Welcome

Welcome to AP European History! Our main focus this year will be on Europe from the Renaissance to the present. Europe has an amazing and diverse history and you will be surprised at the tremendous amount of influence it has had on the entire world. Some of the most renowned art & music, influential thinkers & politicians, and decadent castles & cathedrals are contrasted by some of the world's bloodiest & most brutal wars & weapons, not to mention ruthless despots. European history has a bit of something for everyone - I look forward to a fun and exciting year with you!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Summer Assignments




Summer Assignments

1.    Use the back inside cover of your textbook to complete the map of modern-day Europe. Be certain to NEATLY color it with colored pencil or lightly with crayon. There will be a map quiz on the first day back… go to my website and click on the link to the Map Game to practice!
2.    Read Kagan (K) Chapter 10, Renaissance and Discovery (pgs. 283-313)
o   Complete MC questions 1-20 (pgs. 313-315) on a sheet of notebook paper
3.    Complete your Chapter 10 ID cards/list (with the exception of the Art category, which will be covered in class).
4.    Read the following excerpts from your Primary Source Packet (PSP), then analyze each on the provided AP-RAP sheets:
o     Machiavelli’s The Prince (excerpt)
o     Petrarch’s How a Ruler Ought to Govern His State (excerpt)
o    Use your AP-RAPs and type a one to two-page essay answering the following: In what ways were Petrarch and Machiavelli's advice to rulers similar? Different? Could either author's advice be applied to politics today - why or why not? Be sure to use specific examples to support your answer.
5.    Read Kelly’s article, Did Women Have a Renaissance?
o      Write a 1-2 page analysis of this secondary source that discusses the following:
o   According to Kelly, did women have a Renaissance? Why or why not? Include a thesis statement and underline it. Be sure to use specific examples to support your answer.