Advanced Placement Human Geography Student Choice Literacy Project Semester Two Introduction: This course includes a literacy-based assignment that requires students to select and read a book related to this course and complete a few requirements based on the reading. The score from this project will be a significant grade in the 4th marking period of this class. Rationale for Assignment: This project is designed to encourage student-selected reading, develop reading comprehension and writing skills and to expand student vocabulary. By allowing student choice of the book for this assignment- students can select a genre or topic that most interests them. Each component of the assignment is intended to develop literacy skills that students can utilize in either the workforce or in higher education. Time management skills are also included in this assignment. Literacy Project Components: This project has 4 primary components- each will be discussed in more detail. 1. Selection of Book for Project 2. Calendar for completion 3. Reading Journal 4. Assessment Portfolio 1. Selection of Book for Project Each student will be given the opportunity to self-select a book to read for the project that they have never read before. Books can be fiction or non-fiction but must be either centered on one of the chapters in our course or generally related to Human Geography. I will provide a book list of some ideas, however, students DO NOT have to select from that list. Students must complete the Book Selection Sheet prior to completing the rest of the assignment. Failure to complete the Book Selection Sheet will result in a zero given for the entire Literacy Project. Curriculum Units: Semester One Chapter 1: Thinking Geographically Chapter 2: Population and Health Chapter 3: Migration Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture Chapter 5: Languages Chapter 6: Religion Chapter 7: Ethnicities Book Selection Sheet: Due by Wednesday, January 28th. Semester Two Chapter 8: Political Geography Chapter 9: Development Chapter 10: Food and Agriculture Chapter 11: Industry and Manufacturing Chapter 12: Services and Settlements Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2. Project Calendar Use the calendars that are included to map out the completion of your project. Your calendar must include the following: o Your due dates for two separate journal checks (more info. below) o Chapter numbers or page numbers required for each journal check o Project Calendar is due by Monday, February 9th. 3. Reading Journal Each student must independently complete a reading journal for their selected book. The Reading Journal will also be a part of the Assessment Portfolio. The Reading Journal should be completed as students read their book and provides an opportunity for student reflection as they read. The Reading Journal does not need to be typed and can be hand-written. A journal document will be shared with each student via email- students can type in the document or print it out and write the journal. The Reading Journal will be a two-column log with basic information provided at the top, a brief summary on the left and reflection on the right. It should look something like this: Date: ______________ Summary Chapter Title: _______________ Pages: _______ Reflection Students must write at least 5 journal entries throughout the entire book OR after each time they read OR after each chapter (nothing less than 5 entries). Summary Section: Should be brief (about 1 paragraph that includes 5-7 sentences) and written in complete sentences. What happened? Reflection Section: This section should include a 1) discussion on how the particular section of the book specifically relates our APHUG curriculum (look at the list of chapters above) and related terms and models (you may have to use your inference skills … read between the lines) AND 2) a variety of statements regarding your impressions about characters, events, setting, etc. This isn’t a summary of what happened… it is your thoughts about what is happening, your likes/ dislikes, predictions, and observations. I have provided some writing prompts for you to consider if you get stuck on the reflection section (you do not need to address all of these). I really don’t understand… I really like/ dislike… This character or event reminds me of… This character reminds me of myself because… I think this setting is important because… This scene reminds me of… This part is realistic/ unrealistic because… I think the relationship between ___ and ___ is interested because… This event seems really significant to the book because… If I were ____ at this point, I would… I love the way… I can’t believe… I wonder why… I noticed…. I’m not sure… I felt sad/ happy/ excited/ etc when… I