European History / AP European History

Deepen your knowledge and understanding of European history on a journey through time. You will learn about the major events, people, and ideas that have shaped European history, and you will gain a deeper understanding of the forces that continue to shape our world today.  Explore primary documents and engage in historical study as a historian. 

This course is a rhetorical level course intended to introduce the student to the major themes and moments in the first half of modern European history from 1450.  This course will involve both writing and reading.  We will be reading a full-range of primary documents from each time period and geographical area we study.  You will be learning how to read, think about, analyze, argue with, and present ideas about history and to connect events to the larger trends and themes in European history.

This course can coordinate with my British Literature courses if desi…