Advanced Placement United States History “Summer Packet”

Summer, 2007

Web Page:  http://staff.fcps.net/dminor

1. Reading assignment:  You are to read the first five chapters of United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination (AMSCO).  Chapter one begins with Exploration, Discovery and Settlement, 1492-1700 and Chapter five is The American Revolution, 1775-1783.

2. You are to outline all five chapters of AMSCO – chapters one through five.  You are to word process all outlines and be detailed. The outlines are for you to use as a study guide. Each outline should contain a title and chapter number.  Outlines should be completed in Roman numeral format, example:

I.

   A.

       1.

3. You may complete outlines with a study group of no more than four students.  You should set up these study groups prior to summer and inform Mrs. Minor of your group. This will be the only time that you will be allowed to complete outlines with a group.  However, it would be to your advantage to complete the outlines on your own so that you will learn the material in more detail.  What is most important is that you do not put off completing the outlines since they are due August 22, 2007.  Value of “Summer Packet” – 150 points.

4. For the summer assignment, you may use the school-owned book of  AMSCO but do not write in the school copy.  If you want to order your own copy of AMSCO over the summer try ordering through Amazon.com or through the AMSCO publisher at www.amscopub.com. The cost of the book through Amazon will be approximately $26.00 and through the publisher approximately $17.00.  When school starts up in August I will take orders for students who would like their own copy.  Many students prefer this so that they can highlight their readings.  The cost will be approximately $17.00 but by the time we place the order and receive the shipment it will be mid-September. 

5. For those working with a group: Each group will turn in one completed outline of Chapters 1-5.  You are to make sure that each group member has a copy of all chapters for study purposes.

6. To help prepare for the Unit 1 evaluation you should identify and study the items on the attached AP History Review Sheet for Unit 1.The review sheet will not be collected as a grade.  You need to start learning how to study on your own!!  This exam will be the third day of classes August 22, 2007. This exam will be a multiple choice AP style exam – 80 multiple choice questions for a total of 160 points.  Most students are surprised that they do not test well on this first exam.  You can test well if you read Chapters 1 - 5, complete your outlines, work through the multiple choice questions in AMSCO at the end of each chapter and work through the review sheet.  This exam score will be entered as your first evaluation grade.

7. For 30 points EXTRA CREDIT you may read a book from the suggested list provided by Mrs. Minor (see attached) and complete a book review following the format (see attached). Your book review write up must be word processed, 12 font. This is due by the second week of classes for the 2007-2008 school year; due August 24, 2007.  This attached reading list is limited.  There are thousands of American history books you can choose from. If you have another book you prefer to read (non-fiction) that is not on the approved attached reading list then you must obtain PRIOR approval from Mrs. Minor.  Remember your book choice must relate to American history.  Current American history would not be as beneficial as prior American history because the majority of what you are tested over does not cover current history. Aside from this extra credit option, extra credit is only offered once each semester in the form of another book review assignment.  This is a great way to help your AP grade and to help you have additional knowledge about a given time period in history.  This is what is required of you on the AP exam – bringing in outside historical information.

8. At any time during the summer if you have any questions about any of the above assignments/readings/extra credit please email or call me at delores.minor@fayette.kyschools.us or 271-9513.  If you call or email be sure to leave first and last name and a number so that I can return your call.  I will be on vacation July 6 – July 21, 2007. If needed, you may call me on my cell during my vacation – 859-494-9513. Otherwise I will be in town for the summer.

Advanced Placement United States History Summer Reading List.

  The following list of books would meet the extra credit requirement for the summer of 2007.

           1. You are to read one of the following books or a book of your selection in its entirety. Some of these books are no longer in print but might be located in the public library or at a used book store. Select a book in which you have an interest in that time period of history.  It is important to absorb factual information to help you understand and analyze time periods in history. You are to email or call Mrs. Minor over the summer to inform her of your selection. Your selection MUST be approved in advance by Mrs. Minor. You may reach Mrs. Minor at delores.minor@fayette.kyschools.us  or 271-9513.

           2. You are to complete the book review by following the format in this packet. It is to be typed, 12 font. You must make sure that you FULLY develop each section. You must use specific examples from the book to support each of the areas (this includes characteristics, viewpoints of the author and your recommendation).

           3. This is due by the end of the second week of school (August 24, 2007).

           4. Value: up to 30 points extra credit

              Addams, Jane.  Twenty Years at Hull House

              Adler, Selig.  The Isolationist Impulse:  Its Twentieth Century Reaction

              Arnett, Peter. Live from the Battlefield

              Allen, Frederick Lewis.  Only Yesterday

              Allen, Frederick Lewis.  Since Yesterday

              Bass. Jack. Unlikely Heroes

              Beschloss, Michael. The Conquerors

              Bishop, Jim. The Days of Martin Luther King, Jr.

