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Shoreline Schools: AP World History Summer Assignment 2016
Welcome to Advanced Placement World History! You have signed up for a challenging course,
but one that aims to prepare you for college. During the school year we will explore 10,000 years
of human history, learn valuable skills, and take the AP World History Exam in May. The course
is designed to prepare you for this test and therefore will be fast paced and test driven. This is an
exciting course that will allow us to look at the big picture of history, trace cultures over time,
and examine human interactions.
To be successful, you will need to stay focused and work hard. Be prepared to spend a minimum
of 6-12 hours a week outside of class on AP World History. If this does not seem realistic for
your schedule then you may want to reconsider taking this course and speak to your counselor
immediately. Large amounts of collegiate level reading will be required, as well as a high
emphasis placed on primary document research and analytical thinking. The Course Syllabus
will be available online in the documents section on teachers websites in August 2016.
The following Summer Assignment is used to prepare you for the year ahead with a jump-start on
course content. You do NOT need to check out a textbook to complete the following
assignments. These assignments will assist in building your fundamental knowledge of World
History and laying the foundation for material covered during the year.
ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL you will need an electronic copy of your
Summer Reading Summary & Analysis to complete a turnitin.com submission
in class.
The Summer Assignment consists of 2 parts:
1. World Mapping
2. Summer Reading, Summary and Analysis*
*All written work must be typed, 12-point font, double-spaced.
Late Summer Assignments will not be accepted.
You will be given an EXAM on the Map, AP World History Themes &
Historical Thinking Skills from Reading Analysis on the second day of school.
It is highly recommended, but not required, that you purchase an AP World History
Review/Study Guide. Such as (but not limited to):
5 Steps to a 5 for AP World History, 2011 or more recent (McGraw Hill)
Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2011 or more recent (Princeton Review)
We will be available by email during summer, but do not expect an immediate response; it may
take a few days. Good luck and we will see you in September!
Ms. Fletcher (Shorewood)
[email protected]
Ms. Waugh (Shorecrest)
[email protected]
***AP World History students who did not get
a map in June (or lose their copy over the
summer) need to pick up the
11" x 17"
blank map from the main office OR
Cathy Allred in the Shoreline Center district
office!***
APWH Summer Assignment
Part 1 Mapping:
Neatly label the provided world map with the regions, land, and water features listed
below in the color indicated in parentheses. Print neatly in ink and make sure your map is
easy to read.
Be sure to include the following: Map Title, Border, Compass, Key (with regional
color codes), and Symbols.
1.1 AP World Regions:
Refer to PDF page 26 in the AP World History Course Description -available for free
download on the AP website:
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/AP_WorldHistoryCED_Effective
_Fall_2011.pdf
Using the world map provided, draw and label the AP Regions based on the “close
view.” Use the following colors for each region. However, please use alternating color
stripes to indicate regions that overlap.
North America – (Red)
Latin America (Inc: Central and South
America) – (Green)
North Africa – (Orange)
West Africa – (Orange Dots)
Central Africa –(Orange Vertical Lines)
East Africa – (Orange Horizontal Lines)
Southern Africa – (Orange Diagonal
Lines)
Europe - (Pink)
Middle East (West Asia) – (Purple)
Central Asia – (Purple Dots)
South Asia –(Purple Vertical Lines)
East Asia – (Purple Horizontal Lines)
Southeast Asia (Purple Diagonal Lines)
Oceania (Blue Dots)
1.2 AP World Bodies of Water and Rivers:
Refer to World Atlas online or another Atlas source for locations:
http://www.worldatlas.com/
Oceans, Seas, Bays, and Lakes (Underline & Label in Blue ink
1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Pacific Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean
5. North Sea
6. Baltic Sea
7. English Channel
8. Norwegian Sea
9. Barents Sea
10. Mediterranean Sea
11. Adriatic Sea
12. Aegean Sea
13. Black Sea
14. Caspian Sea
15. Great Lakes
16. Red Sea
17. Persian Gulf
18. Arabian Sea
19. Bay of Bengal
20. South China Sea
21. East China Sea
22. Yellow Sea
23. Sea of Japan
Rivers (Draw them in Blue)
