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European History
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p. ii-iii
Authors and
Reviewers
AMSCO reviewers and writers are known throughout the country as exemplary teachers and leaders within their respective disciplines.
p. iii
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Introduction
Student Edition
pp. iv-xvii
Table of
Contents
The coursebook is divided into nine chronological units mirroring the structure of the most current College Board AP® European History Curriculum Framework and reflecting the Board’s focus on historical trends, themes, and historical reasoning rather than isolated facts.
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pp. xix-xliv
Introduction
An in-depth Introduction familiarizes students with the historical thinking skills and reasoning processes focused on in this AP course, outlines course and exam requirements, offers strategies for answering varied question types, and details a review schedule for effective exam preparation.
pp. xxxii-xxxiii
Course
Themes
Questions on the AP exam are related to one or more of seven course themes introduced in this section. The seven themes cover cross-period and cross-cultural investigations and help identify trends and processes in European history. These themes follow the College Board Course and Exam Description.
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pp. xxx-xliii
Guide to
Different
Question
Types
Students are provided with scaffolded guidance through a step-by-step development guide which explains how to answer the four types of questions on the exam: MCQs, SAQs, LEQs and DBQs. A model for organizing answers to essay questions and a practice scoring guide are included in this section.
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p. xliv
Review
Schedule
A review schedule helps keep both students and teachers on track for success!
Unit/Topic Structure
Student Edition
pp. 1-2
Period
Opener
Each period begins with a brief introduction that provides contextualization of the content, summarizing major developments and key concepts.
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p. 3 and 12
Essential
Question
The stage is set for each topic with an Essential Question. This guiding question prepares students for comprehensive learning. Additionally, at the conclusion of each topic, a Reflect on the Essential Question prompt offers students the opportunity to analyze and synthesize topic content and build critical writing skills.
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pp. 20-22
Instructional
Content
The narrative instructional content is concise and focused on just the information covered on the AP Course and Exam Description with the use of appropriate and relevant language. Content is divided into manageable sections for enhanced student comprehension.
pp. 35-38
Readability
and
Accessibility
Making college-level content accessible to high school students is of the utmost importance in ensuring success. Each text is carefully written and designed to ensure all students comprehend key ideas, learn and use concept vocabulary, and build their analytical and writing skills.
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p. 39
Key Terms
Each topic’s conclusion features a list of key terms, people, and events listed in order of appearance. This is included to aid in review.
Student Edition
p. 56
Historical Perspectives
Each unit includes a Historical Perspectives feature that introduces conflicting interpretations about significant historical issues. This feature addresses the College Board’s emphasis on how historians have interpreted events in various ways.
pp. 80-81
Write As a
Historian
Write As a Historian activities in Unit Reviews provide writing skill support tips and exercises for addressing LEQs and DBQs.
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Student Edition
pp. 9, 32, 43, 55
Maps and
Graphics
Maps, charts, graphs, cartoons, photographs, and other visual materials are integrated into the text to help students practice their analytical skills.
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pp. 8, 10, 11, 21, 38
Primary
Sources
Numerous high-quality primary sources offer students opportunities to analyze historical evidence, identify historical significance, and evaluate credibility.
PowerPoint
Slides
Digital Download from
Teacher Edition
Customizable PowerPoint slides are provided of all visuals in the student text.
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Student Edition
pp. 39-40
Formative
Assessment
by Topic
Formative assessment at the end of each topic features a set of multiple-choice questions all based on stimulus material including paired stimuli. One stimulus-based short-answer question is also included in the review of each topic.
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pp. 82-86
Formative
Assessment
by Period
Unit Reviews include AP-style Long Essay Questions and a Document Based Question prompting students to apply course reasoning and writing skills
pp. 672-700
Summative
Assessment
Practice Exam
Following the final unit is a complete practice examination mirroring the exact question types, timing, and instructions of the current AP European History exam.
Teacher Edition
pp. 2-5
Answer Key and Scoring Rubrics
A comprehensive Answer Key identifies the best choice for each multiple-choice question and provides examples of good responses to the SAQs, LEQs, and DBQs. Each question is correlated to the three elements of the AP European History Curriculum Articulation—course skills, learning objectives, and the most relevant related textbook pages.
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pp. 122, 132
Historical
Perspectives
Eleven additional reproducible Historical Perspective activities introduce conflicting interpretations about significant historical issues.
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pp. 165-210
CED
Correlation
A detailed page-by-page correlation of the AMSCO coursebook content to the AP European History course content, themes, reasoning processes, and historical thinking skills as presented in College Board’s Course and Exam Description (CED).