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Attention CGHS Families:
In addition to the Summer Reading Lists you have already been
advised of, please consult the list below containing
Social Studies required reading over the Summer:
Summer Reading List 2011-2012
Social Studies
Required Courses
Grade 9
General World History
Devil's Arithmetic Jane Yolen
Honors World History
ONE of the following:
The Book Thief Markus Zusak
The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam edition) Alexandre Dumas
Lord of the Flies William Golding
AP World History
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond
Grade 11
General American History
Honors American History
ONE of the following:
Cold Mountain Charles Frasier
Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane
AP United States History
A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn
Grade 12
General American Government/ Economics
ONE of the following:
Grinding It Out: The Making Of McDonald's - Story about Ray Kroc
Jeff Bezos: King Of Amazon.Com (Techies) J Josepha Sherman
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal Ben Mezrich
Little Red Book of Sales Answers Jeffrey Gitomer
Honors American Government/ Economics
The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli
Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
AP Government/AP Eco
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Dual Enrollment Public Policy/Dual Enrolment American Government
The Federalist Papers
The U.S. Constitution
Both are available both online and at Amazon.
The Federalist Papers: #10, #51, #39, #78, #70, #84
#10: preventing majority faction
#51: checks and balances
#39: federalism
#78: judicial review
#70: the one man executive
#84: Is a bill of rights needed?
Refer to the relevant parts of The U.S. Constitution as you read these essays.
Electives
AP European History
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder
AP Human Geography
Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape Simon and Schuster, June 1993 James Howard Kunstler
AP Psychology
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
Theory of Knowledge
Scruton, Roger. An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy. Penguin: New York, NY, 1996. Print.
Available online at www.gutenberg.org
Joyce, James. "Araby," and "Counterparts," excerpted from Dubliners
Dostoevsky , Fyodor. "The Grand Inquisitor," excerpted from The Brothers Karamazov
Proust, Marcel. "Overture," excerpted from The Remembrance of Things Past, Vol. 1, Swann's Way
Available online at http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~surette/goodman.html
O'Connor, Flannery. "A Good Man Is Hard To Find"
Law Studies
Law 101 Jay M. Feinman
Give Me a Break: John Stossel
You can also click on this link to download the reading list in pdf version.
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