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Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowel & Complete the Study Guide for It A.P. United States History SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT GAVIN Welcome to Advanced Placement United States History! Thank you for bravely committing to this journey through the history of the United States of America. It is a course that will require discipline, dedication, and determination as we spend the year working to master approximately 600 years of American history, political philosophy, and artistic expression as well the skills for argument-writing, document analysis, point-of-view comparison, and stimulus interpretation. I admire your choice to challenge yourself in the coming year and to accept with enthusiasm the hard work that awaits you as we STRIVE FOR FIVE! In preparation for the AP U.S. History course, you are REQUIRED to complete a Summer Reading Assignment to help you become acquainted with the narrative of American History and culture, and to become familiarized with various events and characters in history in a manner that will engage your imagination and sense of humor, challenge your perspectives, and encourage an understanding of the personalities involved and the complex issues they faced. If you have any questions or concerns about this assignment, it is your responsibility to email me as soon as possible. No leeway will be given for students who wait until the last minute. [email protected] Ms. Gavin The Summer Assignment Consists of FOUR Parts, totaling 200 points toward the 1st semester grade: 1. Read the non-fiction book, Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowel & complete the study guide for it. (70 points) 2. Choose one novel from the list and complete the discussion questions that go with it. (30 points) 3. Complete the Map Assignment (50 points) 4. Tertiary Source Articles: Read & answer the questions for all 5 articles. (50 points) All work is due on the first day of class. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY REASON. Choose whatever format books you prefer: Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback (I used the paperback version) Required School Supplies for AP US History, 2017-2018: Highlighters: Pink, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Green Binder: 2 inch, three-ring Dividers: at least 10 A.P. United States History SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT GAVIN Part #1: Non-Fiction Summer Reading, 70 points Directions: 1. Please enroll in the APUSH course on Moodle … Gavin’s page. 2. Get yourself a copy of the book Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell. 3. Complete the “Work Book” for the Preface and all 4 Chapters, and the final Reflection Questions. -- Boxes will stretch as you type -- Type your answers in BLACK, UN-Bold font, in the box with the question. -- You will find a blank document on Moodle in the “Important Information” section called “APUSH Summer Reading Workbook” 4. Upload the completed assignment in one Word document to Moodle by 7:30 am on the first day of class in August. 5. Worth 70 points. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell What do you get when a woman who's obsessed with death and U.S. history goes on vacation? This wacky, weirdly enthralling exploration of the first three presidential assassinations. Vowell (The Partly Cloudy Patriot), a contributor to NPR's This American Life and the voice of teenage superhero Violet Parr in The Incredibles, takes readers on a pilgrimage of sorts to the sites and monuments that pay homage to Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley, visiting everything from grave sites and simple plaques (like the one in Buffalo that marks the place where McKinley was shot) to places like the National Museum of Health and Medicine, where fragments of Lincoln's skull are on display. An expert tour guide, Vowell brings into sharp focus not only the figures involved in the assassinations, but the social and political circumstances that led to each -- and she does so in the witty, sometimes irreverent manner that her fans have come to expect. Vowell also draws frequent connections between past events and the present, noting similarities between McKinley's preemptive war against Cuba and the Philippines and the current war in Iraq. This is history at its most morbid and most fascinating and, fortunately, one needn't share Vowell's interest in the macabre to thoroughly enjoy this unusual tour. Paperback: 258 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Paperback Edition (February 6, 2006) ISBN-10: 074326004X ISBN-13: 978-0743260046 Amazon Info: http://www.amazon.com/Assassination-Vacation-Sarah-Vowell/dp/074326004X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462905000&sr=8-1&keywords=assassination+vacation Part #2: Historical Fiction, 30 points Directions: 1. Choose 1 of the novels listed below. 2. Read it. 3. Answer the Discussion Questions in paragraph form, using specific references from the book to support your answers and noting the pages numbers in parenthesis. 4. You will find the Discussion Questions posted on Moodle Moodle in the “Important Information” section called “APUSH Summer Reading Workbook” 5. Upload the completed assignment to Moodle by 7:30am on the first day of class in August. 6. Worth 30 points. A.P. United States History SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT GAVIN Choose ONE of the following Novels: The Vote: A Novel by Sybil Downing The year is 1918. The issue is passing the 19th amendment to the Constitution. Kate Brennan, a sheltered upper-class college graduate, is mistakenly arrested when she goes to the aid of suffragists being attacked in front of the White House during a peaceful rally. Galvanized by her fourteen-day sentence in the Occoquan workhouse, she becomes a passionate supporter of the National Woman's Party. Kate works with Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, actual historical leaders of the Party. She falls in love with a man who may or may not sympathize with her cause. When the fight takes her to Colorado, she joins forces with Mary Daly, an intrepid union leader, and literally puts her life on the line for the vote. Paperback: 294 pages Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (September 15, 2006) ISBN-10: 0826338577 ISBN-13: 978-0826338570 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Vote-Novel-Sybil-Downing/dp/0826338577/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495570677&sr=1- 1&keywords=the+vote+sybil+downing Kindred by Octavia Butler Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana's life will end, long before it has a chance to begin. Paperback: 264 pages Publisher: Beacon Press (2003) ISBN-10: 0807083690 ISBN-13: 978-0807083697 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Kindred-Octavia-E-Butler/dp/0807083690/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495574185&sr=1- 1&keywords=kindred Where the Broken Heart Still Beats by Carolyn Meyer At the age of nine, Cynthia Ann Parker was captured in an Indian raid and taken to live as a slave with the Comanche. Twenty-four years later, she is the wife of a chief and the mother of a young warrior destined to become the great chief Quanah Parker. But in 1861, Parker and her infant daughter are recaptured and returned against their will to a white settlement. This moving story is a riveting examination of the conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers. Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (October 15, 1992) ISBN-10: 0152956026 ISBN-13: 978-0152956028 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Broken-Heart-Still-Beats/dp/0152956026/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495574571&sr=1- 1&keywords=where+the+broken+heart+still+beats A.P. United States History SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT GAVIN A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey At the turn of the century, a time when women had few choices, Bess Steed Garner inherits a legacy—not only of wealth but of determination and desire, making her truly a woman of independent means. From the early 1900s through the 1960s, we accompany Bess as she endures life's trials and triumphs with unfailing courage and indomitable spirit: the sacrifices love sometimes requires of the heart, the flaws and rewards of marriage, the often-tested bond between mother and child, and the will to defy a society that demands conformity. Now, with this beautiful trade paperback edition, Penguin will introduce a new generation of readers to this richly woven story… and to Bess Steed Garner, a woman for all ages. Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (May 1, 1998) ISBN-10: 0140274367 ISBN-13: 978-0140274363 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Independent-Elizabeth-Forsythe- Hailey/dp/0140274367/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1495574778&sr=1-4 Part #3: Map Assignment, 50 points Directions: 1. Print the blank map of the United States from Moodle 2. LABEL the MAP according to the directions provided on Moodle (30 points) 3. Complete the Geography Worksheet & upload it to Moodle by 7:30am on the first day of class (20 points) Part #4: Tertiary Source Articles, 50 points Directions: 1. Find the following 5 articles on Moodle. (10 points each) 1. “The Columbian Exchange” 2. “Puritan Massachusetts: Theocracy or Democracy?” 3. “The Salem Witch Hunt” 4. “Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening in Colonial America” 5. “John Peter Zenger and the Freedom of the Press” 2. Read each, and answer the questions in paragraph form. 3. Upload your answers to Moodle by 7:30am on the first day of class.
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