Shoreline Schools: AP World History Summer Assignment 2019

Welcome to Advanced Placement World History: Modern! You have signed up for a challenging course, but one that aims to prepare you for college. During the school year we will explore human history from 1200 CE and up, learn valuable skills, and take the AP World History Exam in May. The course is designed to prepare you for this exam, therefore content coverage will be fast-paced and tests will be timed. This is an exciting course that will allow us to look at the big picture of history, trace civilizations 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 usage and analytical thinking. The Course Syllabus will be available online in the files section on teachers websites in late August.

The following mandatory 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.

You will be tested on the map, AP World History Themes, Historical Thinking Skills & Reasoning Processes from the Reading Analysis task on the second day of school.

The Summer Assignment consists of 2 parts:1. World Mapping2. Summer Reading, Summary and Analysis**All written work must be typed, 12-point font, double-spaced & submitted to turnitin.com on the first day of class. Late Summer Assignments will not be accepted .

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, 2019 (McGraw Hill) Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2019 (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) jamie.fletcher@shorelineschools.org

Ms. Waugh (Shorecrest)maija.waugh@shorelineschools.org

***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 of school.

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/Legend with regional color codes and Symbols.

1.1 AP World Regions : Using the world map provided, draw and label the AP Regions based on the “Big Picture View” and “A Closer Look.” 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 Ocean2. Pacific Ocean3. Indian Ocean4. Arctic Ocean5. North Sea6. Baltic Sea7. English Channel8. Norwegian Sea9. Barents Sea10. Mediterranean Sea11. Adriatic Sea12. Aegean Sea

13. Black Sea14. Caspian Sea15. Great Lakes16. Red Sea17. Persian Gulf18. Arabian Sea19. Bay of Bengal20. South China Sea21. East China Sea22. Yellow Sea23. Sea of Japan

Rivers (Draw them in Blue) 1. Nile River 8. Yellow River (Huang He)2. Tigris 9. Yangtze River3. Euphrates 10. Ganges River4. Amazon River 11. Irrawaddy River5. Mississippi River 12. Mekong River6. Rio Grande River 13. Congo River7. Indus 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. Alaska Range2. Rocky Mountains3. Appalachian Mountains4. Andes Mountains5. Alps6. Atlas Mountains 7. Ural Mountains8. Hindu Kush Mountains

Deserts (Use a Yellow rectangle to show desert borders)

1. Gobi Desert2. Kalahari Desert3. Sahara Desert4. Thar Desert5. Mojave Desert6. Namib Desert7. Syrian Desert8. Atacama Desert

9. Himalaya Mountains

Part 2: APWH Summer Reading Assignment: To enhance your World History knowledge you must select ONE of the non-fiction works listed below 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, Historical Thinking Skills & Reasoning Processes 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.

Harari, Yuval Noah. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. NY: Harper Collins, 2015. 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:

APWH Historical Thinking Skills:

AP Reasoning Processes:

Your final paper will include two parts: Reading Summary and Reading Analysis. Your Reading Summary & Analysis must be in one document ready for electronic submission in class to turnitin.com on the first day of school. Make sure your work is typed, in 12-point font, double-spaced.

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.

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 & Reasoning Processes 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? What claims does the author make that you would like to challenge or rebut and why?