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Welcome to AP European History

This is the first reading assignment for AP European History class. Students will explore the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and discuss the characteristics of each time period.

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Welcome to AP European History

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  1. Welcome to AP European History Ms. Greenberg You have an index card, a textbook, a syllabus and a reading calendar on your desk. FIRST READING ASSIGNMENT IS DUE TOMORROW PLEASE: • Write your name (first and last) on the front. 2. Write the T Number from the front cover of your textbook on the back of the index card 3. Write one thing • That you are excited for in this class OR • One thing you are nervous about in this class OR • One question you have about this class.

  2. AP EURO IS A GREAT CLASS!!! In AP Euro you will “become a historical detective” by asking and answering important questions about the past For example…...

  3. How can we better understand people of the past? What activities do you notice in this painting? Children’s Games Pieter Bruegel 1560

  4. What changes over time and what stays the same? Children playing video games – google images 2019

  5. What can history teach us about the present? Why is this picture from 575 years ago still so famous?

  6. What is the historical context for events and trends that do not seem understandable to us today? Why would someone draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa??

  7. What are we doing today? • The Middle Ages or “Dark Ages” review • The Birth of the Renaissance What? Wait! What about course information? What about learning our names and who we are? Don’t you care? What about learning what I need for this course? Aaaaaaaaah!!!!!

  8. Have no fear….we will do all of that tomorrow. This activity helps you understand your HW tonight. You will have many questions about the course and they will be answered. AP Euro is like a “freezing lake” – sometimes it is best to just jump in.

  9. Assignment #1: Middle Ages to Renaissance (BINDER PAPER) TAKE NOTES: Middle Ages: 500-1450 Late Middle Ages called “Dark Ages” Renaissance: Begins in 1450 DISCUSS: The late middle ages have been called a “Dark Age” The Renaissance has been called a “rebirth” or Golden Age What features would characterize this?

  10. A quick assignment to begin Write down 1 fact about the Middle Ages. ( years 500 -1450). You will share this fact with the class. You have 5 minutes to remember/search for your fact. The fact can be: Something you remember from Middle School Something you look up on your phone Something you know from a book or visiting a place It can be about the way people lived, a large trend or event, a person or a group…anything goes. The fact should not be the very first thing the internet tells you when you type in „Middle Ages“ - you want to try to have something different from other people.

  11. Time for your middle ages facts….

  12. Features of Middle Ages Society: What do the pictures tell you or remind you about? TAKE NOTES

  13. Renaissance scholars, or Humanists, nicknamed this time period the “Dark Ages.” OK, no social mobility, and the Black Death was not no picnic…but other events qualified it for the “Dark Age” title...: The all powerful church starts to squabble about who is in charge. The Italians want an Italian pope and the French want a French one. For many this Great Schism shows the corruption and greed in the church. 100 Years War: A nasty war between England and France over territory. It established France and England as nations kills Joan of Arc and is the first war with gunpowder. Lasted 120 years – ouch.

  14. The “birth” of the Renaissance • Black Plague led to 1/3 of Europe’s population dying. • People that survived had more free time, more resources and more land. • This ushered in a rebirth of thought, literature and art. • Renaissance thinkers liked to hate on the recent past (Middle Ages) and compare themselves with the glory of the ancient world – Greece and Rome

  15. Take out HW notes Compare HW Notes Add to HW Notes using unit calendar Go over how to use unit calendar

  16. Definition of Renaissance Humanism • Renaissance writers, artists and philosophers were guided by the idea of Humanism which was • Human achievements are unique and worthy of study and contemplation. • Artists, writers and philosophers should look to the ancient world for inspiration. Humans are awesome. Ancient humans are the awesomest.

  17. Connecting to our time.... During the Renaissance, writers and artists shaped culture. Who shapes our culture today? How?

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