Humble ISD encourages high school students who are enrolled in Pre-AP, Advanced
Placement, and Dual Credit social studies courses to read over the summer to build a
historical foundation and content base from which students will draw to engage in
collegiate level studies throughout the course.
Summer Reading Goals
Humble ISD recognizes the importance of developing life-long reading habits in its students.
Primary Objectives of the HISD Summer Reading Program for AP & Dual-Credit Social Studies
 Reading for Exposure to Quality Writing and Content
 Reading to Promote Independent Reading, Inquiry, and Scholarship
 Reading to Develop and Maintain Necessary Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing Skills
Text Selections
Assignment/Activities
Assessment
Students are expected to read the assigned
book(s) determined by the campus instructor.
(See pages 2 & 3 of this handout)
Check campus/instructor website of materials
such as pre-reading activities, reading guides,
response questions and supplemental support.
During the first semester of school, students
may be given an assignment or assessment
directly related to their summer reading. The
type of assessment and grade will be
determined at the campus level.
Campus
Contact
Information
Atascocita HS
Humble HS
Kingwood HS
Kingwood Park HS
Summer Creek HS
TBD
Denise Kansas
Amanda Fontenot
Talya Bean
Britany Wheeler
Academic Lead Teacher
tbd@humble.k12.tx.us
Academic Lead Teacher
Denise.Kansas@humble.k12.tx.us
Academic Lead Teacher
Amanda.Fontenot@humble.k12.tx.us
Academic Lead Teacher
Talya.Bean@humble.k12.tx.us
Academic Lead Teacher
Britany.Wheeler@humble.k12.tx.us
QUEST ECHS CONTACT INFO: Kim Mouser - Academic Lead Teacher – Kimberly.Mouser@humble.k12.tx.us
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AP/ Dual-Credit
Course
AHS
Human
Geography &
Pre AP World
Geography
Why Geography Matters:
More Than Ever
by Harm de Blij
World
History
A History of the World in
Six Glasses
by Tom Standage
United
States
History
Portrait of America,
volume 1, 9th edition.
Selected Readings (see
campus/teacher website)
European
Hisory
How the Irish Saved
Civilization: The Untold
Story of Ireland’s Heroic
Role by Thomas Cahill
KHS
No Reading Assigned
No Reading Assigned
The Birth of America:
From Before
Columbus to the
Revolution by William
R. Polk
No Reading Assigned
SCHS
No Reading Assigned
Guns, Germs, and Steel:
The Fates of Human
Societies
by Jared M. Diamond
HHS, KPHS and
Quest ECHS
No Reading Assigned
No Reading Assigned
1491: New Revelations of
the Americas Before
Columbus
by Charles C. Mann and/or
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
No Reading Assigned
No Reading Assigned
No Reading Assigned
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AP/ Dual-Credit
Course
United
States
Government
AHS
AP U.S. Government and
Politics Crash Course
by Larry Krieger
Also read & review the
Declaration of
Independence & the
United States
Constitution.
Economics
The Everything Economics
Book: From theory to
practice, your complete
guide to understanding
economics today.
by David A. Mayer
Psychology
50 Great Myths of Popular
Psychology: Shattering
Widespread
Misconceptions about
Human Behavior by Scott
Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn,
John Ruscio & Barry L.
Beyerstein
HHS, KPHS and
KHS
SCHS
On Democracy by
Robert A. Dahl
5 Steps to a 5 AP US
Government and Politics
by Pamela Lamb
No Reading Assigned
No Reading Assigned
No Reading Assigned
5 Steps to a 5 AP Psychology
by Laura Maitland
No Reading Assigned
No Reading Assigned
No Reading Assigned
Quest ECHS
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