European+History+Syllabus

// **Questions? Email cynthia_tong@notes.k12.hi.us or mrscindytong@gmail.com** // ** COURSE: Advanced Placement (AP) European History ** ** SCHOOL: Mililani High School **  ** INSTRUCTOR: Mrs. Cynthia Tong **  ** CLASSROOM: P-20 **

** SCHOOL VISION AND STATE GLOs **  The school’'s vision is **// to develop a community of compassionate lifelong learners who experience positive personal growth and who will contribute to society. //** The Hawaii State Department of Education’s General Learner Outcomes **//(GLOs) are: 1) Self-Directed Learner; 2) Community Contributor; 3) Complex Thinker; 4) Quality Producer; 5) Effective Communicator; and 6) Effective and Ethical User of Technology.//**

** COURSE DESCRIPTION ** AP European history is a college level survey course. The course will introduce students to Europe’s history, spanning from 1450 CE to the present. Emphasis will be placed on significant social, political, diplomatic, cultural, intellectual, and economic developments through a variety of activities that stimulate the interpretation of history. Along with comprehension of the content, the course will focus extensively on the skills essential for historical understanding and growth, such as: analysis, evaluation, and synthesis. These skills will be developed in several activities including 1) the examination of primary sources such as maps, graphs, charts, recording, cartoons, photographs, and artwork, 2) the examination and construction of different historical interpretations, and 3) the written analysis and interpretation expressed through frequent document-based questions and thematic essays.

** TEXTBOOKS ** Students should purchase //A History of the Modern World, tenth edition// (see below) before the beginning of class. Students who are unable to purchase a text may borrow a text for use. Texts are also available in the classroom for classroom study. Additional reading material (provided by the teacher) will come from historical documents and various other sources throughout the year.

** BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CENTRAL TEXTS AND RESOURCES USED IN CLASS: ** ** GENERAL COURSE CONTENT PLAN ** Unit 2: Reformation and New Monarchies Unit 3: Opening of the Atlantic, Rise of the World Economy, Rise and Fall of Habsburg Power, French Wars of Religion <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unit 4: Tudor/Stuart England: The Rise of Constitutionalism and the Age of Louis XIV: The Success and Failure of Absolutism <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Research Paper || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 5: England and France in the 18th c. plus Prussia, Russia, and Austria <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 6: Scientific Revolution plus Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 7: Enlightenment and Enlightened Despots <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 8: French Revolution <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Performance of Living History || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 9: Liberalism, nationalism, and the Industrial Revolution 1760-1850 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 10: Romanticism and Reaction and Marxism 1815-1871 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 11: England, France, and Germany: Domestic and Foreign <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 12: Imperialism and World War I <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Digital Presentation || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 13: Russia 1881-1939 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 14: World Between the Wars and World War II <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 15: Postwar International and Domestic Politics and Changes in the World Economy <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unit 16: 20th c. Culture and Demography <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">APEH Exam – Friday, May 6 11:45-4:00 p.m. || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Hawaii State Department Of Education STANDARDS** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The standards for this course include (but are not limited to): <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** Standard 3: History: WORLD HISTORY-Understand important historical events from classical civilization through the present ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ Pre-modern Times, Pre 1500 C.E. __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Examine the effects of global interactions in pre-modern times, including … technological, biological, and commercial exchanges <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ Origins of Global Interdependence in early modern times, 1500 C.E. to 1800 C.E. __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Examine the political structure in major world regions, including … the Hapsburg Empire at the time of Charles V <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Examine the major developments in European cultural and intellectual history, including the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, and Scientific Revolution <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire, 1750 C.E. - 1914 C.E. __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Compare the causes and effects of the early modern democratic revolutions, including the … French Revolution <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe the socio-economic impact of the industrial revolution <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Explain the ideological and economic interests that drove European… imperialism in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ The Twentieth Century, 1914-1989 __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe the role of secret alliances and nationalism in triggering the outbreak of World War I and the effort to prevent future wars by the establishment of the League of Nations <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Explain the rise of fascist governments, emergence of communism, and the global effects of the Great Depression <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Examine the significant events, technological developments, and turning points of World War II, including the German invasion of Poland and…the Holocaust <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe post-World War II nationalist and independence movements <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Explain major political developments of the post-war era, including the establishment of the United Nations… and the Cold War <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ The Contemporary World 1989-present __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Examine the significant effects of technological developments and biological exchanges in the contemporary world <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Examine critical human rights issues in the contemporary world
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Text: R.R. Palmer, Joel Colton and Lloyd Kramer, //A History of the Modern World//. New York: Knopf Publishing Group, 10th edition.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Historiography readings from various readers including: Sherman, Dennis. //Western Civilization: Sources, Images and Interpretations//, Volumes I and II (McGraw-Hill) by Dennis Sherman.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Primary sources from various readers and internet sources including: h ** ttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">First Quarter || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Second Quarter || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Third Quarter || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Fourth Quarter ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unit 1:End of Feudalism and Renaissance

