AP European History
Unit 1 - Reading Plan
One Day during this unit students will attend Orientation in Theater
Key Topics: Black Death; Hundred Years’ War and rise of national sentiment; the politics,
culture, and art of the Italian Renaissance (Exam 1)
End of Unit Summary (on day of exam) should address significance of the above topics in
terms of their effect on history (for example, how did these events change history?)
Date
Black Death (292-298)
o Preconditions and causes of
the plague
o Popular remedies
o Social and Economic
consequences
 Farms decline
 Peasants revolt
 Cities rebound
o New Conflicts and
Opportunities
Pages
Homework Reading Topics
Pages 292-298
Finish reading started in classroom today.
298-302
 The Hundred Years War and the Rise of National Sentiment
o The Causes of the War
 French Weakness
o Progress of the War
 The Conflict During the Reign of Edward III
 French Defeat and the Treaty of Troyes
 Joan of Arc and the War’s conclusion
(if issued: 10th
Edition p.262-267)
Bring Cornell Notes to class tomorrow for small group readaround of pages 292-302 - - Teacher will walk around and give
participation points to students who completed notes.
302-311
(267-276)
Ecclesiastical Breakdown and Revival: The Late Medieval
Church
 Political Fragmentation
 Boniface VIII and Philip the Fair
o The Royal Challenge to Papal Authority
o Unam Sanctam (1302)
 The Avignon Papacy (1309-1377)
o Pope John XXII
o National Opposition to the Avignon Papacy
 The Great Schism (1378-1417) and the Conciliar Movement
to 1449
 Urban VI and Clement VII
Watch Video:
Great Schism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_s9Rcsg5UI
Quiz tomorrow on reading and video.
316-327
(Newer, 10th Edition:
Pages 284-291)
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 The Renaissance in Italy (1375-1527)
o The Italian City-State
 Growth of City-States
 Social Class and Conflict
 Despotism and Diplomacy
o Humanism
 Petrarch, Dante, and Boccaccio
 Educational Reforms & Goals
 The Florentine “Academy” and the Revival of
Platonism
 Critical Work of the Humanists: Lorenzo Valla
 Civic Humanism
Date
Pages
327-331
o
(291-297)
o
Homework Reading Topics
Renaissance Art
 Leonardo da Vinci
 Raphael
 Michelangelo
Slavery in the Renaissance
Additional Reading: Primary Source, Pico della Mirandola author
of ‘The Dignity of Man.’ Answer Questions at bottom of reading.
Bring completed reading and responses to class tomorrow for
discussion (graded)
338-341
(303-305)
 The Northern Renaissance
o The Printing Press
o Erasmus
o Humanism and Reform
 England
 France
 Spain
Additional Reading: Primary Source, ‘A Defense of Learning.’
Answer Questions at bottom of reading. Bring completed reading
and responses to class tomorrow for discussion (graded)
331-335
(297-299)
335 - 338
(299-303)
 Italy’s Political Decline: The French Invasions (1494-1527)
o Charles VIII’s March Through Italy
o Pope Alexander VI and the Borgia Family
o Pope Julius II
o Nicolas Machiavelli
 Revival of Monarchy in Northern Europe
o France
o Spain
o England
o The Holy Roman Empire
Completed Cornell Notes and End of Unit Summary due
tomorrow
Completed Key Content due tomorrow
Study for first exam
Exam 1
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Key Content/Terms, Locations & VIPs (Your Study Guide for Exam)
Chapter 9 - The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown (1300-1453)
Chapter 10 – Renaissance and Discovery (1375-1527)
Remember, this assignment is meant to help you to be prepared for the exam covering
this unit and as a future study guide in preparation for the AP College Board exam. Do not
cheat yourself by writing information that does not show the significance of the topics; and,
do not cut and paste information from the Internet.
Carefully and Thoughtfully Respond to:
Content Topics:
Black Death (what was this?)
 Factors that contributed to its spread and
severity
 Explain the:
o Economic Consequences
o Social Consequences
o Political Consequences
Purpose and social structure of Feudal society
100 Years War
o Causes of conflict
o Sources of income that Monarchs used to
fund their wars
o Who won? Who lost? Why?
o Consequences of the war for all involved

Italian Renaissance
o What caused the Italian Renaissance to emerge?
o Who Supported artists? And,
o what were their reasons for supporting
it?
o Explain the impact on ordinary women
o How were Italian politics different than the rest of
Europe?
o What caused cities to evolve into despotisms?
o What caused Italy to decline?
Northern Renaissance
o How was it different from the Italian Renaissance?

Terms:
In regard to Ferdinand and Isabella, explain their
o Successes
o Failures
Great Schism
Renaissance
Jacquerie
Humanism
“Renaissance Man”
Taille
Monarchy
Despotism
Oligarchy
Locations/Significance of location to
content:
o
o
o
Explain the causes and effect of warfare between the
Pope and Holy Roman Emperor
France
England
Spain (How did it become united; other
significant details about Spain relative
to the reading)
o
o
o
o
Holy Roman Empire (What lands does it cover?
What were the conflicts? Outcomes of conflicts?)
Venice, Italy (What was economy based on?
With who?)
Florence, Italy (What was economy based on?)
List the key trading cities between Europe and
the Near East
Very Important People and directions are located on back of this page.
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VIPs:
Joan of Arc (focus on symbolism)
Cosimo de-Medici (who was he? Why is he
remembered?)
Erasthmus (about his vocation? What were his
ideas? Who did his ideas influence?)
Giovanni Boccaccio (who was he? Why is he
remembered?)
Francisco Petrarch (What is Petrarch considered
the father of; why did he gain this recognition?)
Machiavelli (What is Machiavelli considered the
father of? Name book that he is famous for writing;
What ideas did his book contain?)
For each of the following artists, explain how their work
was a departure from Medieval Works; explain the
significant Works each artist is remembered for?
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Donatello
Raphael
Titian
Assignment must be handwritten using Complete Sentences in table format:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Page 1: Content (left side content label; right side explanation)
Page 2: Terms Content (left side term name; right side explanation)
Page 3: Locations (Left side location; right side explanation)
Page 4: Very Important People - - (same format as pages 1-3) explained following
direction guidelines for notable people
Assignment due completed on day of exam
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