In our first unit, AP Euro students will learn about the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance, the Northern Renaissance, and the Age of Exploration.
Daily Lessons & Assignments
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1.0 - Introduction / Medieval Europe |
DUE 8/26/15 |
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TEXTBOOK READINGS:
Kagan, Introduction OR Wood, 16-23 The AP European History course starts at 1450, when Europe is in the midst of the Renaissance, or rebirth. It was during the Renaissance that historians first began dividing history into three parts (ancient, medieval, and modern), with modern history beginning in their time. Historians still use this tripartite division of history that was first used by Leonardo Bruni. As we begin our study of modern Europe, it's important to understand where modern Europe began. In comparison to Europe today, Renaissance Europe was in many ways as medieval as it was modern!
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Graphic OrganizerIn class, we'll compare Europe in 1450, 1815, and today.
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1.1 - The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages |
DUE 8/30/15PowerPoint Presentation |
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The Middle Ages did not end well. In the fourteenth century, Europeans grappled with the Plague, grain shortages, and the Hundred Years' War. Many in Europe thought they were living through the Apocalypse.
TEXTBOOK READINGS:
Kagan, 257-279 OR Wood, 24-39 |
1.2 - Humanism and the Italian Renaissance |
DUE 9/1/15 |
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Renaissance humanism, with its focus on the study of classical literature, formed the foundation of Renaissance literature, philosophy, and art. Students will become familiar with humanism and some of the key works produced by Italian humanists, starting with Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man and Lorenzo Valla's philological analysis of the Donation of Constantine.
TEXTBOOK READINGS:
Kagan, 283-291 OR Wood, 42-53
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PowerPoint Presentation |
1.3 - Petrarch: The Father of Humanism |
DUE 9/6/15 |
UPDATE PENDING (Consult the Unit Guide in the Meantime)
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These excerpts from Petrarch's Secret Book illuminate Petrarch's humanist thinking. The reader should see some parallels with Pico's Oration.
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1.4 - Renaissance Art |
DUE 9/8/15 |
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The humanist tradition affected not only philosophy and literature during the Renaissance, but also art. Renaissance art, with its emphasis on classical figures, vivid colors, and realism, was a departure from medieval art, which focused almost exclusively on religious themes without three dimensional perspective.
TEXTBOOK READINGS:
Kagan, 291-295 OR Wood, 54-58
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PowerPoint Presentation |
1.5 - Civic Humanism |
DUE 9/12/15 |
Primary Source Document(s)
Click on the document icon above to download the document set (Machiavelli and Castiglione) for this lesson.
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TEXTBOOK READINGS:
Kagan, 291 (Civic Humanism), 298-299 (Machiavelli) Secondary Source Reading Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe, 8-13
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1.6 - The Northern Renaissance and New Monarchs |
DUE 9/14/15 |
Primary Source Document(s)
Click on the document icon above to download the document set (Erasmus and Henry VII) for this lesson.
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1.7 - Age of Exploration and Discovery |
DUE 9/16/15 |
Primary Source Document(s)
Click on the document icon above to download the document set (Columbus) for this lesson.
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TEXTBOOK READINGS: Kagan, 305-313 OR Wood, 114-124
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1.8 - Thomas More's Utopia |
DUE 9/20/15 |
Primary Source Document(s)
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