              Blanton, De Anne and Cook, Lauren M. They Fought Like Demons

              Blum, John Morton.  Woodrow Wilson

              Brinton, Crane.  The Anatomy of Revolution

              Broder, David et al. The Pursuit of the Presidency 1980

              Brookhiser, Richard.  Alexander Hamilton, American

              Brown, Dee.  Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

              Burns, James MacGregor.  Roosevelt:  The Lion and the Fox

              Butterfield, Fox. All God's Children

              Carroll, James. An American Requiem

              Carson, Rachel.  Silent Spring

              Douglas, Fredrick.  Autobiography of Fredrick Douglas

              Dubois, W.E.B.  Souls of Black Folk

              Eaton, Clement.  The Mind of the South

              Ebert, James. A Life in a Year

              Ehle, John.  Trail of Tears

              Elkins, Stanley.  Slavery

              Ellis, Joseph J. Founding Brothers

              Falls, Bernard. Last Reflections on a War

              Faulkner. William. Light in August

              Franklin, Be.  Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

              Friedan, Betty.  Feminine Mystique

              Galbraith, J.K.  The Great Crash

              Gitlin, Todd. The Sixties

              Goldman, Peter and Tony Fuller. Charlie Company

              Halberstam, David. The Best and the Brightest

              Halberstam, David.  The Fifties

              Harrington, Michael.  The Other America

              Helper, Hinton.  Impending Crisis

              Hunter, Jane.  The Iran-Contra Connection

              Jackson, Kenneth. Crabgrass Frontier

              Jones. James H. Bad Blood

              Josephson, Matthew.  The Robber Barons

              Ketcham, Ralph. James Madison

              Langguth, A.J.  Patriots:  The Men Who Started the American Revolution

              Malcolm X.  Autobiography of Malcolm X

              McCullough, David. John Adams

              McCullough, David. Truman

              McDougall, Walter. The Heavens and the Earth

              McNamara, Robert. In Retrospect

              Merril, Horrace Samuel.  Grover Cleveland

              Michener James. Kent State

              Moore, Harold and Joseph Galloway. We Were Soldiers Once...And Young

              Morris, Edmund. Dutch (Ronald Reagan)

              Morris, Edmund. Theodore Rex

              Moulton, Gary.  Lewis and Clarke and the Route to the Pacific

              Norris, Frank.  The Octopus

              Oates, Stephen.  The Approaching Fury

              Oates, Stephen.  With Malice Toward None:  The Life of Abraham Lincoln

              Parkman, Francis.  The Oregon Trail

              Persico, Joseph E. Roosevelt's Secret War.

              Puller, Lewis B. Jr. Fortunate Son

              Safer, Morley. Flashbacks

              Santoli, Al. Everything We Had

              Schlesinger, Arthur.  The Age of Jackson

              Sheehan, Neil. A Bright Shining Lie

              Sinclair, Upton.  The Jungle

              Spector, Ronald. After Tet

              Smith, Jean Edward.  George Bush’s War

              Steinbeck, John.  Grapes of Wrath

              Stiles, T.J. Jesse James, Last Rebel of the Civil War

              Stowe, Harriet Beecher.  Uncle Tom’s Cabin

              Summers, Anthony. Conspiracy

              Terkel, Studs. American Dreams: Lost and Found

              Terkel, Studs. Division Street: America

              Terkel, Studs. Race

              Terkel, Studs. The Great Divide

              Terry, Wallace. Bloods

              Tocqueville, Alexis de.  Democracy in America

              Twain, Mark.  The Gilded Age

              Viorst, Milton. Fire in the Streets

              Walters, Ronald.  American Reformers 1815-1860

              Washington, Booker T.  Up From Slavery

              White, Theodore. The Making of the President, 1960

              White, Theodore. The Making of the President 1964

              White, Theodore. The Making of the President, 1968

              White, Theodore. The Making of the President 1972

              Whyte, William.  The Organization Man

              Wilson, Jim. The Sons of Bardstown

              Woodward, Bob. Bush At War

 Name _________________________

 Hour __________________________

Book Review Form

Title _______________________

Author(s) ______________________

 Publisher______________________

Date of Publication ________________

Short Summary (10 complete sentences)

Select four characteristics from the book, not mentioned in class, and discuss

their importance to United States History.

Discuss the viewpoints presented by the author(s) on the topic/subjects mentioned in the book.

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