AP EUROPEAN HISTORY SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2015
Mrs. Clager
Boyertown Senior High School
[email protected]
Please contact me with any questions you have.
WELCOME TO BASHS’s AP EUROPEAN HISTORY CLASS!!
I am very much looking forward to meeting you in person and to work with
you through the 2015/2016 school year. European History is my love and I
hope that, by the end of the school year, you will feel the same about the
topic.
For all of us to get a head start with the materials required by the course, you will need
to do some work over the summer. Besides working your way through the first two
chapters in the textbook and the first unit in the study guide, you are assigned to read
the book Sophie’s World.
Please note that all assignments are mandatory—due the first day of school and
will be the first grades for the term.
All answers need to be HAND-WRITTEN in COMPLETE, GRAMMATICALLY
CORRECT SENTENCES WITH PROPER PUNCTUATION!
Why Summer Reading and Work?
1. For most of you, this will be your first experience with an Advanced
Placement Course. The volume of reading that accompanies the course
material is substantial (approximately 7-12 pages nightly). This class is
the equivalent of a college-level survey course in European History; the
amount of work and expectations are congruent with a college-level
course.
2. The analysis portion of these assignments will prepare you for the
Document-Based-Question (DBQ) essay, the Free-Response-Question
(FRQ), and the short answers on the AP Exam.
3. Part of this assignment will prepare you to confront and evaluate history as it relates
to the AP European themes.
4. There are many skills and prior knowledge, such as the geography of Europe and key
vocabulary, which you will need in order to be successful in the course. Doing these
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assignments will help you be prepared to jump into this course and help me evaluate
your skill level in order to prepare the materials that need to be taught.
WARNING, WARNING, WARNING: Manage your Time Wisely!
Do not wait until the last remaining weeks to start your assignment. Pace
yourself. This will allow you to be successful on the assignment and help you
to gain time management skills that will be NECESSARY for success in an AP class.
Homework in an AP class is roughly two (2) hours per night. As busy students, time
management is CRUCIAL to your school success.
You will NOT be able to do this work in the last two or three weeks before
school begins!!!!!!!
Do not Plagiarize!!!
You must cite pages and USE YOUR OWN WORDS!!! Any plagiarism/cheating will
result in an F on the ENTIRE
summer assignments, reporting to
administration and the
possible removal from the AP
European course.
I AM SERIOUS!!!!! I check all papers for plagiarism!!!!
Materials Needed for the Summer Assignment:
 Textbook, The Western Heritage since 1300 by Kagan,
Ozment, Turner
 Accompanying Reading and Note Taking Study Guide
(Above books provided by BASH.)
 Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
 Flashcards (3x5 cards)
 Notepaper
(These materials need to be purchased by the student.)
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OPTIONAL, NOT mandatory reading:
 The Foundations of Early Modern Europe, 1460-1559 (Second
Edition) (The Norton History of Modern Europe), Eugene F. Rice Jr.
ASSIGNMENTS
EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE HAND-WRITTEN, TYPED WORK
IS NOT ACCEPTED
Textbook Assignment I:
Due the first day of class.
 Read “What is the Western Heritage” (green pages xxxi [this
number is not printed on the page, only the next one]-xxxiv) and answer the
questions on page xxxiv, numbers 1-5.
ANSWER STYLE EXAMPLE
1.1
How have people in the West defined themselves in contrast with
civilizations (1) of the ancient East, and later (2) in contrast with Islamic
civilizations, and still later (3) in contrast with less economically developed
regions in the world?
YOUR ANSWER HERE, organized into (1), (2), (3)
1.2
2.1
2.2.
Etc.
Have people in the West historically viewed (1) their own civilization to be
superior to civilizations in other parts of the world? (2) Why or why not?
YOUR ANSWER HERE, organized into (1) and (2)
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Textbook, Assignment II:
Due the first day of class.
 Read “The Introduction: The West Before 1300” (pages xxxv-Iviii)
 Answer each of the “Review Questions” on page Ixxx in complete sentences.
Before answering, rewrite the question in bold. Please be as in-depth as possible
in your answers, four to five (4-5) sentences minimum. Organize all seven
questions in the following format. Here is question (1) organized for you:
ANSWER STYLE EXAMPLE
1.3
How was life during the Paleolithic Age different from that in the Neolithic
Age?
YOUR ANSWER HERE
1.4
1.5
Present the broad outlines of the history of the earliest civilizations in
Mesopotamia and Egypt.
YOUR ANSWER HERE.
What was the significance of Hebrew monotheism for the future of
Western Civilization?
YOUR ANSWER HERE
2.1
2.2.
Etc.
Textbook, Assignment III: Due the first day of class
 Read “Chapter 9, The Late Middle Ages: Social and
Political Breakdown, 1300-1453” (pages 257-279) and
fill-in the corresponding pages in your Reading and
Note-Taking Study Guide (pages 1-12) AS YOU READ.
(Make this study method a habit because you will not
have enough time to reread the chapters to fill-in the
Study Guide.)
 As you read, create flashcards for the terms stated on
page 13 of your Study Guide. Bring them to class. You
will be tested on them the FIRST DAY of your return
from break.
Vocab quiz first day of class.
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Map of Europe
Assignment IV:
Due the first day of class.
 Fill in the map of Europe on page 15 with the nations/regions/cities stated on
this page and be prepared for a quiz of the modern map of Europe.
Map quiz second day of class.
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EUROPE
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Sophie’s World
Assignment V:
Due the first day of class.
 Get a copy of the book and START THIS ASSIGNMENT EARLY. You
should give yourself at least two to three weeks to get through it.
