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About AP European History
About AP European History
Per the College Board, the institution that manages all AP courses, "In AP European History, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from approximately 1450 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course also provides seven themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: interaction of Europe and the world, economic and commercial development, cultural and intellectual development, states and other institutions of power, social organization and development, national and European identity, and technological and scientific innovations."
College Course Equivalent
AP European History is designed to be the equivalent of an introductory college or university survey of modern European history.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for AP European History. Students should be able to read a college-level textbook and write grammatically correct, complete sentences.
The AP Euro class will cover 9 historical time periods that span over roughly 600 years of European history. While learning the academic content (i.e. the history) in these historical time periods students will also be introduced to historical themes that are present in each period of study. Through investigation and inquiry students will begin to see how these historical themes (or threads) weave in-and-out of European History, often building on prior events, movements, and actions taken either by individuals or groups of people.
The AP Euro class will cover 9 historical time periods that span over roughly 600 years of European history. While learning the academic content (i.e. the history) in these historical time periods students will also be introduced to historical themes that are present in each period of study. Through investigation and inquiry students will begin to see how these historical themes (or threads) weave in-and-out of European History, often building on prior events, movements, and actions taken either by individuals or groups of people.
Throughout the course students will practice and enhance a variety of historical thinking skills (HTS) in order to prepare them for the AP Euro exam in May. Every action and lesson taken in class is intended to help students develop these skills, which will eventually become life long skills to continue practicing no matter what the situation or environment.
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