Non-Fiction/Expository Text Annotation



Pre-AP English/AP World History Co- Summer Assignment

The majority of students enrolled in Pre-AP English 2 are also enrolled in AP World History. In both courses students will be reading quite a few expository/non-fiction texts this year. With this in mind, students enrolled in either one or both courses will complete one base summer assignment that will apply to both courses.

Co-Assignment:

Procure a copy of An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage; read, annotate, and complete a dialectical journal in which you explore the historical themes found in the SPICE model; turn a copy in to both teachers. AP World History will have additional assignments that are both related and unrelated to the novel.

FOR BOTH AP WORLD and PAP ENGLISH:

• As you read An Edible History of Humanity do the following:

➢ Highlight or underline passages (parts of sentences, entire sentences, and multiple sentences) that contain key ideas, central themes, controversial statements, or ideas with which you strongly agree or disagree. You may also want to mark passages that are confusing or for which you need follow-up/background information in order to understand.

➢ In the margins or on sticky notes, annotate your text marking. Write a bit about why you marked it. Write a response that reflects why you agree/disagree with a statement. Write questions you have about the passage. Complete sentences aren’t necessary; just make sure you can remember later what you meant.

➢ Circle or use sticky notes to mark words or concepts that you do not know or understand.

➢ Use any other strategies that will help you understand the key ideas in the text and prepare you for a meaningful, in-depth discussion.

• You are also expected to keep a dialectical journal to assist in your comprehension of the novel and to collect reflections that we will use consistently in AP World History. The SPICE chart attached represents the AP World Themes and we will use it ALL year to analyze areas throughout the world.

AP WORLD ONLY:

• Attached you will find a series of questions tied to each section of the book. Please answer these questions in complete sentences and identify the page number in the book that provided the evidence for your response. You can type your responses in the same document as your journals.

• We need to start the year off with basic vocabulary for world history. These terms will be used in the first unit of our course. Create a chart and define the attached terms. You may use any VALID source such as a dictionary or historical website. Include dates when possible. Please type in this format:

|Term |Source |Definition |

|Akkadian Empire |newworldencyclopedia.or|A Semitic state near the ancient city of Akkad in Mesopotamia. It came to its greatest power |

| |g/entry/Akkadian_Empire |under the leadership of Sargon (2296-2240) |

Don’t wait until the last week of summer to try and read your novel and complete the assignments above. Unexpected events may pop up that could get the way of your completing your work on time. Make a plan for the number of pages or chapters you are going to read per week and stick to it. For you dialectical journal and questions remember to work on it while you are reading. Do not wait until you have finished the novel. If you have any questions over the summer you are welcome to email me at lcook@. DO NOT expect an immediate response- it may take a few days. If you lose a copy you can access the assignment on my teacher web page.

Below is the scoring rubric that will be used for AP World History

Project Rubric:

| |Item for Analysis |Total Points Possible |

|Dialectical Journal |Correct Source Citation; 6 Thematic Statements, 12 entries|170 |

| |(w/ evidence & explanation); ALL themes represented at | |

| |least once. | |

|Reading Questions |25 questions answered in complete sentences w/ page number|105 |

| | | |

|Vocabulary |45 terms identified w/ source |90 |

| | | |

|Total Points Possible | |365 |

Your percentage will be determined by taking the total points that you earn and dividing that total by 365.

• Example: A student earned 300 out of 365 total points.

o 300/365= 82%

o This 82 will go into the grade book as your project grade for summer assignment.

Your final product should consist of:

• Six total charts for your dialectical journal

• Responses to the sections questions in complete sentences

• Vocabulary journal

All should be typed, 12 point, Times New Roman font, stapled together in ONE word document (not in a folder, binder or report cover of any kind).

DUE: Friday, August 30, 2013

Dialectical Journal Directions and Example:

An Edible History of Humanity is made up of six sections each consisting of two related chapters. You will have at least one entry per chapter which addresses one of the historical themes on the SPICE Chart. Each theme must be addressed at least once {more than one theme can be represented in each section}.

Your journal should be formatted with the title of the section, the historical theme, followed by the chart. Your final product should consist of six total charts, typed, 12 point Times New Roman font, stapled together (not in a folder or report cover of any kind) and a copy turned in by Friday, August 30, 2013 to either one or both of the following teachers: Make sure you only submit appropriate portions of the assignment to each.

