Advanced Placement United States History- Summer Assignment, Mrs. Slanina

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1 Advanced Placement United States Histry- Summer Assignment, Mrs. Slanina First f all welcme t Advanced Placement United States Histry!!! As a student in AP US Histry yu will have several respnsibilities during this summer. Specifically, yu must: 1. Handwrite ntes fr chapters 1-3 in Give Me Liberty: An American Histry Vlume I (pages 4-133), and prepare yurself fr a multiple-chice quiz ver these three chapters n the secnd day f schl (Friday, August 22). Als, at the end f each chapter there are review questins AND freedm questins. Answer thse at the end f yur chapter ntes. Please write the questin and the answer underneath it. There are als key terms at the end f each chapter. Yu will need t make nte card FOR EACH TERM. 2. Write a tw t three page paper abut ne f the themes that we will cntinually discuss in this class. This paper will be turned in n the first day f schl (Thursday, August 21). N exceptins will be made fr late wrk. 3. Read ONE (1) bk frm the attached list and keep a reading jurnal. This is als due Thursday, August 21. ***Make yur life easy and d nt wait t the last minute t d these*** Yu are als strngly encuraged, but nt required, t: 1. Purchase and rganize a 3-ring binder and flder fr exclusive use in this class. REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT ONE: Handwritten ntes f Chapters 1-3 in Give Me Liberty RATIONALE: It is essential that cllege-bund students learn t interact with text in a psitive and prductive manner. Learning t identify key infrmatin in a text is a skill that will serve any student f the scial studies fr years t cme. Over the curse f this year yu will becme an expert at reading many pages f text and rganizing key infrmatin int an utline frmat f yur chsing. Mrever, the AP US Histry exam is incredibly thrugh, and students are ften tested n bth ppular and bscure knwledge f U.S. Histry. Since it is lgistically impssible fr yur instructrs t teach yu ALL f the material yu will need t knw t d well n the test, it is essential that yu carefully read yur entire textbk ver the curse f the year. SUMMER TASK: Read and take ntes n Chapters 1-3 in Give Me Liberty. Yur utlines may be created in any frmat yu chse, but they must cver all f the imprtant names, terms, etc. Yur utlines must be handwritten. I recmmend using a pen with black ink. While I recmmend using either a Harvard Outline r Crnell Ntes (just d a quick Ggle search and yu will find directins, if nt me), yu are encuraged t find yur wn style fr nte taking. Whatever wrks best fr yu is the best chice. Make sure it is rganized. Quick nte D nt try t write dwn EVERYTHING in the textbk. Yu ntes are suppsed t summarize the text.

2 This assignment is due n the first day f schl: Thursday, August 21. Yu will als have a large quiz ver these three chapters n the secnd day f schl. REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT TWO: Tw t three page paper n majr theme f the curse. RATIONALE: Writing well is arguably the mst imprtant skill a student can acquire. Being able t write clear, rganized, and effective papers is essential fr further success in high schl, cllege, and beynd. Mrever, this AP US Histry class will demand a large amunt f writing frm each student. The curse will fcus n persuasive and expsitry writing, and students will need t answer three essay questins n the AP US Histry exam in May (4 shrt answer questins, 1 lng essay questin and ne Dcument-Based questin (DBQ)). SUMMER TASK Yur assignment fr the summer is t write ne tw-t-three page paper that answers ne (1) f the fllwing questins, which are based n the majr themes f this curse: 1. Describe the impact f Eurpeans n Native American (Indian) cultures and the impact f native cultures n Eurpeans. Then explain why it was r was nt psitive that Eurpean culture prevailed. 2. Select any cmbinatin f tw f the three clnial settlement areas (Suth, New England, middle) and cmpare and cntrast them. Fcus n the mtives f their funders, religius and scial rientatin, ecnmic pursuits, and plitical develpments. 3. Write yur definitin f prgress. Then use this definitin t demnstrate that the discvery f America did r did nt lead t prgress in human histry. Yur paper must be typed in Times New Rman 12 pint fnt, duble-spaced, with 1 inch margins, and a title page. REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT THREE: Chse ONE (1) bk frm the attached list and keep a reading lg. RATIONALE: Fr this particular class yu need t have sme srt f prir knwledge. On the AP exam in May yu will be required t draw n this prir knwledge when answering the DBQ and FRQs. SUMMER TASK: Fllw the prcedures belw fr yur reading jurnal: The directins make this lk like a really cmplicated assignment. I assure yu it is nt. It is just a way t get yu t think abut the bk yu are reading. Yu will be ding this assignment 4 mre times during the schl year (1 bk per quarter)

