AP World Summer Assignment

Any student taking either section of AP World in the fall of 2013 needs to complete the following work before starting the class:

1) Read the first 6 chapters of the textbook Traditions and Encounters, by Bentley and Ziegler.  That's chapters 1-6 inclusive.  There will be a 70 question multiple choice test on that material on the second day of school, and a compare and contrast essay from that material on the third day of school.  The scoring guide for the compare and contrast essay is linked up here.

2) Students must download the app Subtext onto their iPads.  Once they have it downloaded, an electronic copy of the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond will be transmitted to them and they will be invited to join the discussion group AP World History (the members code is TANGRXOS). For students who pre-registered for the course, the book will be shared with you.  If you are adding the course over the summer, students must email me at whitten@bpsk12.org and I will facilitate the book's delivery.  Subtext allows us to have a discussion about the book as a large group, so for each chapter there are discussion prompts within the book.  The prompts need to be completed by August 25th at midnight.