1. Nile River
2. Tigris
3. Euphrates
4. Amazon River
5. Mississippi River
6. Rio Grande River
7. Indus River
8. Yellow River (Huang He)
9. Yangtze River
10. Ganges River
11. Irrawaddy River
12. Mekong River
13. Congo River
14. Danube River
1.3 AP World Mountains and Deserts-Label in black ink.
Refer to World Atlas online or another Atlas source for locations:
http://www.worldatlas.com/
Mountains (Use a Brown triangle
symbol)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Alaska Range
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Andes Mountains
Alps
Atlas Mountains
Ural Mountains
Hindu Kush Mountains
Himalaya Mountains
Deserts (Use a Yellow rectangle to
show desert borders)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Gobi Desert
Kalahari Desert
Sahara Desert
Thar Desert
Mojave Desert
Namib Desert
Syrian Desert
Atacama Desert
Part 2: APWH Summer Reading Assignment:
To enhance your World History knowledge you must select ONE of the listed non-fiction works to read,
summarize, and analyze this summer. You may purchase a copy, borrow from a library, or even arrange a book
share with a peer. While you are reading you must keep the following APWH Themes and APWH Historical
Thinking Skills in mind, and be able to identify them in the text.
Summer Reading Options:
Bernstein, William. J. A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World. New York:
Grove Press, 2009. Print.
Craughwell, Thomas J. The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How
Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World. Beverly, Mass.: Fair Winds Press, 2010.
Print.
Diamond, Jared. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Viking
Press, 2004. Print.
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York:
Norton, 1997. Print.
Pomeranz, Kenneth and Topik, Steven. The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture,
and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present. New York: Routledge, 2012.
Standage, Tom. An Edible History of Humanity. New York: Walker and Company, 2009.
Print.
Standage, Tom. A History of the World in 6 Glasses. New York: Walker and Company,
2005. Print.
Standage, Tom. Writing on the Wall: Social Media-The First 2,000 Years. New York: Bloomsbury, 2013.
Print.
Wilson, Samuel M. The Emperor's Giraffe and Other Stories of Cultures in Contact.
Boulder: Westview Press, 1999. Print.
APWH Themes:
Theme 1: Interaction between Humans and the Environment
o Demography and disease
o Migration
o Patterns of settlement
o Technology
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures
o Religions
o Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
o Science and technology
o The arts and architecture
Theme 3: State-building, Expansion, and Conflict
o Political structures and forms of governance
o Empires
o Nations and nationalism
o Revolts and revolutions
o Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
o Agricultural and pastoral production
o Trade and commerce
o Labor systems
o Industrialization
o Capitalism and socialism
Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures
o Gender roles and relations
o Family and kinship
o Racial and ethnic constructions
o Social and economic classes
APWH Historical Thinking Skills:
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Skill 1:
Skill 2:
Skill 3:
Skill 4:
Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence
Chronological Reasoning
Comparison and Contextualization
Historical Interpretation and Synthesis
Your final paper will include two parts: Reading Summary and Reading Analysis. Your Reading Summary
& Analysis must be ready for electronic submission in class to turnitin.com on the first day of school.
Reading Summary:
After reading one of the options write a three-paragraph summary of the work that reviews the basic events,
ideas and concepts. Make sure this is typed, 12-point font, double-spaced.
Reading Analysis:
Complete answers to the reading analysis prompts. Make sure your work is typed, in 12-point font, doublespaced.
1. Explain TWO of the APWH Themes the book covered and how the author addressed them. Provide
specifics.
2. Explain TWO of the APWH Historical Thinking Skills employed by the author and how the author used
them. Provide specifics.
3. What are TWO examples of historical evidence or primary source pieces the author relies on? Provide
specifics.
4. What further questions does the work prompt or evoke? What is missing from discussion? What are you left
wondering?