Advanced Placement European History

AP European History is a college level course, designed to prepare high school students for the AP European History test.

 

Although the class is a European History class it fulfills the California standards for World Cultures, History, and Geography, which are predominately based in European History. The class will cover European History from approximately 1450 (the high Renaissance) to the present.

 

The class will introduce students to cultural, economic, political, and social elements that played a fundamental role in shaping today’s world. The class will provide students a narrative of events and movements throughout the above-stated time period, an understanding of some of the principal themes in modern European History, an ability to analyze historical evidence and historical interpretation through primary documents, and an ability to express historical understanding in writing.