Course Material

• Course Syllabus
• College Board Audit Approved Syllabus
• Curriculum Map

Useful Links and Fact Sheets

• Factsheet 1: Western Civilization 1
• Factsheet 2: Western Civilization 2
• Factsheet 3: World History 1
• Factsheet 4: World History 2
• Textbook Resources: A History of Western Society, Ninth Edition
• AP Student Central
• AP Euro Homework Assignment Page
• HyperHistory
• Modern World History Sourcebook
• Textbook Outlines

Misc. Resources

• Extensive collection of high-resolution historical maps for all continents from the University of Texas at Austin.
• The “Web Gallery of Art,” an excellent resource for European art history from the 12th to the mid-19th centuries.
• The “living museum online” of the German Historical Museum in Berlin, dealing with 20th-century German history (in German).
• German historical documents and images from 1500 to the present, compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. (in German and English).
• Site dedicated to the history of Prussia from 1618 to 1947 (in German).
• Excellent website in French with detailed essays on paintings, cartoons, and artifacts illustrating major trends and events in French history from 1789 to 1939.
• “Imaging the French Revolution: Depictions of the French Revolutionary Crowd” (in English).

Various homepage of other european history professors

• Open Yale Courses: European Civilization (YouTube)
• European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present (iTunes audio, iTunes video, YouTube) Thomas Laqueur , UC Berkeley.
  • Professor Thomas Laqueur gives an enthusiastic and insightful tour of modern European history. This is one class really worth watching in video so you can see the slides (works of art, architecture and maps) that go along with the lectures.
• European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present (iTunes) Margaret Anderson, UC Berkeley
  • Professor Anderson gives another great version of this course with different readings and different emphasis. If you’re a history buff, you’ll want to listen to both. Anderson is a dynamic lecturer and makes each period come alive, with references to art and literature.
• France Since 1871 –website– John Merriman, Yale
  • In this course Merriman explains how France became the fascinating and perplexing place it is today: a country that famously celebrates liberty and revolution yet regulates details of.
• Nationalism in Eastern Europe (iTunes), T. Mills Kelly, George Mason University
  • Kelly has an engaging teaching style and his interaction with students adds verve and energy to the podcasts of 7 lectures from this 2007 course. Kelly covers the history of Eastern Europe in the 20th century, from World War II to the fall of Communism in 1989. (See Nationalism in Eastern Europe.)
• The Rise and Fall of the Second Reich (iTunes) Margaret Anderson, UC Berkeley.
  • This fascinating course gives the background for understanding German culture, romanticism, the origins of the first world war and the tragic rise of National Socialism. Anderson is a dynamic lecturer and makes each period come alive, with references to art and literature.
• The Roman Empire (iTunes) Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley.
  • This class looks at the history of Rome from the late Republic to the rule of Constantine. It gives a fascinating overview of Roman culture and institutions as well as the history. She also teaches The Ancient Mediterranean World (iTunes).
• Western Civilization, 1715-Present (YouTube), Lynn Hunt, UCLA
  • Hunt brings new insights to this subject and helps me think about history in new ways. She usually begins each lecture with a musical selection, and describes how the arts are bound up with the political and social histories of each era. See post: A great Western Civ course from UCLA.
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