3 PROCEDURE: As yu read, chse passages that stand ut t yu and recrd them in the left-hand clumn f a T-chart (ALWAYS include page numbers). D a little research abut a few bks befre yu narrw it dwn t ne. In the right clumn, write yur respnse t the text (ideas/insights, questins, reflectins, and cmments n each passage) If yu chse, yu can label yur respnses using the fllwing cdes: (Q) Questin ask abut smething in the passage that is unclear (C) Cnnect make a cnnectin t yur life, the wrld, r anther text (P) Predict anticipate what will ccur based n what s in the passage (CL) Clarify answer earlier questins r cnfirm/disaffirm a predictin (R) Reflect think deeply abut what the passage means in a brad sense nt just t the characters in the stry. What cnclusins can yu draw abut the wrld, abut human nature, r just the way things wrk? (E) Evaluate - make a judgment abut the character(s), their actins, r what the authr is trying t say Yu need a minimum f 25 entries. Sample Dialectical Jurnal entry: THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O Brien (nt all entries need t be this lengthy) Passages frm the text Pg#s Cmments & Questins -they carried like freight trains; they carried it n their backs and shulders-and fr all the ambiguities f Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknwns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they wuld never be at a lss fr things t carry. Pg 2 (R) O Brien chses t end the first sectin f the nvel with this sentence. He prvides excellent visual details f what each slider in Vietnam wuld carry fr day-t-day fighting. He makes yu feel the physical weight f what sldiers have t carry fr simple survival. When yu cmbine the emtinal weight f lved nes at hme, the fear f death, and the respnsibility fr the men yu fight with, with this physical weight, yu start t understand what sldiers in Vietnam dealt with every day.

4 CHOOSING PASSAGES FROM THE TEXT: Lk fr qutes that seem significant, pwerful, thught prvking r puzzling. Fr example, yu might recrd: Passages that remind yu f yur wn life r smething yu ve seen befre A passage that makes yu realize smething yu hadn t seen befre Examples f patterns: recurring images, ideas, clrs, symbls r mtifs. Passages with cnfusing language r unfamiliar vcabulary Events yu find surprising r cnfusing Passages that illustrate a particular character r setting RESPONDING TO THE TEXT: Yu can respnd t the text in a variety f ways. The mst imprtant thing t remember is that yur bservatins shuld be specific and detailed. Yu can write as much as yu want fr each entry. Yu can use lse-leaf paper fr yur jurnals. Basic Respnses Raise questins abut the beliefs and values implied in the text Give yur persnal reactins t the passage Discuss the wrds, ideas, r actins f the authr r character(s) Tell what it reminds yu f frm yur wn experiences Write abut what it makes yu think r feel Agree r disagree with a character r the authr Higher Level Respnses Make cnnectins between different characters r events in the text Make cnnectins t a different text (r film, sng, etc ) Discuss the wrds, ideas, r actins f the authr r character(s) Cnsider an event r descriptin frm the perspective f a different character Analyze a passage and its relatinship t the stry as a whle **************************