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** Standard 4: Political Science/Civics: GOVERNANCE, DEMOCRACY, AND INTERACTION-Understand the purpose and historical impact of political institutions, the principles and values of American constitutional democracy, and the similarities and differences in government across cultural perspectives ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ Comparative Government __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Compare the features of republican and absolutist governments that emerged in 17th century Europe

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** Standard 7: Geography: WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS-Use geographic representations to organize, analyze, and present information on people, places, and environments and understand the nature and interaction of geographic regions and societies around the ** ** world ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ Places and Regions __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Trace changing political boundaries under the influence of European imperialism <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ World in Spatial Terms __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Use tools and methods of geographers to understand changing views of world regions

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** Standard 8: Economics: RESOURCES, MARKETS, AND GOVERNMENT-Understand economic concepts and the characteristics of various economic systems ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** v **//__ Economic Interdependence __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Explain how the exchange rate affects trade, imports, exports, and the economy of a nation <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe the distribution of the world's resources as it affects international economic relationships <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> v //__ Role and Function of Markets __// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe how the determinants of demand (i.e., income, substitutes, complements, number of buyers, tastes, expectations) affect the price and availability of goods and services <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe how the determinants of supply (i.e., price and availability of inputs, technology, government regulation, number of sellers) affect the price and availability of goods and services

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** SCHOOL SUPPLIES ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The material requirements for this course include: a 2-3” binder to store all completed assignments in preparation for quarter examinations; three ink pens (blue or black); folder paper; and three highlighters of different colors. Student binders will be stored in the classroom. __All students are expected to bring the pens, highlighters, and paper to class **each day** unless notified otherwise by the instructor. A 2GB (or larger) flashdrive is strongly recommended.__

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** EXPECTATIONS/ REQUIREMENTS ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">1. Regular class attendance <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">2. Participation in all class activities <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">3. Abide by Four Agreements, Classroom Rules, and all school rules at all times <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">4. Required school supplies <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">5. Pass this course with a C or better.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** BASIC ACTIVITIES ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** A. Class work: ** Discussion/lectures, group work (simulations, problems, projects, etc.), in-class assignments <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** B. Planner: ** daily use of planner to record assignments and facilitate communication with parents <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">C. **Assignments** (Class work and Homework): Class activities (group work, etc.), text questions/problems, worksheets/maps/papers/projects/blogs, materials <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> D. **Tests:** Quizzes, Chapter Tests, quarterly examination **//. //**

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** GRADING SCHEME ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">The grades for this course will be determined by student performance on State standards and benchmarks on :
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Homework/Class work assignments and projects
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Research papers and projects
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Input on wikis and blogs
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Quizzes, tests, and quarterly examinations

