Summer Reading Assignment

Senior Reading List Read THREE books total.

1. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

2. Choose one of these two works of fiction:
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, OR
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

3. Choose one of these two works of fiction:
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, OR
Forty-Seven Ronin by John Allyn


Assignment:
Select a book from each number under the appropriate grade level.
Reading Log: Every 1-3 chapters write a reflection in your composition notebook journal. Reflections should be around 1-3 pages and should address the following questions:

o What is going on in this chapter(s)?
o What issues and/or conflicts are presented in this chapter(s)book?
o What questions do I have?
o Make a personal connection to what you have read thus far.

Summer Reading

Hey Class of 2010: You better get on the ball with the summer reading! September is 6 weeks away!
Read ONE book from EACH list:

Please choose one book from this list:

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Faith of my Fathers by John McCain

Why Courage Matters by John McCain

_______________________________________
AND
Please choose one book from this list:

Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter by James S. Hirsch

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Clayborne Carson

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Bantam Classics) by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley

Profiles in Courage (Perennial Classics) by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Adams by David McCullough

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis

Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose

Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War by Jeff Shaara

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

Summer Reading

Please choose one book from this list:

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Faith of my Fathers by John McCain

Why Courage Matters by John McCain

______________________________________________________________________________

Please choose one book from this list:

Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter by James S. Hirsch

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Clayborne Carson

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Bantam Classics) by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley

Profiles in Courage (Perennial Classics) by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Adams by David McCullough

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis

Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose

Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War by Jeff Shaara

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

American Landmarks

Browse all of the buildings listed on the website and choose one that you love or hate.
http://www.favoritearchitecture.org/

After choosing one building that they love or hate from the list, students will research the historical significance and style of their building:
• http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~twp/architecture/
• http://www.greatbuildings.com/


Choose whether the building should be included, excluded, moved up, or moved down on the list of “America’s Favorite Architecture.”

Alternate: Pick your choice for number one and write a defense as to why your building is the “Quintessential American Landmark”.

Service Learning: May 27-May 30

1. REFLECT on your INDEPENDENT service experience. BLOG about how you were changed by the experience (ideas, stereotypes), and what you did to help change the situation. Papers showing completion of 15 hrs are due to Ms. Klose by Fri. May 30th.

2. PLAN for extended (90 minute) service meetings on Wed. May 28 and Thurs. June 5th. Any research, links, pictures, diagrams, information should also be posted to your blog.

3. Catch up on all/any missing blog posts. Make sure your reflections are complete and professional.

4. PLAN for next year's service learning. Brainstorm ideas to share with your group.

Some IDEAS for Extended Service Time:

Africa Group: Contact the NCC about possibility of another event like the awareness week they did last summer: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/PressRoom/PressReleases/2007_06_28_17784.shtml

Contact/trip to African American Museum to discuss possible partnership in raising money and awareness for Darfur.

Community Giving: Contact about tour, partnership, other opportunities for helping area children.
Children's Aid Society
Address: 1315 Walnut St., Suite 1004 Phone: (215) 546-2990
Children's Service, Inc.
Address: 1315 Walnut St., 3rd Fl., Philadelphia, PA, 19107 Phone: (215) 546-3503

Childhood Cancer- go to McCall or another outdoor area and assess, fact-find for planning if it would be a good place to have a fundraiser/fair in the fall.

Fundred:Contact Ballard Spahr about visiting their print shop and possibility of assisting with printing of Fundred materials. Contact printers and visit with presentation re; donations. Marathon, 215 238 1100, 9 N. 3rd Street;
Sir Speedy printers (215) 627-2777, 47 N 8th Street

Garden- Take the bus down to the Lowe's on Delaware Ave and price soil, containers, plants, and other materials. Go back to NCC and make detailed sketches.

Homelessness: Contact The Employment Project ( Leona Smith, 246 Arch Street, Phone: 215-923-1694) about meeting with her and finding out about the program. Take a trip to one of the shelters you have researched. Take a trip to Kmart and price the cost of creating a care package, and talk to Kmart management about discounts.

Language/Seniors: Plan a trip to St George's retirement home.
Contact the Rittenhouse Care Center re: trip, partnership: 1526 Lombard St
Philadelphia, PA 19106, (215) 735-0243

Library: Trip to Central Branch. Trip to Borders (Broad and Chestnut) to price and find high interest books. Trip to Independence branch. Work on projects at school library.

Nutrition: Walk up to the Superfresh at 5th and Locust. Price a variety of items (fruit, veggies, lunchmeat, bread, milk, junk food). Ask the manager why food prices have gone up, why fresh fruit is more expensive than junk food, why organic is 2x more expensive than conventional fruit. Determine the cost of healthily feeding a family of four for one week.

PSA/NHD: Contact Masterman HS about collaboration/sharing tips for successful NHD projects. Trip to the National Archives for tips for planning projects.

Pollution/Silent Killers: Contact Bureau of Consumer Protection--Philadelphia Branch about a tour/discussion.
Address: 21 S. 12th St., 2nd Fl., Philadelphia, PA, 19107 Phone: (215) 560-2414
OR
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Address: 701 Market St., Philadelphia, PA, 19106 Phone: (215) 597-9105

Recycling: Visit a recycling center. Take a trip to one of the community groups dedicated to improving air/water/recyling efforts, listed at http://www.cleanair.org/recyclingalliance/about_us.html

School Store: Take a trip to Kmart to brainstorm and price items for the school store. Contact local businesses about partnerships.