5 TOP 8 THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND J 1. Enjy yur summer. One paper, three chapters f utlining and review questins, and reading a bk shuld nt cnsume yur free time. G utside, g t the pl, r make plans with friends. 2. Explre histry. If yu take a vacatin, see if yu can stp at a histrical marker alng the way. Or, d a little research abut the place yu are visiting. Take the time t start thinking histrically. 3. Read. Try t read several bks ver the curse f yur summer, in additin t the required ne. Yu will d a tn f reading in this class this year and if yu are nt in the habit f turning pages it will be much mre difficult t adjust. Read fictin, if that is yur chice, but try picking up a histrical bk as well. There are sme really wnderful page-turners abut American histry. Seek ut yur lcal library. 4. Becme an infrmed Junir Citizen! Read the newspaper (and nt just the sprts sectin!). Watch the news. Try t keep updated n the wrld s events. 5. Learn yur gegraphy. Gegraphy is ging t play an imprtant part f this curse. D yu knw all 50 states? Learn them. Can yu find the majr muntain ranges f the U.S. n a map? What abut rivers, ceans and lakes? Memrize them! The mre yu knw abut ur gegraphy the farther ahead yu will be. 6. Watch histry mvies! D yu really need t watch Stepbrthers, again? Of curse nt! If yu have a free evening and wuld like t watch a mvie, try smething histrical. Visit fr suggestins, r type gd histry mvie int Ggle and see what cmes up! There are s many t chse frm!! 7. Memrize the Presidents. Yu will need t d this any way befre May s yu might as well get a jumpstart n it. Try t d them in blcks f three: Washingtn, Adams, Jeffersn (pause) Madisn, Mnre, Adams AP US Histry Reading List

6 Fictin Little Wmen: Luisa May Alctt..Civil War My Antnia: Willa Cather...Immigratin Puddin Head Wilsn: Mark Twain Civil War The Red Badge f Curage: Stephen Crane.. Civil War *Invisible Man: Ralph Ellisn Race Relatins/Pst WWII This Side f Paradise: F. Sctt Fitzgerald s The Maltese Falcn: Dashiell Hammett s/Prhibitin Farwell t Arms: Ernest Hemmingway WWI The Sun Als Rises: Ernest Hemmingway. WWI Their Eyes Were Watching Gd: Zra Neale Hurstn.Depressin On the Rad: Jack Keruac.Cnfrmity/1950s T Kill A Mckingbird: Harper Lee Race Relatins Billy Budd: Herman Melville s/ American Neutrality The Things They Carried: Tim O Brien. Vietnam *Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand.. Capitalism/ Objectivism Killer Angels: Michael Shaara Civil War/Gettysburg *The Jungle: Uptn Sinclair Urbanizatin *The Grapes f Wrath: Jhn Steinbeck... WWI/Depressin/W. Exp. Trtilla Flat: Jhn Steinbeck WWI/Depressin/W. Exp. *Uncle Tm s Cabin: Harriett Beecher Stwe.Slavery/Ablitin Devil in the White City: Erik Larsn Gilded Age Nn- Fictin Funding Brthers: Jseph Ellis..Funding Perid The Warmth f Other Suns: Isabel Wilkersn Great Migratin/ Race Relatins The Republic f Suffering: Drew Gilpin Faust Civil War Frever Free: Eric Fner Emancipatin and Recnst. Death in the Haymarket: James Green.. Labr Mvement/ Gilded Age The Wman Behind the New Deal: Kirsten Dwney New Deal/ FDR *All the President s Men: Carl Bernstein & Bb Wdward Watergate TR: The Last Rmantic: H.W. Brands.. Teddy Rsevelt Miracle at Philadelphia: Catherine Drinker Bwen Cnst. Cnventin The Greatest Generatin: Tm Brkaw..WWII *Silent Spring: Rachel Carsn.Pesticides/ Envirnment *Life f an American Slave: Frederick Duglass Autbigraphy *Autbigraphy f Malclm X: Alex Haley/ Malclm X Autbigraphy Farwell t Manzanar: Jeanne Wakatsuki Hustn Japanese internment Lies My Teacher Tld Me: James W. Lewen.General Histry *Cmmn Sense: Thmas Paine American Revlutin * Bk Magazine s 20 bks that changed America *******If yu have a bk in mind that is nt n the list, clear it with me befre reading******

Dialectical Journals. o o. Sample Dialectical Journal entry: The Things They Carried, by Tim O Brien Passages from the text Pg#s Comments & Questions

Dialectical Journals. o o. Sample Dialectical Journal entry: The Things They Carried, by Tim O Brien Passages from the text Pg#s Comments & Questions Bay Path Reginal Vcatinal Technical High Schl Summer Reading Assignment 2018 Any nvel by Neal Shusterman Students will read ne nvel by Neal Shusterman, any nvel, and cmplete six (6) dialectical jurnal