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Extra credit assignments are occasionally available to ALL students. Individual extra credit work is not an option. Extra credit points are added to a student's total points at the end of a quarter to determine the quarter grade, however, a raise in grade by extra credit points is limited to one letter grade higher than the original letter grade based on the first total. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;"> The letter grade for the quarter and semester will be determined from the total possible points earned or maximum possible points. The grades will be assigned according to the following grading scale:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** A = Consistently “Advanced” ratings on DOE rubrics for applicable standards and 93% or better of total points. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** B = Primarily “Proficient” ratings with some “Advanced” ratings on DOE rubrics for applicable standards and 83-92% of total points. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** C = Usually “Proficient” ratings with 1-2 “Novice” ratings on DOE rubrics for applicable standards and 73-82% of total points. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** D = Sometimes “Proficient” ratings with 3-4 “Novice” ratings on DOE rubrics for applicable standards and 65-72% of total points **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** F = Primarily “Novice” ratings on DOE rubrics for applicable standards and less than 1-64% of total points **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** ABSENCES AND TARDIES ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">All students are required to attend announced class sessions and be present on time. To be counted present, you must be in your seat before the class session begins. To be excused, please refer to school policies in your planner. An excused absence is required for any makeup work missed. It is the responsibility of the student to see me within three days from the day he/she returns to class for any work missed. The teacher and student will agree upon a reasonable amount of time to complete the missed work.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Students are encouraged to ask for assistance if needed. Mrs. Tong is usually available for assistance before school from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. and during morning or lunch recesses Mondays through Fridays in P-20. After school assistance is available **only by appointment**. Students are also encouraged to discuss with the instructor on the course wiki during the school week and during the weekends and intercessions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** ONLINE TESTING POLICY ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Online testing is provided as preparation for college and student mastery of the standards. You are required to take the online tests __when scheduled__ and without any assistance while the test is in progress. You may NOT have notes, test copies, texts, or human assistance while taking a test.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** HOMEWORK POLICY ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">It is our belief that homework assignments are primarily for a student's individual independent practice. Cooperation and collaboration are required in most group assignments, however, when you are writing your reflections, dialectical journals, discussions, or solving problems, you are expected to **do your own work.** Thus, homework will generally be graded for correctness, but the quality of the critical thinking displayed in the work has greater weight.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** Late work will NOT be accepted. ** Assignments are generally due at the __beginning of each class period__ of the date due. Students who do not turn in assignments on time may hold those assignments and submit them on Amnesty Day each quarter for consideration of full credit. Students may also submit revisions of work graded "C" or lower on Amnesty Day for consideration of a higher grade.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Make up work may be obtained //for those students with excused absences.// It is the student's responsibility to request make-up assignments for the work missed. Make-up tests must be made within one week of the absence. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Two (2) homework assignments per quarter may be excused with a Homework Waiver. Homework waivers are earned by students for exemplary GLO and Five Pillars behavior. Homework Waivers do not hurt or help your overall grade; you are simply excused from submitting the assignment on the due date. You will still be expected to do the assignment, perform the skill, and be assessed on the material. Project and group assignments, tests, quizzes, and exams are NOT eligible for Homework Waivers.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unexcused absences will result in a zero for the day and will be considered the same as a cut. It is important to realize that unexcused absences and unexcused tardies will hamper your chances for success in this course. When you are tardy without an excuse, there is no make up time for any work started at the beginning of class and no assignments collected while you are late will be accepted. By Mililani High School policy, two unexcused tardies equal one unexcused absence and six unexcused absences in a quarter will result in a failing quarter grade.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">** INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS POLICY ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">All materials used in this course (digital, video, text, audio, etal) are the intellectual property of the instructors and the State of Hawaii. You may NOT reproduce any materials, link or post them to any Internet site, or share them in person without the expressed and/or written permission of the instructors.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">// **Questions? Email cynthia_tong@notes.k12.hi.us or mrscindytong@gmail.com** //