Mr. Brian G. O’Donnell
Rooms 609
Class Rules/Requirements
3R’s Reverence Respect Responsibility
· Required Text The AP European History Text
* Access to a daily newspaper
* Access to a television to watch CNN Headline News
· Daily Supplies Looseleaf Ruled Notebook... NO SPIRALS !!!
3 Ring Binder with 4 Dividers
* 1. Graded Tests & Quizzes
* 2. Graded Homework / Classwork
* 3. Lecture Notes / Outlines
* 4. Xerox Materials (maps, worksheets)
* 2 pens and 2 pencils
Responsibilities
All school-student regulations and parental responsibilities outlined in the Taravella HS Handbook & Code of Conduct Book will be enforced. These are non-negotiable! Ignorance of these policies is never accepted!
Respect
At all times you will be respectful to all persons. Each person possesses dignity and is worthy of respect. Offensive language and gestures of any form of insolence will not be tolerated. Courtesy and cooperation rooted in students should be the norm of our behavior.
Attendance
Be present if you plan to succeed. You must secure at least three phone numbers of classmates to keep abreast of the assigned work to meet deadlines. TARDINESS IS UNACCEPTABLE. Arrive on time and be ready to work to avoid detention. DO NOT ask to be excused to run an errand, see an Administrator, or a coach etc.
Quiet
Quietly enter the room. You will be seated and ready to work when the teacher closes the door. Arrive prepared with all required materials. You will not be permitted to retrieve forgotten items. During class it is imperative that you are ALERT, ATTENTIVE, AND PARTICIPATORY. You must raise your hand to ask questions or to pass comments. Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. The classroom is your learning center, not a social hangout.
Homework / Assignments
This is a college level course so all written work / research is to be publishable work. Plagiarizing from the internet will result in a ZERO and referral. Do your own work!!! It will be your responsibility to keep up with readings from your text along with research and study guides.
Topic 1
Travels of Marco Polo, Late Middle Ages, Renaissance in Italy-
Northern Renaissance 1300-1560
Topic 2
Reformation of the Church, Lutheran, English & Calvinist-
Catholic Counterreformation 1300-1560
Topic 3
Economic Renewal and Religious Wars 1560-1648
Topic 4
Establishment of West European Leadership 1643-1715
Topic 5
Transformation of Eastern Europe 1648-1740,
Great Wars of the Mid-18th Century 1748-1763
Topic 6
Scientific Revolution 1600-1700
Topic 7
Age of Enlightenment 1700-1789
Topic 8
French Revolution 1789-1799
Topic 9
Napoleonic Europe 1799-1815
Topic 10
Reaction vs. Progress 1815-1848 , Industrial Revolution
Topic 11
Hapsburg, Hohenzollern, & Romanov Empires
Topic 12
Movers and Shakers- Manchester, de Montesquieu, Rousseau, More, Erasmus, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Locke,
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All students must take the Mid-Term, but you may exempt the Final.
You will receive the 2nd half of topics after the Mid-Term.
Mr. Brian G. O’Donnell
Rooms 609
Class Rules/Requirements
3R’s Reverence Respect Responsibility
· Required Text World History The Human Experience
* Access to a daily newspaper
* Access to a television to watch CNN Headline News
· Daily Supplies Looseleaf Ruled Notebook... NO SPIRALS !!!
3 Ring Binder with 4 Dividers
* 1. Graded Tests and Quizzes
* 2. Graded Homework / Classwork
* 3. Lecture Notes / Outlines
* 4. Xerox Materials (maps, worksheets)
* 2 pens and 2 pencils
Responsibilities
All school-student regulations and parental responsibilities outlined in the Taravella HS Handbook & Code of Conduct Book will be enforced. These are non-negotiable! Ignorance of these policies is never accepted!
Respect
At all times you will be respectful to all persons. Each person possesses dignity and is worthy of respect. Offensive language and gestures of any form of insolence will not be tolerated. Courtesy and cooperation rooted in students should be the norm of our behavior.
Attendance
Be present if you plan to succeed. You must secure at least three phone numbers of classmates to keep abreast of the assigned work to meet deadlines. TARDINESS IS UNACCEPTABLE. Arrive on time and be ready to work to avoid detention. DO NOT ask to be excused to run an errand, see an Administrator, or a coach etc.
Quiet
Quietly enter the room. You will be seated and ready to work when the teacher closes the door. Arrive prepared with all required materials. You will not be permitted to retrieve forgotten items. During class it is imperative that you are ALERT, ATTENTIVE, AND PARTICIPATORY. You must raise your hand to ask questions or to pass comments. Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. The classroom is your learning center, not a social hangout.
Chapter 1
Paleolithic, Neolithic, Neanderthal, Homo Sapien Sapien People
Civilizations
Science vs. Religion
Jurassic Park Theory
Chapter 2
Egypt, Giza
Nile River Civilization
Government, Pharaohs
Project pyramids, hieroglyphics, tools, Pharaohs
Chapter 3
Phoenicians
Israel, Jewish Bible (Torah) History
Chapter 4
Greece, Mycenaeans
Odyssey, Homer, mythology
Democracy, Sparta & Athens
Chapter 5
Philosophy, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates
Alexander the Great
Antigone Play
Project Mythology
Chapter 6
Rome & Christianity
Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Octavian, Marc Antony
Government
New Testament History
Project Emporers
Chapter 7
Africa
Religions
Art, Music
Trade
Chapter 8
India
Social Structure
Buddhist & Hindu
Karma & Dharma
Chapter 9
China
Zhou, Qin, Han Empires
Great Wall
Project Food
Chapter 11
Middle East
Islam, Muhammad History
Chapter 12
Medieval Europe
Feudal System
Monarchs & Viking’s Saga History
Braveheart
Project Castles, Family Shields, Monarchs
Chapter 13
Crusades, Trade
Black Death
Chapter 14
Asia, Mongols
Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Marco Polo
Chapter 15
Americas, Native Americans
Inca, Aztec, Maya, Inuit
Project Tribes
Chapters 16 & 19 combined
Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther, Henry XIII, Elizabeth I, Louis XIV
Chapter 17
Exploration
Magellan, Columbus, Cortes, Cartier, Champlain, Smith, Hudson, Carver
Columbus 1492
Chapter 21
Revolution by Colonist
Boston Tea Party & Massacre
Decalaration of Independence & Constitution
Project Boston Massacre Trial
Chapter 22
French Revolution
Louis XVI, Napolean
Chapter 23
Industrial Revolution
Whitney, Morse, Wright Brothers, Bell, Marconi, Edison, Diesel, Ford
City Immigrants, Capitalism
Chapter 25
Latin America Independence
End of Colonies
Chapter 27
Imperialism
Colonies in South America, Africa, Asia
Zulu
Chapter 28
World War One full detail
Bosnia, Trench- Air- Submarine Warfare
Lusitania
Russian Revolution & All Quiet on the Western Front
Chapter 29
Leaders Rise and Fall
Depression, Dust Bowl, Stock Market Crash
Mousolini, Hitler, Lenin, Stalin
Chapter 31
World War Two full detail
Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Atomic Bomb, Lebensraum, Holocaust
Air, Sea, Ground Battles...results
Schindler’s List
Project : Research Paper on WWII Leaders
Chapter 32
Cold War
United Nations, Iron Curtain, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Civil Rights Movement, Nuclear Arms Race, Race in Space
JFK Trial & Malcom X, Martin Luther King speeches
Chapter 35
Middle East
Iran / Iraq War
Hostages, bombings, demonstrations
Israel conflict
Gulf War