Aragón PAU History of Spain study plan
Aragón PAU History of Spain · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Spain in the 20th Century: Second Republic, Civil War, and Francoism
Build a dated timeline (1931–1975) placing at least 25 events, marking the Republic's reforms, the 1936 coup, the war's phases, and Francoist decade shifts.
Explain in writing the causes of the Second Republic's proclamation and the polarization of 1931–1936, citing at least four concrete factors.
Compare the Republican and Nationalist wartime home fronts, identifying three economic and three political differences.
Define and correctly date key Francoist terms (autarquía, autarquía's end, desarrollismo, Ley Orgánica del Estado, Ley de Principios del Movimiento) without notes.
Your checkpoint
A one-page annotated chronology of 1931–1975 plus a 300-word essay outline on the causes of the Civil War, self-marked against a checklist of required factors.
Spain in the 20th Century: Second Republic, Civil War, and Francoism
Classify Francoism into its phases (1939–1959, 1959–1973, 1973–1975) and justify each boundary with at least two events.
Describe the institutional pillars of the Francoist state (single party, Cortes, syndicates, Church, Army) and how each changed over time.
Explain the social and economic transformation of the 1960s, linking migration, tourism, and industry to the regime's legitimation problems.
Analyze the repression and opposition movements (maquis, strikes, university and Church dissent) with specific examples and dates.
Your checkpoint
A completed comparative table of Francoism's three phases (economy, institutions, opposition, foreign policy) with at least four entries per cell.
Medieval Spain: Al-Andalus, Christian Kingdoms, and the Crown of Aragon
Trace the chronology of al-Andalus from 711 to 1492, marking the emirate, caliphate, taifas, Almoravid and Almohad phases, and Granada's fall.
Explain the political organization of the Crown of Aragon, distinguishing the monarch's powers from the Corts of Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia.
Compare the repoblación models of the Duero valley, the Ebro valley, and Andalusia, linking each to its land-tenure and social outcomes.
Identify the main institutions of the Crown of Aragon (Generalitat, Justicia de Aragón, Diputació del General) and their functions.
Your checkpoint
A two-column comparative chart of al-Andalus and the Christian kingdoms (economy, society, institutions, culture) with at least five rows and dated examples.
Medieval Spain: Al-Andalus, Christian Kingdoms, and the Crown of Aragon & Prehistory and Antiquity in the Iberian Peninsula
Summarize the phases of the Reconquista with at least eight dated milestones and the role of the Crown of Aragon in the Mediterranean expansion.
Explain the economic and social structures of al-Andalus (irrigation agriculture, urban crafts, dhimmis, Berber–Arab tensions) with concrete evidence.
Outline the prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula from the Lower Paleolithic through the Iron Age, naming key sites (Atapuerca, Altamira, El Argar, Tartessos) and their significance.
Describe Roman Hispania's administration, economy, and legacy, and the Visigothic kingdom's institutions and 711 collapse.
Your checkpoint
A single timeline spanning prehistory to 1492 with at least 30 dated entries, each labeled by period, plus a 200-word note on continuity versus rupture.
Early Modern Spain: Habsburg and Bourbon Monarchies
Map the Habsburg succession (Charles I, Philip II, Philip III, Philip IV, Charles II) to their main policies, wars, and crises.
Explain the 1700–1714 succession war and the Nueva Planta decrees, distinguishing their effects on Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, and Mallorca.
Describe the Bourbon reforms in administration, taxation, and the military, and their limits.
Analyze the demographic and economic structures of the 16th–18th centuries, including the 16th-century population growth and the 17th-century crisis.
Your checkpoint
A completed cause-and-effect diagram of the War of the Spanish Succession leading to the Nueva Planta decrees, with at least six causes and six consequences.
Spain in the 19th Century: Liberal Revolution and Restoration
Sequence the liberal revolution from the 1808–1814 war through the 1812 Constitution, the 1820–1823 Trienio, and the 1833–1840 Carlist War with dates.
Compare the political programs of moderados and progresistas, naming at least four institutional or constitutional differences.
Explain the disentailment laws (Mendizábal, Madoz) and their social and agrarian consequences.
Describe the Restoration system (1876 Constitution, turno pacífico, caciquismo) and the rise of regionalist and labor movements.
Your checkpoint
A comparative table of the 1812, 1837, 1845, 1869, and 1876 constitutions (sovereignty, suffrage, religion, rights) with at least five rows.
Contemporary Spain: Transition to Democracy and Democratic Consolidation & Historical Skills and Source Analysis
Sequence the transition from Franco's death in 1975 to the 1986 EEC accession, marking the 1977 elections, the 1978 Constitution, the 1981 coup attempt, and the 1982 socialist victory.
Explain the constitutional settlement: state form, territorial organization (autonomies), and the consensus-building process.
Practice source analysis on at least four document types (decree, constitution article, propaganda poster description, speech) by identifying author, date, purpose, and bias.
Apply the source-analysis method to one al-Andalus or medieval document and one Francoist document, writing structured answers.
Your checkpoint
Four written source-analysis answers (150–200 words each) scored against a rubric of author, context, content, and intentionality.
Historical Skills and Source Analysis & Contemporary Spain: Transition to Democracy and Democratic Consolidation & Spain in the 20th Century: Second Republic, Civil War, and Francoism
Complete two timed mock exams under exam conditions and self-mark against a domain-weighted rubric.
Review the ten weakest items from the mock exams and rewrite corrected explanations without notes.
Rehearse the standard essay structure (introduction, thesis, evidence, conclusion) on two likely topics from domains 5 and 6.
Consolidate a one-page formula sheet of key dates, terms, and institutional names from all seven domains.
Your checkpoint
Two completed mock exams with a written error log listing at least ten corrected misconceptions and the dates/terms to re-memorize.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 75% on a self-made 20-question quiz on the Second Republic, Civil War, and Francoism, answered without notes.
Week 4: Produce the 30-entry timeline from prehistory to 1492 and correctly place at least 25 of 30 dates within a decade.
Week 6: Explain the Nueva Planta decrees and the 19th-century liberal revolution in a 400-word written answer containing at least eight correct dates and six correct institutions.
Week 8: Achieve at least 70% on both timed mock exams and complete the error log with all ten corrections written out.