 Read Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder and answer the following questions:
The Garden of Eden
1. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
2. Who are YOU?
The Top Hat
3. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
4. What is the origin of philosophy?
5. What might philosophers and small children have in
common?
The Myths
6. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
7. After reading about the shift from a mythological to a
natural view of philosophy, (1) what class did Sophie
especially want to forget (2) and why?
The Natural Philosophers
8. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
9. What is the point of seeing what each philosopher's project is?
10. Define rationalism.
11. What does this mean: "We cannot step twice into the same river."?
Democritus
12. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
13. Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the world?
Fate
14. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
15. Define fatalism.
16. What was the famous inscription at Delphi ("DEL-fee")?
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17. Who were the best-known Greek historians?
18. Does anything about the Hippocratic Oath stand out to you?
19. Who are you…now?
Socrates
20. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
21. When did Sophie ever REALLY learn something?
22. How did Socrates represent a new era in philosophy?
23. What must be in place in order for democracy to work?
24. How are Jesus and Socrates similar?
Plato
25. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
26. What problems was Plato concerned with?
27. How did Plato differ from Socrates?
28. What was Plato’s believe about natural phenomena?
Aristotle
29. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
30. How did Aristotle differ from Plato?
31. According to Aristotle, what were the three forms of happiness?
Hellenism
32. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
33. Define Hellenism.
34. What is meant by "Rome conquered Greece, but Greece captured Rome."?
35. (1) Compare and contrast the views of the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans.
(2) Which view do you favor most? (3) Why?
36. Contrast western and eastern mysticism.
Two Cultures
37. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
38. How did Paul show the Greek and Roman world a new approach to religion?
39. According to Alberto Knox, hat is the only way to become a human being?
The Middle Ages
40. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
41. How was the church Sophie entered symbolic of the spirit of the Middle Ages?
42. How did the Greco-Roman culture divide but yet survive?
43. (1) What did St. Thomas Aquinas synthesize? (2) How?
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The Renaissance
44. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
45. Discuss two ways Sophie & Hilde are like the Renaissance.
46. What was/were the effect(s) of the Renaissance?
47. (1) Who said, "Knowledge is power" and (2) what is that statement's significance
to history?
48. (1) What was positively the most important scientific discovery and (2) why?
49. Newton explained and combined the theories and discoveries of what three
earlier scientists?
50. How were Martin Luther's teachings similar in spirit with those of the
Renaissance philosophers?
The Baroque
51. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
52. List political and religious elements of the Baroque era.
Descartes
53. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
54. What was Descartes most famous proclamation?
55. Using Descartes' reasoning as a platform, describe how we (1) are and how we
(2) are NOT biological robots.
Spinoza
56. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
57. What was Spinoza’s opinion about our emotions?
Locke
58. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
59. What was Locke's belief in the concept tabula rasa?
60. What is the concept of "natural rights"?
Hume
61. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
62. (1) Which Asian philosopher pre-dated many of Hume's beliefs and (2) how?
63. What is one of the main concerns of philosophy?
64. What is "Utilitarianism?”
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Berkeley (1 and 2)
65. Summarize each chapter in one sentence.
66. According to Berkeley, where do we exist?
67. Give two examples of how Hilde’s and Sophie’s lives reflect each other.
68. In what ways are these chapters the turning point of this book?
The Enlightenment
69. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
70. What was one of Hilde's "enlightenments" regarding Sophie?
71. What is the significance of the change in font beginning in the last chapter and
continuing here?
72. Most of the Enlightenment philosophers had an unshakable faith in…
73. To what historical event does the phrase "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" refer?
Kant
74. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
75. According to Kant, do space and time exist beyond ourselves? Explain.
76. Speculate: Why is Kant Mr. Harmon's favorite philosopher in this book?
77. How does Sophie receive hints in this chapter that she is not real?
Romanticism
78. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
79. What features of literature and philosophy reflect Romanticism?
80.How can the Romantics be compared to the Hippies of the 1960's?
81. What is a "bagatelle" in context of this book?
82. What clever "major" revelations are made toward the end of this chapter?
Hegel
83. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
84. How did Hegel perceive history?
85. Who is "God" to Sophie and Alberto?
86. Who is "God" to Major Knag?
Kierkegaard
87. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
88. What similarities do Kant and Kierkegaard share in regard to the importance of
faith?
89. In what ways was Kierkegaard a take-no-prisoners type Christian?
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Marx
90. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
91. How did Marx's words about the purpose of philosophy change history?
92. According to Marx, what three elements were the bases of society?
93. “Marx was wrong.” Agree with this statement, using examples.
94. “Marx was right.” Agree with this statement, using examples.
Darwin
95. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
96. (1) What were Thomas Malthus' beliefs and (2) how did they influence Darwin?
97. What are the religious/moral implications of the belief that humans are merely
the result of random chance and natural selection over time?
Freud
98. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
99. Explain the meaning of the term "Freudian Slip." How did Freud's teachings/
beliefs influence the arts?
Our Own Time
100. Summarize chapter in one sentence.
101. "God is dead", said Nietzsche. (1) Contrast western philosophy before and after
the mid 1800's and within this context (2) argue that he is right.
102. Look up a biography of Simone de Beauvoir. What importance did she play in
the modern feminist movement?
The Garden Party
103. What in the world is the point of this chapter?! (Before you answer this question,
think about that without any structure or order in the universe--and society, for
that matter--everything begins to fall apart.)
The Big Bang
104. (1) What was your favorite chapter in this book? (2) Why?
105. (1) Who was your favorite philosopher in this book? (2) Why?
106. (1) Did you like this book? (2) Why or why not?
107. (1) For the last time, who are you? (2) Has your answer changed since I asked
the question in the beginning? (3) Why…or why not?