was surprised… I predict…. The quote on page ___ …. Did any characters change in the story? If so, how are they different? What changed them? What effect does the setting have on the overall impact of this selection? The author uses the character of … to teach us that… The Reading Journal will be checked periodically throughout the project and then formally assessed as a part of the portfolio. Checks are only to demonstrate progress- full credit will be given as long as a journal is available for review. Reading Journal Checks: You select two dates and put them on your calendar. It is your responsibility to have your journal here and completed on the due date for my signature. The 2nd journal check cannot be scheduled any later than Wednesday, March 11th. For each journal check, indicate on the calendar what pages or chapters you will have finished at that point. 4. Assessment Portfolio The Assessment Portfolio is the final component of the Literacy Project to be completed after finishing the book and the reading journal. The portfolio should be organized in the following order: 1. Title Page (includes your name, Title of Book and Author) 2. Completed Book Selection Sheet (signed for approval at bottom) 3. Completed Project Calendar with two signed journal checks 4. Completed Reading Journal for the book 5. In-Class Writing Reflection (will be included in your portfolio upon completion of our Book Club style discussion starting on Monday, June 2nd. 6. Student Signature Page (attached; this is required. Projects will not be graded without this included in the portfolio) 7. Grading Sheet (attached) The Literacy portfolio is due in class on Wednesday, April 1st. The late-policy applies to this project so ½ credit will be given for any project turned in after this date. AP Human Geography Book List 2014-2015 1. GEOGRAPHY: ITS NATURE & PERSPECTIVES How to lie with Maps (Mark Monmonier) Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time (Dava Sobel, Neil Armstrong (Foreword)) Off the Map: The Curious Histories of Place-Names (Derek Nelson) On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks (Simon Garfield) Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places (John R. Stilgoe) The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape (James Howard Kunstler) The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Simon Winchester) The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate (Robert D. Kaplan) Why Geography Matters? (Harm De Blij) You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination (Katharine Harmon) 2. POPULATION All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty (P.J. O'Rourke) Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (David P. Clark) Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going (Marvin Harris) The Population Bomb (Paul R. Ehrlich) 3. CULTURAL PATTERNS, PROCESSES, & ETHNICITY Examining Culture, Sports, Religion, Ethnicity: Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture (Marvin Harris) Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress (Lawrence E. Harrison, Samuel P. Huntington) Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World (Benjamin R. Barber, Andrea Schulz) The World's Most Dangerous Places (Robert Young Pelton) The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do (Clotaire Rapaille) Strangers and Neighbors: What I Have Learned About Christianity by Living Among Orthodox Jews (Maria Poggi Johnson) How Soccer Explains the World (Franklin Foer) A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (S. Power) Africa: 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa (Stephanie Nolan) A Long Way Gone- Ishmael Beah (child soldiers) Blood Diamonds (Greg Campbell) Chain of Fire (B. Naidoo) (South Africa) Conversations with Myself (N. Mandela) Cry, The Beloved Country (Alan Paton) (South Africa) Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival (Jen Marlowe) Escape from Slavery (Francis Bok) God Grew Tired of Us (J. Dau) Green Hills of Africa (Ernest Hemingway) (East Africa) Half of a Yellow Sun - (C. Ngozi Adichie) (Nigeria) Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of scandal, love and death in the Congo (Dave Donelson) House of Stone: The true story of a family divided in war-torn Zimbabwe (Christina Lamb) Infidel (Aayan Ali) (Somalia) Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone (Martin Dugard) Kaffir Boy (Mark Mathabane) (South Africa) King Leopold’s Ghost (Adam Hochschild) (Congo) Little Bee (Chris Cleave) (Nigeria) Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela) Mandela: The Authorized Biography (A. Sampson) Miriam’s Song (Miriam Mathabane) (South Africa) Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa (Peter