Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
May 12, 2016 Dear Future AP World History Student, First, we’d like to say “Welcome!” and thank you for expressing an interest in AP World History for next year. It is expected of AP students to complete the required summer reading for their advanced level coursework. Due to the rigor of AP World History, your required summer reading for this class is the first two chapters in your AP book. These can be found on both Ms. O’Keefe and Mrs. Tyler-Smith’s websites as a PDF. If you will not have access to the internet over the summer, please contact either Mrs. Patti Tyler-Smith or Ms. Misti O’Keefe. We are in classrooms A135 and A133, respectively. If you have a flash drive, you can come to either of our classrooms and we will be happy to put the material on it for you. Also, if you’d like for the assignment to be e-mailed to you, please follow the directions below. E-mail Ms. O’Keefe at [email protected] In the subject line, please type: AP Summer Reading Materials Please note that once school is out, neither of us frequently check out e-mails. Please request this before Friday, June 3rd. Your summer assignment is as follows: 1. Read Chapters 1 and 2 of your AP World History Textbook (World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Peter N. Stearns, et. al.) by the first day of school, Wednesday, August 24, 2016. a. It would be beneficial for you to take notes while reading, highlighting key concepts. 2. Complete the attached vocabulary from chapters 1 and 2 of your text. 3. Complete the Part 1 AP TEST PREP by Monday, August 29th. a. Attached to this sheet, but is also on the PDF with your reading. Please show this letter and your summer work to your parents/guardians. They have a great interest in your education and hopefully will help you achieve success during your summer assignment. Thank you, Mrs. Patti Tyler-Smith (A135) and Ms. Misti O’Keefe (A133) Name: __________________________________________________ AP Vocabulary: Chapters 1 and 2 Directions: Please complete the following terms and have ready for discussion by August 24, 2016. Chapter 1 Terms, People, and Events Paleolithic Age Homo sapiens Neolithic Age Neolithic Revolution hunting and gathering Çatal Hüyük Bronze Age nomads Chapter 2 Terms, People, and Events civilization Mesopotamia Sumerians cuneiform ziggurats Babylonians Hammurabi pharaoh pyramids Kush Indus River Harappa Aryans Vedas Mahabharata Ramayana Upanishads Yellow River Shang Olmecs Chavin de Huantar Phoenicians monotheism