Download AP World History Summer Reading Assignment 2010

AP World History Summer Reading Assignment 2010-2011:
Dear Students:
We are really excited that you have decided to enroll in AP World History. This course is designed to give
you an excellent grasp of global history and global connections from the Neolithic era to the present day.
This summer assignment provides you with the opportunity to read two books that will help your general
knowledge of global history. There is a wide variety of books on this list. If you begin to read one and it
doesn’t suck you in, return it, and choose another one. Find the books that interest you the most, but keep
in mind that this is also a college level reading list, not high school, so the books reflect a college mindset
and vocabulary as well.
Directions:
1. Read two books by the first day of school. Individual quizzes will be given for each book read.
2. Submit two book reports by week 2 of school. The specific day will be given to you in class on the
first day of school.
3. The reports need to include the following information:
a. Title and author;
b. First Paragraph: (minimum of three to five sentences for all) general synopsis of the story
c. Second Paragraph: Tell something about the main character. If he or she was a historic figure,
how accurate is the writer?
d. Third Paragraph: What new history did you learn by reading this book?
e. Fourth Paragraph: How accurate is the historical research behind the book?
f. Fifth Paragraph: What is your opinion of the book as a piece of historic fiction or as a history?
4. All book reports must be submitted electronically to the email of the teacher whose class you are
enrolled in. (Mrs. Kelly) [email protected] or (Ms. Thompson)
[email protected]
5. All submissions must be in Word or Notepad.
6. No books may be substituted by the students. Substitutions will be graded as a zero with no
exceptions. (this means that, although we know there are many other historical novels out there
that are not on this list, you are not able to read something else in place of books on the list) Europe:
Books by Region and Genre:
America:
Poland by James Michener
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
Armaggedon by Leon Uris
The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara
The Scarlett Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Centennial by James Michener
India, Asia, and the Middle East:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Confucius Lives Next Door by T.R. Reid
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Exodus by Leon Uris
England:
Reading Lolita In Tehran by Azar Nafisi
A Circle of Pearls by Rosalind Laker
Nectar in a Seive by Kamala Markandaya
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
The Crispin: Cross of Lead by Avi
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Secret Garden by Frances Hogsdon Burnett
Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
Africa:
Ancient History:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran
Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
King Leopold’s Ghost by Alan Hoch
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of
Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Miscellaneous:
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
The Mark of the Lion Trilogy by Francine Rivers
The Demon In the Freezer by Richard Preston
-A Voice in the Wind
Cod by Mark Kurlansky
-An Echo in the Darkness
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
-As Sure as the Dawn
Freakonomics by S. Levitt and S. Dubar
Warfare:
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
The Bridges at Toko-Ri by James Michener
The World That Trade Created by Kenneth Pomeranz
To The Last Man: A Novel of the First World War by
Jeff Shaara
Collapse by Jared Diamond
Miracle in the Andes Nando Parrado
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria
Remarque
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
The Candy Bombers by Andrei Cherny
The Art of Warfare by Sun Tzu
Curse of the Narrows by Laura M. MacDonald
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides