FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

OFFICE OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

ADVANCED PLACEMENT EUROPEAN HISTORY

COURSE PHILOSOPHY

In the Advanced Placement Modern European course, students acquire a knowledge of the basic events and movements that occurred in Europe during the time period from approximately 1450 to the present. These events and movements are explored through three themes: intellectual and cultural history, political and diplomatic history, and social documents and how to express their historical understanding in writing. The Advanced Placement Modern European course offers motivated students and teachers the opportunity to immerse themselves in the events and ideas that have made our culture what it is today. Despite all the focus on diversity, the fact remains that the European tradition continues to be a major influence on the modern world. Without a firm grounding in the strengths and weaknesses of modern Europe, young people cannot function effectively in the worlds of today and tomorrow. Indeed, human rights and material abundance are the win poles of what the rest of the world seems to want, and both are products of modern Europe.

Grade Level: Department: Social Studies Course Title: AP European History Credits: 5.00 Course Code: 021850

Board of Education adoption date: August 25, 2008

FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Board of Education

Mrs. Patricia E. Horvath, President Ms. Diana J Cappiello, Vice President

Mr. Tom Caiazza Mrs. Katie Goon

Mrs. Bunny Hammer Mrs. Kathie Lavin

Mr. Ronald G. Lawson Mrs. Joan Leimbach

Mr. Christopher Placitella

James Wasser, Superintendent Donna M. Evangelista, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and

Instruction

Freehold Regional High School District

AP European History: Alignment to New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards

Curriculum Unit 6.1 A 1‐7 6.3 D 1‐6 6.3 E 1‐7 6.3 F 1‐2 6.3 G 1‐2 6.3 H 1‐4 6.6 A 2‐5 6.6 B 1‐3 6.6 D 1‐5

Unit I: What is history? X X X XUnit II: The Late Middle Ages X X X X XUnit III: Early Modern Europe X X X X XUnit IV: Early Modern Europe X X X X XUnit V: Women in Early Modern Europe X X X X XUnit VI: Intellectual Revolution X X X X XUnit VII: Revolutions of the 18th Century X X X X XUnit VIII: Reaction, Restoration, Revolution X X X X XUnit IX: Realism, Bourgeois Society X X X X XUnit X: Imperialism, War, Red Revolution X X X X XUnit XI: Brown Revolution and War X X X X XUnit XII: The Cold War X X X X XUnit XIII: Contemporary Eruope X X X X X XUnit XIV: Review for AP Exam X X X X X X X X X