Download AP World History Students

May 6, 2016
AP World History Students:
Welcome to Advanced Placement World History. I am looking forward to meeting all of you next year. The
scope of our course is broad - the history of the entire world from 8000 B.C.E. to the present -- roughly
10,000 years of history! Laying the foundation for the course begins now, in the summer before. In order to
prepare you for some of the major themes and assignments we will have in class next year, your required
summer assignment will be to read: A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (ISBN 978-0-8027-1991-1)
This book may be found at local book stores or purchased on line via the bookstore websites or Amazon. The
cost of the book is roughly $16 plus tax. In addition to the reading of this book, you will have to complete the
attached required assignments (the assignments will also be posted on my webpage at:
http://cms.springbranchisd.com/wais/FACULTY/AcademicStaff/SocialStudies/KristenWachsmann/tabid/
31372/Default.aspx
The assignments are due on Friday, August 26, 2016 (for both A and B days). This is your first MAJOR
GRADE for WHAP (World History AP)!
While it is preferable to have your own copy so that you can take notes in it, underline, etc., you are free to
check the public libraries for the book. Whatever you do, do not wait until the last week of the vacation to try
to get a copy and do the assignment! AP World History is not a course to procrastinate in, so get a copy as
soon as possible.
A History of the World in 6 Glasses is a book that provides an excellent and thought provoking look at
world history through the humble beverage. What we drink is something most people take for granted, not
giving their potables a second thought. As you will learn throughout this class; everything, from what we
drink to the clothes we wear, from the technology we use; to the religion we practice; everything has an
interrelated history.
During the first week of school you will engage in a seminar type discussion of the book and an Exam over
the reading. All parts of this project will count as a major grade towards your first six weeks grade. The
Exam with be a 2nd major grade. The seminars and discussions will count as daily grades towards the first
six weeks grade.
Last, I encourage you to open your eyes to the world by tuning into world news! Hopefully the world news will
make more sense to you after studying World Geography this year. We are living through history and there is
so much going on in the present that is related to past history. Your understanding of each (past and present)
will further your understanding of the other! (Any news source is fine— TV, radio, Internet, magazines,
newspapers—we just encourage you to seek out INTERNATIONAL news sources as well as local and national
news). In addition, there are great FREE resources on iTunes that give you an opportunity to stay up to date
while you are on the go.
I will be traveling most of the summer but will be regularly checking my email in July. If you have questions
or thoughts on the reading, please feel free to email me, and I will respond.
Have a great summer, and we look forward to teaching every one of you in the August!
Ms. Kristen Wachsmann
[email protected]
AP World History
Westchester Academy for International Studies
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SUMMER READING PROJECT 2016
The project will be due on Friday, August 28th (for both A and B days)
PART I: READING JOURNAL:
The reading journal is a type of double-entry note-taking that students use while reading a text. In the first
column, students write the questions for the chapters. In the second column, you will write the page
numbers where you found your answers. In column three, you will write your answers in complete
sentences. DO NOT JUST QUOTE THE TEXT. You should paraphrase the information in the text to create a
response that is meaningful to you. You will create a reading journal for each chapter of A History of the
World in 6 Glasses, including the Introduction and Epilogue. These may be typed and placed in a folder
with brads or handwritten in a spiral. No binders!
PROCEDURE: Divide your page into 3 columns.
Reading Questions
Page #
Answer (in complete sentences/paragraphs)
Questions to answer as you read: In the first column, write the questions for the chapters that are provided
below. In the second column, write the page numbers where you found information to answer the questions.
In column three, write your answers in complete sentences or paragraph format. DO NOT JUST QUOTE THE
TEXT. You should paraphrase the information in the text to create a response that is meaningful to you.
BEER
1. How is the discovery of beer linked to the growth of the first “civilizations”?
2. What does this history of beer in the ancient world tell us about the early civilizations?
3. What sources does the author use to gather his information on the use of beer?
4. What were some of the uses of beer by ancient cultures? Nourishment? Ritual? Religious?
5. How did beer “civilize” man, according to Standage?
6. What is the relationship between beer and writing, commerce, and health?
WINE
1. How did the use of wine differ from that of beer in ancient Greece and Rome?
2. How was wine used by the Greeks?
3. How and why did wine develop into a form of a status symbol in Greece?
4. How was wine consumed? What does this tell us about the ancient Greek culture?
5. How did the use of wine in Roman culture differ from that of ancient Greece?
6. What is the relationship between wine and empire, medicine, and religion.
SPIRITS
1. What is the origin of distilled spirits?
2. What is the connection between spirits and colonization?
3. How was the production of spirits connected to slavery?
4. What role did spirits play on the high seas?
5. In the 18 th century, how did spirits help Britain have a more superior navy than France?
6. Why were spirits an important staple in Colonial America?
7. How did rum play a role in the American Revolution?
8. What were the negative effects/uses of spirits? (Use entire chapter to answer this)
COFFEE
1. Who did Europeans get coffee from and how did it spread to Europe?
2. Why was it so important to Europe’s development that many people’s beverage of choice switched from
alcohol to coffee?
