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AP World History
Summer Assignment 2012
Ms. Chardon, Room 14
Summer contact: schardon@caribbeanschool.org, lcda.chardon@yahoo.com

This assignment must be completed, and turned in on August 13,2012.

1. Purchase, and read, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--and Why They Fall by Amy Chua (2009)

ISBN-10: 9781400077410 – Available in hardcover,paperback, and Kindle
* I have seen this for $1.96 on Amazon used books. You may read any of the above versions.

2. As you read the preface, introduction and each chapter, you are to keep aCornell-style notebook.

A. On the left side of the notebook, you are to take reading notes on each chapter. For each chapter, these must include: the main ideas of each chapter, specifics ontolerance, specifics on requirements, specifics on survival, rise issues, and fall issues.
B. On the right side, you are to write your thoughts about what you are reading, in context to history andgeography, and you are to write the key vocabulary words (with definitions), and the key people in each chapter ( with an brief explanation of who they are). For the right side, you will need to create aspecific pattern that you want to follow as you read each chapter.

Cornell-style Notes:

Chapter 1: The First HegemonYour reading notes will go on these pages. You should have theone or two main ideas of each chapter, specifics on tolerance, specifics on requirements, specifics on survival, rise issues, and fall issues. This is NOT a conclusive list of all that you will needhere. | Thoughts and Reflections on Ch. 1: 1. Your thoughts based on the context of world history and geography. 2. Vocabulary with definitions 3. Key individuals with explanations 4. Handdrawn mini-maps (As needed) |

3. Once you have finished reading the book, and taking your reading notes, you are to go back and answer the following questions in your notebook on the pages that...