AP European History Course

The course emphasizes historically significant events in European history from 1450 to the present. To allow for a multifaceted understanding of these events, students will explore the past from intellectual, cultural, political, diplomatic, social and economic viewpoints. In an effort to make historians out of you, the course will stress; the analysis and interpretation of primary sources, the analysis and assessment of historiography, and the development of cogent analytical and interpretive writing. The course will be conducted at the AP level by adhering to College Board standards and requirements.