AP U.S. HISTORY 2014 SUMMER ASSIGNMENT Website: lrotruck.wikispaces.com Email Address: lrotruck@iwcs.k12.va.us There are 5 items that must be completed over the summer. 1) Memorization of the United States political/physical map. * be able to label all 50 states * be able to label Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie & Lake Ontario, Mississippi River, Ohio River, Tennessee River, Rio Grande River, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico * Assessment will be on the second day of class. 2) Memorization of World political map. * be able to label North America & South America Europe Asia & Pacific Middle East & Africa - United States - Britain - China - Israel - Canada - Ireland - Japan - Lebanon - Mexico - Spain - North Korea - Iraq - Panama - France - South Korea - Kuwait - Cuba - Belgium - Vietnam - Iran - Dominican Republic - Sicily - Laos - Afghanistan - Haiti - Italy - Cambodia - Pakistan - Columbia - Austria - Philippines - Egypt - Venezuela - Germany - Guam - Libya - Peru - Poland - Ethiopia - Brazil - Czech Republic - Somalia - Panama - Hungary - Greece - Turkey - Russia * Assessment will be on the second day of class. 3) Comprehend all the Presidents of the United States of America. * George Washington Barack Obama (#1 #44) * Assessment will be on the second day of class. 4) Historical Essay: You must choose and complete one FBQ (Film Based Questions) by viewing one of the listed historical films and comparing the contents to a chapter in Howard Zinn s, A People s History of the United States: 1492-Present. Due September 2, 2014. Ø Choose ONE film and its corresponding chapter in A People s History. Ø Amistad: Ch. 2 Drawing the Color Line pages 23-38 Ø The Patriot: Ch. 4 Tyranny is Tyranny pages 59-78 Ø Dances with Wolves: Ch. 7 As Long As the Grass Grows or Water Runs pages 125-148 Ø Glory: Ch. 9 Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom pages 171-210 Ø View the film (you might need to view it a few times) and answer the questions and key terms related to the film; take notes Ø Read the chapter (before and after viewing the film if necessary) take notes
Ø Complete a T Chart that compares and contrasts details from the movie and the reading. **You need AT LEAST 3 similarities and 3 differences. Film Experience Reading Ideas Similarities: the movie addresses the Zinn discusses how the black soldiers were Union s willingness to work with treated and did the most grueling work African Americans even though the quoting Horace Greeley in claiming that black regiments were not respected negroes were first the servant of the and treated equally compared to Republic pg. 150 white soldiers. Difference: The movie addresses the Difference: Zinn discusses the beginning of final push of American Indians west the American Indian plight at the during the Civil War and how they beginning of Westward expansion would address the encroachment of wrapping up the chapter discussing Van white people. Buren s approval of the forced movement of the Cherokee Nation. Pg. 148 Ø Essay Question: Contrast Zinn and the film; what are the major differences in their historical interpretations? Make sure the essay has a clearly stated thesis that directly answers the question. 5) Organize Notebook * Must have a composition notebook * Must have a 2 to 3 (or larger) three-ring binder for class * Must have sections (this can be done with tabs, dividers, or construction paper) titled: - Class Information - AP Test Information - Study Guides Chapter 1: New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.-1769 Chapter 2: The Planting of English America, 1500-1733 Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700 Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692 Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775 Chapter 6: The Duel for North America, 1608-1763 Chapter 7: The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775 Chapter 8: America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783 Chapter 9: The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790 Chapter 10: Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800 Chapter 11: The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1812 Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824 Chapter 13: The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840 Chapter 14: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860 Chapter 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860 Chapter 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860 Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848 Chapter 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854 Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861 Chapter 20: Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865 Chapter 21: The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865 Chapter 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 Chapter 23: Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1899 Chapter 24: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900 Chapter 25: America Moves to the City, 1865-1900 Chapter 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1890
Chapter 27: The Path of Empire, 1890-1899 Chapter 28: America on the World Stage, 1899-1909 Chapter 29: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912 Chapter 30: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916 Chapter 31: The War to End War, 1917-1918 Chapter 32: American Life in the Roaring Twenties, 1919-1929 Chapter 33: The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932 Chapter 34: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1933-1938 Chapter 35: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933-1941 Chapter 36: America in World War II, 1941-1945 Chapter 37: The Cold War Begins, 1945-1952 Chapter 38: The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960 Chapter 39: The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968 Chapter 40: The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980 Chapter 41: The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-1996 Chapter 42: The American People Face a New Century
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