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<bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>AP European History</b></I></div> <div> <B><U>Course Description:</U></b></div> <div> ¨<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >This year-long, one-credit course offers a study of European History from 1450 to the present, or the High Renaissance to the very recent past.  The course will follow the College Board's Advanced Placement guidelines.  They read, “In addition to providing a basic narrative of events and movements, the goals of the Advanced Placement (AP) program in European History are to develop (a) an understanding of some of the principal themes in modern European history, (b) an ability to analyze historical evidence, and (c) an ability to analyze and to express historical understanding in writing.”  Although students in this course are sophomores in high school, this course will be taught in a manner similar to college offerings - students will be given many resources but they are expected to do a significant amount of work on their own.  In other words, not everything will be covered in detail in class, but students are still responsible for course content.  Further, the pace of the class moves fairly quickly, and students might need to re-visit difficult concepts outside of class, either with the teacher, with other students or on their own.  All that being said, previous students have considered the class fun and rewarding!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT>Students will take the <B>AP European History Examination</b> in May.  You may wish to consult the Advanced Placement website, which offers a course description, testing schedule and other materials.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT>In addition to the AP exam, students in this course must take <B>the New York State Regents Examination in Global History and Geography</b>.  As freshmen, students took Global I; this course is a modified Global II with an extended emphasis on European history.  The Regents exam covers material from both Global I and Global II (save those old notebooks!)  This course will focus primarily on content and skills related to the AP European History curriculum; however, we will also prepare for the Global History and Geography Regents Exam as well as follow our interests as the year progresses.  After the AP exam in May, we will spend a significant amount of time preparing and reviewing for the Global Regents Exam.  </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Course Topics and Themes</U></b>:</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT>While we cover a number of <B>topics</b> (specific facts, events and movements) during the course, we will also encounter several <B>themes</b> (general categories) which provide a framework for understanding modern European history and relevant aspects of global history.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Our Themes</U></b>:</div> <div> 1.  <B>Democracy:</b>   We will look at the political (“everybody gets a vote”) and the social/economic definition, often described by the term “liberty” (“people can choose to do what they want”).  We will look at factors which encouraged the spread of democracy, as well as those which have limited it.</div> <div> 2.  <B>Government:</b>  Power and authority, politics, political theory, law, nation-states, social movements and public policy, human rights, justice, revolutions.</div> <div> 3.  <B>Economics</b>:  Distribution of wealth, poverty, systems of production and distribution, movement of goods, traditional, market and command economies.</div> <div> 4.  <B>Technology</b>:  Science, inventions and their consequences, industrialization.</div> <div> 5.  <B>Environment and Geography</b>:  Agricultural production and organization, movement of peoples, exploration.</div> <div> 6.  <B>Diversity:  </b>Cross-cultural contact, social roles of women, child-rearing practices, families, minorities, the “other”, racial and ethnic identities, religion and beliefs.</div> <div> 7.  <B>Europe and the World:</b>  Colonialism, Imperialism, Decolonization, Interdependence.</div> <div> 8.  <B>The Idea of Europe, and the Age of Modernity:  </b>Defining Europe and the ways in which Europeans and non-Europeans have defined it; defining Modernity as a historical phenomenon and determining its beginnings (and end?)</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Assessment/Grading:</U></b></div> <div> We will study one unit of material at a time.  At the end of each unit, we will have a unit exam (usually a typical “test,” but perhaps a research paper, creative project, etc.).  Because this is an AP course, most of the assignments will be geared towards the assessment strategies of the AP Exam:  multiple choice, thematic essays, and DBQs (Document-Based Questions; essentially an essay which asks for interpretation of several given documents).</div> <div> <B>Grades</b> for the course will be determined by a point system.  Typically, a worksheet is worth 5 points, Quiz 10 points, Test or Essay 20 to 30 points.  Participation for half of a quarter is around 30 points.  An academic quarter usually works out to 200 or 250 total points.  (Note:  <I>the AP exam will not be factored into your course grade, but the Global History Regents exam will</I>).  A rough break-down of assignment types would look like this:</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT><B>Homework/Assignments</b>     30%     (Quizzes, pop quizzes, homework, worksheets, etc.)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT><B>Exams and Papers</b>          40%     (Unit exam, research paper, creative project, etc.) </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT><B>Class participation</b>          30%      (Participation in discussion, contribution to </div> <div>                                  group process, initiative, punctuality, etc.</div> <div>                               - see “class participation rubric“)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Classroom Rules, Expectations:</U></b></div> <div> The overall rule is RESPECT.  Respect <U>others</U> and their right to a positive learning environment.  Respect the <U>property</U> of the school, the teacher and the students.  Finally, respect <U>yourself</U> - make the most of your educational experience by raising questions, accepting challenges and asking for help.  Please read and be familiar with the policies in the Irvington High School Student Guidelines.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT><B>Classroom Participation</b>:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  Your grade in this area is a mixture of three components - Preparation, Attentiveness and Contributions.  See “Class Participation Rubric” for details).</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT><B>Missed work</b>:  According to the Student Guidebook, students are <U>fully responsible </U>for seeking information on missed class work and assignments due to absence.   Materials from previous class sessions will be made available in a visible, accessible location.  In addition, almost all materials are available on the class website.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT><B>Late work policy</b>: You will be expected to hand in homework and assignments on time.  Work handed in late may receive a penalty of one grade level down or more; so, it's to your advantage to make up “late” work, but don't expect the full credit.  If you want it back when the rest of the class gets theirs back, hand it in on time.  </div> <div>  </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >¨</FONT><B>Lateness</b>:  Please arrive to class on time.  My policy is that class will start one minute after the second bell rings; that gives you an extra minute and therefore no excuses!  You should be ready for class at this time; “ready for class” means checking the table for any handouts for the day, sitting at your desk, notebook open, pen/pencil handy, conversations ended and doing any task requested of you on the blackboard, overhead, computer screen or by the teacher.  Homework or other assignments due should be placed in the “Hand-In Bin” on the table by the door.  Listen for instructions as to whether assignments due should be placed there at the beginning or at the end of class.  Also, please pay attention during the end of class; the period ends when the bell rings.  The first and last five minutes of class are often the most important - don't miss out on something you may need to know!  Our time in this AP class is very limited!</div> <div>   </div> <div> <B><U>Textbook:</U></b>  Roger B. Beck, et al.  <I>World History; Patterns of Interaction</I>.  (Evanston, Ill.:  McDougal Littell, 2001).</div> <div> Supplemental Reading Materials will be provided in the form of “packets” and handouts.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Review Books</U></b><B>:</b>  Get some!  It's not my job to recommend any particular one to you, but you should definitely get one or more review books.  My advice:  take them “with a grain of salt” - they are not made by the College Board (the AP's parent organization) and their questions are usually not as good as the actual AP ones.  So, don't memorize the review books, but use them as tools to help you organize your own preparation for the exam.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>AP Website:</U></b><B>   </b><B><U> </U></b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.collegeboard.com/ap" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.collegeboard.com/ap"><U><U>http://www.collegeboard.org/ap</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> Check this site out!  It has sample questions, test dates, statistical info, and Publications.</div> <div> Go directly to the European History Section:  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/european-history/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/european-"><U><U>http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/european-history/</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> You may also be interested in looking at the Internet Modern History Sourcebook:</div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsb"><U><U>http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>