Advanced Placement United States History Summer Assignment ...

Advanced Placement United States HistorySummer Assignment: July-August 2011Overview:The summer reading and writing assignments for Advanced Placement U. S. Historybuild upon the knowledge, skills and dispositions developed during Honors U. S. History I. Thefaculty firmly believes that by completing these reading and writing activities, three goals will beaddressed.1. You will broaden your understanding of the individuals and groups who have beencritical participants in the ongoing story of U. S. History.2. You will deepen your knowledge base regarding of both broad themes and selectedcritical periods of change in U. S. History.3. You will improve your skills in critical reading and analysis of a range of historicalsources, both primary and secondary.Structure of the Assignments:You are required to read two books and complete the written assignments provided onpages 2 & 3. The first book is listed for you; the second book may be chosen by you from alist entitled "List Two." The required book as well as copies of all of the choices from “ListTwo” will be available at Borders Books in Flemington for purchase.If you are unable to purchase the books from Borders Books, the Social StudiesDepartment will provide you with a copy of both the required book and your chosen book fromList Two. If you want the department to do so, please email Mr. Zywicki by June 29 atrzywicki@hcrhs.k12.nj.us, identify the book(s) you require and he will make sure to have thebooks available in the Social Studies office for pickup as of July 11, 2011. PLEASE NOTETHAT IF YOU RECEIVE YOUR SUMMER READING BOOKS FROM THE SOCIALSTUDIES DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RETURNING THEM TO YOURAP U. S. HISTORY TEACHER WHEN THE COURSE ENDS IN MAY 2012. YOU MAYNOT WRITE IN / DAMAGE THE BOOKS OR YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THEFULL REPLACEMENT COST OF THE BOOKS.BOOK # 1 – ALL STUDENTS MUST READ THIS BOOK:Howard Zinn. A People’s History of The United States (2005)LIST TWO: (Choose one of the seven books listed: available at Borders Books)Dee Brown. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of theAmerican West.Timothy Egan. The Worst Hard Time.Eric Foner. The Story of American Freedom.Betty Friedan. The Feminine Mystique.Paul Hendrickson. Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy.Stephen Kinzer. Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaiito Iraq.Ronald Takaki. Strangers from a Distant Shore: A History of Asian Americans.1

ASSIGNMENTSA People’s History of the United States:Please answer this question in an essay that meets the specifications listed below.Utilizing three (3) specific examples from the text, in what ways does APeople’s History reflect the struggle to expand citizens’ rightsguaranteed by the ideals on the Constitution during the following timeperiods: the dawn of the nation, the turn of the 20 th century, and the midlate20 th century?• Complete some background research on the historian / author in advance. It will beexpected that you will be citing from these background research sources in supportof your argument in your essay response for A People’s History of the United States.• Support your argument with additional outside sources other than Zinn. Primaryand secondary sources are acceptable and use of databases is encouraged. Sourcesnot permitted are general encyclopedias (Encarta, Britannica, Wikipedia, etc.) and.com websites.Specifications:1. Minimum of 3 maximum of 5 pages (does not include Works Cited page)2. Separate MLA Works Cited page (does not count in the 3-5 page minimum)3. Parenthetical citations from all sources4. Typed, double-spaced in 12 point, New Times Roman or Arial font with 1inch margins on all sides of the page5. Pages numbered consecutively6. Place your name in the upper right hand corner of page one7. This essay must be your work alone—no collaboration with other students ispermitted in preparing and authoring the essay.Due Date: First day of AP U.S. History Class in September 2011.20% will be deducted for 1 day late submission; 40% will bededucted for a 2 day late submission; no credit will be givenfor any submission 3 days late or afterwards.List Two Book: Please prepare a documented outline that will be the basis for an oralpresentation about your book during a unit to be designated by your AP U. S. Historyteacher. The outline should answer the following questions and meet the specificationslisted below.1. What is the author’s thesis about the subject of the book, and what argument(series of reasons) does the author provide in support of his/her thesis?2. What are the key pieces of evidence employed by the author in support ofhis/her argument? You need to describe 15 separate pieces of evidencefrom the sources employed in the book and identify those pieces of evidenceas either primary or secondary sources.3. In what way(s) does this book’s thesis and argument (a) broaden yourperspective on U. S. History (either domestic affairs or international/foreignaffairs) and (b) reinforce or challenge your pre-existing views of the book’ssubject?2

NOTE:Specifications:1. Minimum of 4, maximum of 8 pages typed in proper outline form (doublespaced)2. Separate Works Cited page (does not count in the 5 page minimum)3. Parenthetical citations from the book (included within your outline), andfrom other sources if you choose4. Typed using 12 point, New Times Roman font with 1 inch margins on allsides of the page5. Pages numbered consecutively and centered at the bottom of each page6. Place your name in the upper right hand corner of page one7. This outline must be your work alone—no collaboration with other studentsis permitted in preparing and authoring the outline.Due Date: First day of AP U.S. History Class in September, 2011.20% will be deducted for 1 day late submission; 40% will bededucted for 2 day late submission; no credit will be givenfor any submission 3 days later or afterwards.If you have questions regarding these assignments, please email Mr. Zywicki atrzywicki@hcrhs.k12.nj.us or call him at 908-284-7147.This summer assignment is available on the HCRHS website. Go to the HCRHS websiteat http://www.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/. Then click on “Departments” and then “Social Studies.” Clickon “Summer Assignments 2011” to access this assignment.Evaluation of Summer Assignments1. Assignment on Zinn book: Will be graded in the category “Tests/Essays” category asa Free Response Essay and will be incorporated within the quarter one grade.2. Assignment on List Two book: Will be graded in the category “Projects” and thegrade will be incorporated within the quarter three grade.3