Core Reading Assignments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Haaren - Famous Men of Modern Times | Robespierre (1) | |
| Guerber - The Story of Modern France | The Old Monarchy to Orphans of the Temple (24) | |
Supplemental Recommendations | ||
| Upton - The Little Dauphin | entire book | |
| Montgomery - Stories of the French Revolution | entire book | |
| Birkhead - The Story of the French Revolution | entire book | |
| Birkhead - Marie Antoinette | entire book | |
| Macgregor - The Story of France | Marie Antoinette to Marie Antoinette Is Executed (6) | |
| Synge - The Struggle for Sea Power | Marie Antoinette to Napoleon Bonaparte (5) | |
| Birkhead - Heroes of Modern Europe | Voltaire, Spirits of the Age (1) | |
| Holland - Lafayette for Young Americans | Liberty for France to In the Days of Napoleon (4) | |
| Abbott - Madame Roland | entire book | |
| Morris - Historical Tales: French | The Diamond Necklace to The End of the Terror (5) | |
I: Introductory, II: Intermediate, C: College Prep
Core Reading Assignments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Haaren - Famous Men of Modern Times | Napoleon Bonaparte (1) | |
| Guerber - The Story of Modern France | The Youth of Napoleon to Ney Shot (25) | |
Supplemental Recommendations | ||
| Marshall - The Story of Napoleon | entire book | |
| Synge - The Struggle for Sea Power | Beginning of the Struggle to The Exile of St Helena (21) | |
| Macgregor - The Story of France | Napoleon Bonaparte to The Batttle of Waterloo (9) | |
| Birkhead - Heroes of Modern Europe | Napoleon Bonaparte (1) | |
| Morris - Nations of Europe and the Great War | Earthquake of Napoleonism to Fall of Napoleon's Empire (3) | |
| Morris - Historical Tales: French | The Burning of Moscow to Napoleon's Return from Elba (2) | |
| Abbott - Josephine | entire book | |
| Abbott - Joseph Bonaparte | entire book | |
| Wheeler - The Story of Napoleon | entire book | |
Special Interest - Military | ||
| Wood - The Boy's Book of Battles | Trafalgar to Waterloo (2) | |
| Fraser - Boys' Book of Battles | Austerlitz to Waterloo (2) | |
* Level I & II study questions are based on Core Reading Assignments.
I: Introductory, II: Intermediate, C: College Prep
Core Reading Assignments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Guerber - The Story of Modern France | Death of Louis XVIII to France in Our Day (19) | |
| Macgregor - The Story of France | The Revolution of July to "The Man of Sedan" (4) | |
Supplemental Recommendations | ||
| Birkhead - Heroes of Modern Europe | Napoleon III (1) | |
| Upton - Eugenie, Empress of the French | entire book | |
| Upton - Table of Contents | entire book | |
| Morris - Nations of Europe and the Great War | Ambition of Louis Napoleon (1) | |
| Morris - Nations of Europe and the Great War | The French Republic (1) | |
| Abbott - Louis Philippe | entire book | |
| Abbott - Hortense | entire book | |
Special Interest Military | ||
| Fraser - Boys' Book of Battles | Sedan (1) | |
| Morris - Nations of Europe and the Great War | The Franco-Prussian War (1) | |
| Morris - Historical Tales: French | The Franco-Prussian War (1) | |
| Abbott - The History of Prussia | France Invaded to The Commune (11) | |
I: Introductory, II: Intermediate, C: College Prep
Core Reading Assignments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Haaren - Famous Men of Modern Times | Garibaldi (1) | |
| Synge - Growth of the British Empire | The Awakening of Italy to The King of United Italy (2) | |
| Morris - Nations of Europe and the Great War | Garibaldi and Italian Unity (1) | |
Supplemental Recommendations | ||
| Snell - Garibaldi and his Red-shirts | entire book | |
| Birkhead - Heroes of Modern Europe | Mazzini, "God and the People" to Garibaldi, "For Italy" (2) | |
| Wood - The Boy's Book of Battles | Solferino to Palermo (2) | |
| Forbes - Life of Pius X | entire book | |
| Abbott - Joseph Bonaparte | Joseph King of Naples to The Crown a Burden (2) | |
I: Introductory, II: Intermediate, C: College Prep
Core Reading Assignments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Haaren - Famous Men of Modern Times | Frederick the Great (1) | |
| Finnemore - Germany: Peeps at History | The Rise of Prussia to The Fall of Germany (3) | |
| Marshall - The History of Germany | The Rise of Brandenburg to The Downfall of Napoleon (10) | |
Supplemental Recommendations | ||
| Smith - Stories from Wagner Told to the Children | entire book | |
| Birkhead - Heroes of Modern Europe | Frederick II, the Royal Robber (1) | |
| Upton - Undine | entire book | |
| Upton - Louise, Queen of Prussia | entire book | |
| Upton - Frederick the Great | entire book | |
| Upton - Maria Theresa | entire book | |
| Raspe - Adventures of Baron Munchausen | entire book | |
| Abbott - The History of Prussia | Origin of the Monarchy to Struggles for Liberty (8) | |
| Treitschke - Confessions of Frederick the Great | entire book | |
| Lord - Two German Giants | Frederic the Great to Stein, Hardenberg, Scharnhorst (2) | |
| Morris - Historical Tales: German | The Youth of Frederick II to The Patriots of the Tyrol (4) | |
I: Introductory, II: Intermediate, C: College Prep
I: Introductory, II: Intermediate, C: College Prep
Core Reading Assignments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Haaren - Famous Men of Modern Times | Peter the Great to Charles XII of Sweden (2) | |
| Van Bergen - The Story of Russia | Peter the Great book to Russia Loses Her Prestige (14) | |
| Morris - Historical Tales: Russian | Boyhood of Peter the Great to The Sea Fight with Japan (25) | |
Supplemental Recommendations | ||
| De Bogory - When I was a Boy in Russia | entire book | |
| Birkhead - Heroes of Modern Europe | Peter the Great (1) | |
| Synge - Growth of the British Empire | Russia (1) | |
| Wood - The Boy's Book of Battles | Balaclava to Tsushima (2) | |
| Dole - The History of Russia | Peter the Great and the Sea to The Reign of Alexander III (15) | |
| Morris - Historical Tales: Russian | Boyhood of Peter the Great to The Sea Fight with Japan (25) | |
| Morris - Nations of Europe and the Great War | Russia and the Crimean War to Turkey and the Balkan States (2) | |
| Abbott - Peter the Great | entire book | |
| Tchernavin - I Speak for the Silent | entire book | |
| Tchernavin - Escape from the Soviet | entire book | |
I: Introductory, II: Intermediate, C: College Prep
Core Reading Assignments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tappan - The Little Book of the War | entire book | |
| Usher - The Story of the Great War | entire book | |
Supplemental Recommendations | ||
| Perkins - The French Twins | entire book | |
| Perkins - The Belgian Twins | entire book | |
| Gibson - War Inventions | entire book | |
| Synge - The World at War | entire book | |
| De Gozdawa - When the Prussians Came to Poland | entire book | |
| Morris - Nations of Europe and the Great War | Europe Plunged into War to Pan-Slav or Pan-German (4) | |
| Gibbs - Adventures of War with Cross and Crescent | entire book | |
Special Interest - Military | ||
| Fraser - Boys' Book of Battles | Ypres to Argonne-Meuse (4) | |
| Mackenzie - Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War | entire book | |
| Bernhardi - Germany and the Next War F | entire book | |
I: Introductory, II: Intermediate, C: College Prep