Tutoring: Contact Center for Literacy re: a tour and scheduling tutor training.
Center City/South
1315 Walnut St.
15th Floor
Contact: Scott Bostwick
Session 1: Tues. June 10
215-683-1563

Service Learning: May 27-May 30

1. REFLECT on your INDEPENDENT service experience. BLOG about how you were changed by the experience (ideas, stereotypes), and what you did to help change the situation. Papers showing completion of 15 hrs are due to Ms. Klose by Fri. May 30th.

2. PLAN for extended (90 minute) service meetings on Wed. May 28 and Thurs. June 5th. Any research, links, pictures, diagrams, information should also be posted to your blog.

3. Catch up on all/any missing blog posts. Make sure your reflections are complete and professional.

4. PLAN for next year's service learning. Brainstorm ideas to share with your group.

Some IDEAS for Extended Service Time:

Africa Group: Contact the NCC about possibility of another event like the awareness week they did last summer: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/PressRoom/PressReleases/2007_06_28_17784.shtml

Contact/trip to African American Museum to discuss possible partnership in raising money and awareness for Darfur.

Community Giving: Contact about tour, partnership, other opportunities for helping area children.
Children's Aid Society
Address: 1315 Walnut St., Suite 1004 Phone: (215) 546-2990
Children's Service, Inc.
Address: 1315 Walnut St., 3rd Fl., Philadelphia, PA, 19107 Phone: (215) 546-3503

Childhood Cancer- go to McCall or another outdoor area and assess, fact-find for planning if it would be a good place to have a fundraiser/fair in the fall.

Fundred:Contact Ballard Spahr about visiting their print shop and possibility of assisting with printing of Fundred materials. Contact printers and visit with presentation re; donations. Marathon, 215 238 1100, 9 N. 3rd Street;
Sir Speedy printers (215) 627-2777, 47 N 8th Street

Garden- Take the bus down to the Lowe's on Delaware Ave and price soil, containers, plants, and other materials. Go back to NCC and make detailed sketches.

Homelessness: Contact The Employment Project ( Leona Smith, 246 Arch Street, Phone: 215-923-1694) about meeting with her and finding out about the program. Take a trip to one of the shelters you have researched. Take a trip to Kmart and price the cost of creating a care package, and talk to Kmart management about discounts.

Language/Seniors: Plan a trip to St George's retirement home.
Contact the Rittenhouse Care Center re: trip, partnership: 1526 Lombard St
Philadelphia, PA 19106, (215) 735-0243

Library: Trip to Central Branch. Trip to Borders (Broad and Chestnut) to price and find high interest books. Trip to Independence branch. Work on projects at school library.

Nutrition: Walk up to the Superfresh at 5th and Locust. Price a variety of items (fruit, veggies, lunchmeat, bread, milk, junk food). Ask the manager why food prices have gone up, why fresh fruit is more expensive than junk food, why organic is 2x more expensive than conventional fruit. Determine the cost of healthily feeding a family of four for one week.

PSA/NHD: Contact Masterman HS about collaboration/sharing tips for successful NHD projects. Trip to the National Archives for tips for planning projects.

Pollution/Silent Killers: Contact Bureau of Consumer Protection--Philadelphia Branch about a tour/discussion.
Address: 21 S. 12th St., 2nd Fl., Philadelphia, PA, 19107 Phone: (215) 560-2414
OR
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Address: 701 Market St., Philadelphia, PA, 19106 Phone: (215) 597-9105

Recycling: Visit a recycling center. Take a trip to one of the community groups dedicated to improving air/water/recyling efforts, listed at http://www.cleanair.org/recyclingalliance/about_us.html

School Store: Take a trip to Kmart to brainstorm and price items for the school store. Contact local businesses about partnerships.

Tutoring: Contact Center for Literacy re: a tour and scheduling tutor training.
Center City/South
1315 Walnut St.
15th Floor
Contact: Scott Bostwick
Session 1: Tues. June 10
215-683-1563

Service Learning: May 19 - May 23

1. Provide a thorough reflection of Thursday May 15 meeting, including any research and planning that you are responsible for.

A. Describe three moments of frustration, indecision, success, doubt, realization that have happened during your meeting, and how you dealt with these emotions.

B. Through service learning I have learned the following about the issue of:

C. How have your values or stereotypes been changed through this experience?

D. Through service learning I have learned the following about myself:

2. MAKE-UP any missing blogs.
Service learning will be CANCELED this week and made up the first week of June. Use this time for make up work.

If you were absent or do NOT have notes on a specific week, you must do the make-up assignment posted below. This is a double credit make-up, and requires reading and 4 paragraphs of reflection.

Make-Up Assignment May 19-23 (double credit):

Write a thorough (at least 4 paragraph) reflection/response to Fareed Zakaria's article "The Rise of the Rest: Living in the Post-American World"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135380

First paragraph: What examples does he provide that show the rest of the world is rising above America?

Second paragraph: What are the positive outcomes of the rest of the world rising out of poverty?

Third paragraph: What is globalization and how can it positively and negatively affect American economic and social life?

Fourth paragraph: your own opinions, ideas, and thoughts about the essay.