Mrs. Hargrave --- Pre-AP English 2 Mrs. Cook --- AP World History

jhargrave@ lcook@

Example:

Your Name

Cook

AP World History

August 30, 2013

Source (Book) Citation: (in correct MLA Format)

Opening thematic statement for the section should briefly explain which theme is

illustrated in this section of the book. If you have two themes address BOTH in your

statement.

|Evidence (quote, p#) |Evidence (quote, p#) |

| |“You will have at least quote per story” (8). |

|“Find a quote in each chapter that illustrates the one of | |

|the historical themes in the SPICE chart” (2). | |

|Explanation |

|Write a paragraph in which you clearly explain how your chosen quotes illustrate the historical theme you feel is |

|represented in the section. Be specific and stay focused on using your chosen text evidence as proof of how your |

|chosen quotes demonstrate your historical theme. |

Reading Questions

For each of the following questions create responses in complete sentences and then cite the page number or numbers you found the evidence to support your answers. DO NOT quote the book to answer the questions. Interpret the book and answer in your own words.

Part 1: Edible Foundations of Civilization

1. Summarize the introduction.

2. What made maize attractive to man as a farming crop?

3. Explain how early civilization tied crops to their creation stories.

4. Describe the reasons for the shift from hunting and gathering to farming.

5. Analyze the statement that farming “has done more to change the world, and has had a great impact on the environment, than any other human activity,” using the book to support your answer. Think along terms of agree/disagree.

Part 2: Food and Social Structure

1. Describe how the stratification of society was made possible and how it transformed the nature of human existence.

2. Explain how powerful leaders emerged and how they ended up in control if the agricultural surplus and maintained power. Include three examples from the book.

3. How/in what ways was food used to reveal power structure in civilizations? Give specific examples from the book.

4. Explain how the modern world is still connected to food.

Part 3: Global Highways of Food

1. Analyze the impact of spices on trade, geography and the spread of religion.

2. Describe eth role that spices played with the plague.

3. Explain how spices influence European exploration and colonial empires, giving specific examples from the book.

Part 4: Food, Energy and Industrialization

1. Summarize the spread of sugar cane and its role in the world events.

2. Trace the role of the potato in society and its impact on population size, government and economic policies.

3. Discuss the impact of bio-fuels on farming and food costs as well as on the environment.

Part 5: Food as a Weapon

1. Describe the impact of food on the American Revolution and the French Army under Napoleon.

2. Analyze the role of food in the American Civil War up through World War II.

3. Analyze the impact of the Berlin Airlift on Cold War politics.

4. Compare the famines in the Soviet controlled Ukraine in the 1930’s and in China during the “Great Leap Forward”. How did the famine in the Ukraine influence the eventual fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?

Part 6: Food, Population and Development

1. Explain the importance of Nitrogen and Ammonia to agriculture.

2. What is the “Green Revolution”?

3. Analyze the impact of the Green Revolution on world economies and population.

4. Summarize the epilogue.

Overall Evaluation

1. What do you think of Standage’s approach to history? Is this a useful way to think about history?

2. Did you like this book? Why or why not?

Vocabulary Terms

|Aryans |Fertile Crescent |Monsoon Rain |Shaman |

|Babylonians |Hammurabi’s Code |Neolithic |Shang Dynasty |

|Bias |Harappa |Olmec |Social Mobility |

|Cataract (geographic definition) |Ideology |Oracle Bones |Sumerians |

|Chavin |Labor System |Paleolithic |Theocracy |

|City-State |Late Bronze Age |Papyrus |Tribute |

|Civilization |Law Code |Patriarchy |Vassal |

|Cultural Diffusion |Loess |Periodization |Xia Dynasty |

|Cuneiform |Mandate of Heaven |Pharaoh |Zhou Dynasty |

|Dynasty |Matrilineal |Pictograph | |

|Dynastic Cycle |Mesopotamia |Rosetta Stone | |

| |Mohenjo-Daro |Semitic | |

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MLA heading should only appear on the first page of your dialectical journal.

Pay close attention to the period and quotation marks, page number and the period. This example journal is in correct MLA format. “Quoted text from the novel” (only the number form the page, not p.#).

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