borgia families and HRE Charles V)

Discuss the character of the intellectuals of the Renaissance as it reflected the individualism, humanism, and secular spirit of the period. (Include discussion of contributions of Pico della Mirandola, Lorenzo Valla, Giovanni Boccaccio)

Ch. 13.2 Notes: Art and the Artist; 422-428

Discuss the art of the Renaissance as it reflected the society of its day, and identify the individuals and qualities that have made Renaissance art so memorable. (Include discussion of all major artists mentioned and their works)

Discuss the status and importance of the artist and his art in the Renaissance.

Ch. 13.3 Notes: Social Change; pp. 428-437

Discuss the significant writings and achievements in the Renaissance in education and political theory. (Include discussion of Baldassare Castiglione, Laura Cereta and Niccolo Machiavelli)

Discuss the impact of printing with moveable type and the invention of the mechanical clock on society in the Renaissance.

Compare and contrast the social status, treatment, and recognition of women in Renaissance Europe with that of the Middle Ages.

Compare and contrast the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities in the Renaissance with that of Medieval Europe.

Ch. 13.4 Notes: The Renaissance in the North & Politics and the State; 437-445 and

450-451

Describe the Northern Renaissance as distinguished from the Italian Renaissance noting significant individual contributions. (Include discussion of Thomas More, Desiderius Erasmus, Francois Rabelais, and Jan van Eyck)

Discuss the new developments in the governments of Europe and the appropriateness of the term “new monarchs” for some of the period’s rulers.

Discuss the basis of the nation-state of France as it emerged from the Hundred Years’ War. (Include discussion of Charles VII and Louis XI)

Discuss the basis of the English nation state as it emerged from the Wars of the Roses under King Henry VII and the Tudor monarchs. (Include discussion of royal councils and the court of the star chamber)

Describe the establishment of the nation-state of Spain culminating in the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. (Include discussion of reconquista, converses, and the Inquisition)

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