3. Describe coffee’s effect on the global balance of power (in terms of commerce).
4. How did coffee play a pivotal role in the scientific revolution? (give lots of detail)
5. How did coffee play a pivotal role in the ‘financial revolution’?
6. How did coffee play a pivotal role in the French Revolution? (give lots of detail and go into the
Enlightenment)
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TEA
1. When did tea first become a mainstream drink in Asia? In Europe?
2. How did the consumption of tea in Europe differ from how it was consumed in China or Japan?
3. If tea arrived in Europe around the same time as when coffee did, why did it not find the immediate
success that coffee had?
4. How did tea transform English society?
5. Who were its main consumers and what were some of the new rituals that surrounded tea?
6. How was tea an integral part of the Industrial Revolution?
7. What was the connection between tea and politics?
8. How was tea connected to the opium trade and the Opium War of 1839-1842?
9. What role did the tea trade and production play in the British rule over India?
COCA-COLA
1. What was the origin of coke?
2. How was this beverage used medicinally and what were the additives?
3. What was the relationship of coke and World War II?
4. How was coke thought of by the communist during the Cold War?
5. What is meant by “globalization in a bottle”?
6. How did Coca-Cola materialize into an American value? How did this help and hurt Coca-Cola? (and, in
some ways, America itself?)
Epilogue-Water
1. Describe how the scientific advancements of the 19th Century brought the history of beverages full
circle.
2. Which water’s quality is more tightly controlled-tap or bottled?
3. How many people have no access to safe water today?
4. How has access to water affected international relations?
PART II: ELECTRONIC ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE
Your timeline should include 5 dates with corresponding facts for each one of the SEVEN major
“drink(s)” (beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, coca-cola, water) for a total of 35 dates with 35 corresponding facts
on the timeline. Within these dates, at least 2 regions of the world affected by the major “drink(s)” in each of
the 6 sections must be addressed. Provide an icon for each date that reflects the “drink(s).” You may use
PREZI.COM, PowerPoint, or Word. If you do not have online access this summer, you may submit a paperbased timeline. All timelines should be typed, include images or illustrations, and be printed and put in
your folder/spiral. (Local county/city libraries have computer access)
PART III: VOCABULARY JOURNAL:
We want to make sure that we start off the year with a basic vocabulary that will grow as the year progresses.
These terms will be used in the first unit of our course, as well as throughout the school year. Create a chart
in your folder/spiral and define the following terms. You may use any VALID source (such as a dictionary or
a historical website, BUT NO WIKIPEDIA!) Remember, you are looking for the historical/geographic
definitions. If appropriate, include dates! These must be typed and placed in your folder or handwritten
in your spiral
Term
Source
Definition
Example:
Akkadian
Empire
http://
www.newworldencyclopedi
a.org/entry/
Akkadian_Empire
A Semitic state near the ancient city of Akkad in Mesopotamia. It came to its greatest power
under the leadership of Sargon (2296-2240 B.C.E.).
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Terms:
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Aryans
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Dynastic Cycle
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Mohenjo-Daro
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Semitic
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Babylonians
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Fertile Crescent
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Monsoon Rain
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Shaman
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Bias
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Hammurabi’s Code
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Neolithic
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Shang Dynasty
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Cataract (geographic
definition)
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Harappa
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Olmec
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Social Mobility
Chavin
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Ideology
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Oracle Bones
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Sumerians
City-State
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Labor System
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Paleolithic
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Theocracy
Civilization
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Late Bronze Age
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Papyrus
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Tribute
Cosmopolitan
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Law Code
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Patriarchy
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Vassal
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Cultural Diffusion
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Loess
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Periodization
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Xia Dynasty
Cuneiform
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Mandate of Heaven
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Pharaoh
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Zhou Dynasty
Dynasty
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Matrilineal
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Pictograph
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Mesopotamia
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Rosetta Stone
PROJECT RUBRIC:
Summer Reading Project Rubric – A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Item for Analysis
Total Points Possible
Reading Journal
45 questions answered
180
Timeline
5 dates with corresponding facts for each
of the 7 major drinks (including 2 regions
of the world from each section)
70
Picture/Icon for each date and fact
35
45 terms defined with source
90
Vocabulary Journal
Total Points Possible
375
Your percentage will be determined by taking the total points that you earn and dividing that total by 375.
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Example: A student earned 300 out of the 375 total points.
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300 divided by 375 = 80%
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The 82 would go into the grade book as your project grade for the summer reading.
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