Summer+Assignment+2011-2012

Instructions for Summer by [|Karen Rolston] - Friday, 1 July 2011, 11:17 AM

Please review the following instructions and if you have any questions do not hesitate to e-mail me. Heading: Name Course Title (Teacher’s Name) Assignment Title Date A dialectical journal is set up in the following manner: (By quotation, I mean a passage from the book that you find interesting or important...it does not have to be an actual direct quotation from a historical personality - it can simply be a quotation of a fact or opinion that the author makes in the book) While there is no firm requirement for the number of quotations that you should select, I would argue that you should be able to select a **minimum of 20** interesting items from any of the books listed above. || Quotation || Page || Why I find this quotation interesting or important ||  ||   ||   || The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Gaines, Ernest J. Main Street, Sinclair Lewis The Ugly American, Burdick and Lederer Gone With The Wind, Mitchell, Margaret. Confessions of Nat Turner, Styron, William The Walden, Henry D. Thoreau The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, A. T. Mahan How the Other Half Lives, J. Riis Revolutionary Road The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Dubois The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway Native Son, R. Wright An American Dilemma, G. Myrdal The Affluent Society, J. K. Galbraith The Other America, M. Harrington Silent Spring, R. Carson The Feminine Mystique, B. Friedan
 * ||||  || **Instructions for Summer,** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * |||| Welcome to AP US History. The 2011-12 school year will be busy as we prepare for the AP examination. .The exam tests knowledge of US history **from the first European explorations of the Americas to the present. The exam covers political institutions and behavior, public policy, social and economic change, diplomacy and international relations, and cultural and intellectual development.** I know that you have been well educated in early American History this past year so we will begin the course with a brief review of the Civil War and move on to the Reconstruction era.
 * 1) You need to choose a book from the reading list provided and complete a dialectic journal. This journal is due on the first day back form school(September 7)**
 * Reading List for 2011-12**
 * Reading List for 2011-12**

**//Taken-//** //La**st of the Mohicans**//**, Cooper, James F. - Caleb C.** The Other America, by M. Harrington.- Stefan Lemanchik
 * //The Help- T. Nguyen//**
 * //Unbroken, Laura Hiidebrand - D. Schoenborn//**
 * //To Kill a Mockingbird - K. Pacer//**
 * Maggie, Girl of the Streets//, S. Crane - lizzie F.//**
 * Life & Times of Frederick Douglass//, F. Douglass//**
 * Inherit the Wind, //Jerome Lawrence - L.Nguyen//**
 * //Uncle Tom’s Cabin, H. B. Stowe - Katherine Wroge//**
 * The Organization Man//, William H. Whyte - M. Heiner//**
 * Killer Angels - Gina Galassi**
 * The Ugly American- Connor Brosious**
 * Revolutionary Road- Katie DiNardo**
 * The Sun Also Rises -Danielle Ohl**, **Jackie F**
 * The Greatest Generation - Mike Rodgers**
 * The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman- M. Rooney**