AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
SUMMER READING 2017
Hollinshead, Byron and Theodore K. Rabb, eds. I Wish I'd Been There, Book Two:
European History: Twenty Historians Bring to Life Dramatic Events in the History
of Europe. NYC: Doubleday, 2008.
(Be sure to get the EUROPEAN HISTORY volume, NOT American History)
Your assignments will be submitted on www.turnitin.com. If you do not already have an account with
turnitin, you will need to create one with an email address that you check. Click “Enroll in a Class.”
o Class/Section ID: 15301800
o Enrollment Password: apeuro1718
You must enroll by WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 @ 11:59 pm to be in the class next year.
You will read the INTRODUCTION & TEN chapters from IWIBT.
HISTORY IS AN ARGUMENT.
Each historian that produced an essay for this volume is arguing his or her interpretation of the past based on research of both
primary and secondary sources. As you read, look for historical argumentation, contextualization, analysis and use of evidence.
For each essay you read, summarize the ARGUMENT of the historian in a concise but comprehensive THESIS STATEMENT.
 Before you begin reading on your own READ Richard Pipes’ “Nicholas 2 Signs the October Manifesto” THEN read the example
thesis I have written below:
“The signing of the October Manifesto by Nicholas II in 1905 was based on the refusal of his cousin to lead a military
dictatorship, the urging of Sergei Witte, and the developing liberalization and revolutionary spirit because of the socioeconomic changes and military defeats faced by Russia in the late 19 th and early 20th centuries.”
 Be sure that the thesis statement you write for each essay is an argument, not a statement of fact, and that it encompasses major
support for the argument provided in the essay. You are not required to follow a particular format for your thesis statements. In
some cases, the AP-style “X. However, ABC. Therefore, Y.” format may be cumbersome.
Select ONE of the essays for which you will create an ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
 Research to find TWO primary sources and TWO secondary sources. I do not expect you to read an entire monograph on the
subject, so look for articles in peer-reviewed academic journals or chapters from larger works for your secondary sources.
 For each source, include the full bibliographic information in MLA style then write a brief (~200 words) summary of the source
including an evaluation of its validity, historical argumentation, and whether it supports or refutes the thesis of the essay from
IWIBT.
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ASSIGNMENTS
THESES for the following FIVE essays from IWIBT
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Martines, Lauro. “Ten Thousand Brutes in Renaissance Florence”
Feingold, Mordechai. “By Fits and Starts: The Making of Isaac Newton’s
Principia”
McNeill, William H. “Frederick the Great and the Propagation of Potatoes”
King, Ross. “The “Uncouth Riddle” of Edouard Manet: Le Dejeuner sur
l’herbe at the 1863 Salon des Refuses”
Keegan, John. “The German Surrender to Montgomery at Luneburg Heath,
May 1945”
THESES for ANY FIVE of the remaining essays in IWIBT.
Your choice.
Annotated Bibliography
SEE BACK
Turnitin DUE DATES
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 @ 11:59 PM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 @ 11:59 PM
Be able to locate and identify the following on a map of
Europe on the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL:
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Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
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Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
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Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City (Holy See)
Kosovo*
There are a variety of resources you may use to help learn the map, but I have found this one to be quite useful:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm
And finally, if you do not already, begin to pay attention to major European news. We will do regular current events
assignments in class to help us understand the current state of European affairs and make connections to the past.
Cheers,
JL
If you have any questions about the assignments over the summer, email me:
[email protected]