AP® European History Course and Exam Description Course at a Glance Course at a Glance Plan The Course at a Glance provides a useful visual organization of the AP European History curricular component[.]
Course at a Glance A ~15 Plan Historical thinking skills spiral across units Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation AP Exam Weighting CID CID 2.2 Luther and the Protestant Reformation 2.3 Protestant Reform Continues SOP CID 2.5 The Catholic Reformation 2.6 16th-Century Society and Politics 2.7 Art of the 16th Century: Mannerism and Baroque Art 2.8 Causation in the Age of Reformation and the Wars of Religion SCD CID HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS 10–15% Class Periods Teach ~15 §§ Spiraling of the themes and historical thinking skills across units Sourcing and Situation AP Exam Weighting c 1450 – c 1648 §§ Progression of topics within each unit 10–15% §§ Sequence of units, along with approximate weighting and suggested pacing Please note, pacing is based on 45-minute class periods, meeting five days each week for a full academic year Developments and Processes c 1450 – c 1648 Class Periods Age of Reformation UNIT The Course at a Glance provides a useful visual organization of the AP European History curricular components, including: Renaissance and Exploration UNIT THEMES Themes spiral across units INT Interaction of Europe and the World SOP States and Other Institutions of Power ECD Economic and Commercial Developments SCD Social Organization and Development NEI CID Cultural and Intellectual Developments National and European Identity TSI Technological and Scientific Innovation Assess Assign the Personal Progress Checks—either as homework or in class—for each unit Each Personal Progress Check contains formative multiplechoice and free-response questions The feedback from the Personal Progress Checks shows students the areas where they need to focus Personal Progress Check § § § Multiple-choice: ~15 questions Short-answer: questions §§ Primary source §§ Primary source Free-response: question §§ Long essay (partial) NOTE: Partial versions of the free-response questions are provided to prepare students for more complex, full questions that they will encounter on the AP Exam V.1 | 24 © 2019 College Board Absolutism and Constitutionalism UNIT Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments UNIT c 1648 – c 1815 Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century UNIT c 1648 – c 1815 c 1648 – c 1815 ~15 SOP Class Periods 3.1 3.2 ECD 3.3 ECD 3.4 SOP 3.5 10–15% AP Exam Weighting Contextualizing State Building The English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and Development Economic Development and Mercantilism The Dutch Golden Age Class Periods TSI 3.6 Balance of Power AP Exam Weighting Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment 4.2 The Scientific Revolution 4.3 The Enlightenment SCD 10–15% 4.1 CID SCD 4.4 CID SOP 4.5 18th-Century Society and Demographics 18th-Century Culture and Arts TSI 3.7 3.8 ECD Absolutist Approaches to Power Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism 4.7 Causation in the Age of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Class Periods SOP 10–15% AP Exam Weighting 5.1 Contextualizing 18th-Century States 5.2 The Rise of Global Markets 5.3 Britain’s Ascendency 5.4 The French Revolution 5.5 The French Revolution’s Effects 5.6 Napoleon’s Rise, Dominance, and Defeat 5.7 The Congress of Vienna 5.8 Romanticism 5.9 Continuity and Change in 18th-Century States 3 SCD SOP NEI SOP SOP ~15 SOP SOP ~15 CID Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Multiple-choice: ~20 questions Short-answer: questions §§ Primary source §§ Primary source Free-response: question Multiple-choice: ~15 questions Short-answer: questions §§ Primary source §§ Secondary source Free-response: question §§ Long essay (partial) Multiple-choice: ~20 questions Short-answer: questions §§ Secondary source §§ No stimulus Free-response: question ĐĐ Document-based (partial) V.1|25 â 2019 College Board Industrialization and Its Effects UNIT 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments UNIT c 1815 – c 1914 20th-Century Global Conflicts UNIT c 1914 – present c 1815 – c 1914 ~15 Class Periods 6.1 ECD 6.2 10–15% AP Exam Weighting Contextualizing Industrialization and Its Origins and Effects The Spread of Industry Throughout Europe ~15 Class Periods 7.1 NEI 7.2 10–15% AP Exam Weighting Contextualizing 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments Nationalism TSI 6.3 ECD Second Wave Industrialization and Its Effects NEI 7.3 SOP National Unification and Diplomatic Tensions 6.4 Social Effects of Industrialization 6.5 The Concert of Europe and European Conservatism TSI SOP 6.6 CID 6.7 SCD 7.4 6.8 INT 19th-Century Social Reform 6.9 6.10 Institutional Responses and Reform Causation in the Age of Industrialization 7.6 TSI Contextualizing 20th-Century Global Conflicts 8.2 World War I 8.3 The Russian Revolution and Its Effects 8.4 Versailles Conference and Peace Settlement 8.5 Global Economic Crisis 8.6 Fascism and Totalitarianism 8.7 Europe During the Interwar Period 8.8 World War II 8.9 The Holocaust 8.10 20th-Century Cultural, Intellectual, and Artistic Developments SOP SOP The Age of Progress and Modernity ECD New Imperialism: Motivations and Methods SOP 3 ECD SOP 7.7 Imperialism’s Global Effects 7.8 19th-Century Culture and Arts 7.9 Causation in 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments 5 TSI NEI AP Exam Weighting TSI Darwinism, Social Darwinism CID Ideologies of Change and Reform Movements 7.5 INT SOP Reactions and Revolutions TSI SOP 10–15% 8.1 SOP Class Periods INT SCD ~15 CID 6 Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Multiple-choice: ~25 questions Short-answer: questions §§ No stimulus §§ Primary source Free-response: question §§ Document-based (partial) Multiple-choice: ~20 questions Short-answer: questions §§ Secondary source §§ No stimulus Free-response: question §§ Document-based Multiple-choice: ~25 questions Short-answer: questions §§ No stimulus §§ Primary source Free-response: question ĐĐ Long essay V.1|26 â 2019 College Board Cold War and Contemporary Europe UNIT c 1914 – present ~17 Class Periods AP Exam Weighting 9.1 Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary Europe 9.2 Rebuilding Europe 9.3 The Cold War 9.4 Two Super Powers Emerge 9.5 Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Atrocities 9.6 Contemporary Western Democracies 9.7 The Fall of Communism 9.8 20th-Century Feminism 9.9 Decolonization 9.10 The European Union ECD 10–15% INT ECD NEI ECD SOP SCD INT ECD NEI SCD TSI 9.12 Technology 9.13 Globalization 9.14 20th- and 21st-Century Culture, Arts, and Demographic Trends 9.15 Continuity and Change in the 20th and 21st Centuries TSI CID Personal Progress Check Multiple-choice: ~35 questions Short-answer: questions §§ Secondary source §§ No stimulus Free-response: question §§ Document-based V.1 | 27 © 2019 College Board ... AP Exam Weighting Contextualizing 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments Nationalism TSI 6.3 ECD Second Wave Industrialization and Its Effects NEI 7.3 SOP National Unification and. .. Society and Demographics 18th-Century Culture and Arts TSI 3.7 3.8 ECD Absolutist Approaches to Power Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism 4.7 Causation in the Age of the... Periods AP Exam Weighting 9.1 Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary Europe 9.2 Rebuilding Europe 9.3 The Cold War 9.4 Two Super Powers Emerge 9.5 Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Atrocities