Advanced Placement Summer Project Book Report 2018 Each AP US History student should prepare for the upcoming year in AP United States History by reading two (2) of the following books over the summer. Each essay should be at least two pages long, typed (double spaced) 12 point font and Times New Roman. Each report must include the following analysis: 1. From whose perspective is the book written? 2. When is the book set? Setting includes time and place. (What is the historical significance?) 3. Who is the intended audience? (Might the message be skewed?) 4. What message does the book convey within the specific historical context? 5. What is your favorite quote? Explain the meaning and why it is significant to you. 6. Compare the way of life in the book to present day living in your community. For example, compare methods of transportation, fashions, foods, customs, religious practices and types of government. (What impact have these events had on the present?) 7. What is missing? (Is there purposeful omissions? What is the alternative?) 8. Include map(s) of where the action takes place – include cities or regions and geographic landmarks such as rivers, mountains, lakes, oceans, islands. (This does not count toward the page count.) 9. Proper citations should refer to book, author and page (MLA Citation format – Website OWL Purdue) Choose two books from the following list. However, if you have found another book that you would like to use not on the list but is relevant to US History, contact Mr. McGovern to get approval at TMcGovern@schools.nyc.gov FILM VERSIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTES FOR THIS PROJECT. Early America- The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper History of the Massachusetts Bay Colony by Rebecca Beatrice Brooks. Pocahontas, My Own Story by John Smith The Peopling of British North America by Bernard Bailyn Coming to America by Roger Daniels Revolutionary War George Washington’s Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis 1776 by David McCollough Slavery 12 Years A Slave by Solomon Northrup African Americans in the Colonial Era by Harlan Davidson African Americans in the Early Republic by Harlan Davidson Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe A Picture of Freedom, Diary of Clotee a Slave Girl, Belmont, VA 1859 edited by Correta Scott Key Other Books to Consider Badger, Anthony J.- The New Deal Bailyn, Bernard- The Peopling of British North America Bailyn, Bernard- To Begin the World Anew Bell, Thomas- Out of This Furnace (fiction) Berkin, Carol- A Brilliant Solution Brown,, Dee- The Galvanized Yankee Carter, Jimmy- Keeping Faith Catton, Bruce- This Hallowed Ground Dangerfield, George- The Awakening of American Nationalism Dangerfield, George- The Era of Good Feelings Daniels, Roger- Coming to America Davidson, Harlan- African Americans in the Colonial Era Davidson, Harlan- African Americans in the Early Republic Douglas, Frederick- My Bondage and My Freedom DuBois, W.E.B.- The Souls of Black Folk Erenberg, Lewis A. &Susan E. Hirsch- The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness During WWII Ellis, Joseph- Founding Brothers Foner, Eric- The Story of American Freedom Franklin, John Hope- From Slavery to Freedom Griffin, John Howard- Black Like Me Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, John Jay- The Federalist Papers Huntington, Samuel P.- The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Isaacson, Walter- Benjamin Franklin Langguth, A.J.- Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975 Lowen, James W.- Lies My Teacher Told Me McCullough, David- John Adams Nhu Tang, Truong- A Viet Cong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and ItsAftermath Patton, George- War As I Knew It Ridgeway, Matthew- The Korean War Sinclair, Upton- The Jungle (fiction) Smelser, Marshall- The Democratic Republic Stampp, Ken- America in 1857 Steinbeck, John- The Grapes of Wrath (fiction) Zinn, Howard- A People’s History of the United States Any of the books work
