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Summer Reading

Summer reading assignments are up-to-date. Three academic departments (English, Social  Studies, and Religious Studies) participate in the summer reading program, and students are required to read for each department. Students should expect to be assessed on their assigned books during the first week of classes in August.
** Updated: June 1, 2010 **

SOCIAL STUDIES :

WORLD HISTORY:	The Epic of Gilgamesh.      -Study Guide
WESTERN CIV:	The Prince by Machiavelli  [Mansfield translation]
AP EURO:	The Prince by Machiavelli  [Mansfield translation]      -AP Required Summer Paper Topic
US HIST:	Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
AP US HIST:	Revolutionary Characters by Gordon Wood        -AP Required Summer Paper Topic
AP PSYCH:	Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research   by Roger Hock
ECON:	No summer reading. Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan during the semester.
GOVT:	No Summer reading.
PSYCH:	No Summer reading.
AP GOV/ECON:	No Summer reading.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES:

Freshmen:
Understanding Catholic Christianity -
The Fifth Week,  by William O’Malley
     -Study Guide
(Study guides are due the first week of class, and there will be a reading test on the book. Students taking this course in the spring can read the book over Christmas break)

Sophomores:
Scripture -
Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle by Kent Annan (ISBN: 0830837302)
     -Study Guide

Juniors:
Gospel Action -
3 Cups of Tea,  by Greg Mortenson, David O. Relin (ISBN: 9780143038252)
     -Study Guide
The study guide will be collected the first day of class, and students will be tested on the book.
(Students taking this course in the spring can read the book over Christmas break)

Seniors:
Senior Synthesis -
The Shack,  by William P. Young (ISBN-10: 0964729237)
-Study Guide

ENGLISH:

* Students are expected to read the novel assigned to their appropriate grade.  In addition to the reading, students are required to respond in short-answer format to a set of study questions specific to that book; those responses should be typed, and will be collected for credit. Teachers will integrate the summer reading and responses to study questions into the beginning of the course, so students should bring their book and responses to class when they begin in August.  Furthermore, students should expect some form of assessment on the book—test or essay—during the first week of class.

Freshmen: 

	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Study Guide

Sophomores:

Capirotada: A Nogales Memoir - by Alberto Alvaro Rios Study Guide

 

Juniors:

Flight by Sherman Alexie    Study guide

 

Seniors:

Into the Wild - by Jon Krakauer  Study Guide Required 12th Grade Into the Wild Essay