European History, AP

This course is part of the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board which makes demands on students equivalent to those of an introductory college course. This rigorous course introduces students to cultural, economic, political, and social developments that played a fundamental role in shaping our world. Students are expected to demonstrate knowledge of the basic chronology, major events, movements, changes, and trends in Modern European history beginning with the Renaissance in the 1400s and ending with the creation of the European Union in the 1990s. This course stresses analytical thinking and writing skills, which are applied to document-based question essays, seminars, class discussions and/or debates. The Advanced Placement syllabus gives a complete course description.