Godwin) (Zimbabwe) Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village (Sarah Erdman) (Ivory Coast) Out of Bounds (B. Naidoo) (South Africa) Running with the Kenyans (A. Finn) Say You’re One of Them (Uwem Akpan) (short stories) Sizwe’s Test: A young man’s journey through Africa’s AIDS Epidemic (Jonny Steinberg) The Calling of Katie Makanya: A Memoir of South Africa (Margaret McCord) The Dark Child (Camara Laye) (memoir from French Guinea) The House at Sugar Beach (Helene Cooper) (Liberia) The Poisonwood Bible (B. Kingsolver) (missionaries) The Translator (Daoud Hari) (Sudan) They Poured Fire on us from the Sky - (B. Deng, Deng, B. Ajak) * (Sudan) Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) (Nigeria) Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The story of an African Childhood- Robyn Scott (Botswana) We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda (P. Gourevitch) (Rwanda) What is What (Dave Eggars) (Sudan) When a Crocodile Eats the Sun (Peter Godwin) (Zimbabwe) Where we have Hope: A memoir of Zimbabwe (Andrew Meldrum) Middle East: A Bottle in the Gaza Strip- Valerie Zenatti A Lake Beyond the Wind- Y. Yakhlif (Palestine) A Stone in My Hand- Cathryn Clinton (Palestine) A Tale of Love and Darkness- Amos Oz (Israel) Children of Israel, Children of Palestine- Laurel Holliday Daughter of Iraq: Mayada- J. Sasson Dawn and Dusk- Alice Mead (Iran-Iraq War) Figs and Fate: Stories about growing up in the Arab WorldElsa Marston Finding Nouf- Zoe Farraris (Saudi Arabia) Forgotton Fire- Adam Bagdasarian (Armenian genocide) Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19 year-old GI- Ryan Smithson (Iraq War) Guests of the Sheik- E. Fernea I am Nujood- N. Ali (Yemen) In the Name of God- Paula Jolin (Syria) Kiss the Dust- Elizabeth Laird (Kurds) Muhammad- Martin Lings Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic WomenGeraldine Brooks Palestine- Joe Sacco (graphic novel) Persepolis- Marjane Satrapi (Iran- graphic novel) Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia (Jean Sasson) Reading Lolita in Tehran- Azar Nafisi Santa Clause in Baghdad: Teens in the Arab World- E. Marston Sterling Point Books: Alexander the Great- John Gunther Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in occupied PalestineRaja Shehadeh Sunrise over Fallujah- Walter Dean Myers (Iraq War) Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood- I. Barakat The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East- S. Tolan The Road to Mecca (Muhammad Asad) The Sandcastle Girls- C. Bohjalian (Armenian genocide) Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq- Thura al-Windawi When I was a soldier: A Memoir- Valerie Zenatti (female Israeli soldier) South Asia : A Fine Balance- Rohinton Mistry (India) A Passage to India- E.M. Forster A Thousand Splendid Suns- K.Hosseini (Afghan) Ask Me No Questions- Marina Tamar Budhos (Bangladesh) Behind the Beautiful Forever-K. Boo Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan (Jamie Zeppa) Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan- Ali Eteraz Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a childhood in IndiaMadhur Jaffrey Climbing the Stairs- Padma Venkatraman (India) Cracking India: A Novel- Bapsi Sidhwa Cutting for Stone- Abraham Vergehese (Ethiopia & India) Gandhi: An Autobiography- M. Gandhi In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India- Edward Luce Keeping Corner- Kashmiri Sheth (India) Shiva’s Fire- Suzanne Fisher Staples (India) Siddhartha- Hermann Hesse (Buddhism) Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan- Robert Kaplan Taj: A Story of Mughal India- Timeri Murari The Bookseller of Kabul (Asne Seierstad) The Forever War- Dexter Filkins (Iraq & Afghan) The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini (Afghan) The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan’s Lawless FrontierImtiaz Gul The Space Between Us- Thrity Umriqar (India) The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan (Christina Lamb) Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time (Greg Mortenson) (Pakistan) To Live or To Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan- Nicholas Schmidle Under the Persimmon Tree- S. Staples (Afghan) In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson) (Australia) East Asia : 36 Views of Mount Fuji (Cathy Davidson) American Born Chinese- G. Yang (graphic novel) Bitter Winds: A Memoir of my years in China’s Gulag- Harry Wu China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power (Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn) Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West (T.R. Reid) For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History (Sarah Rose) Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard- Fan Shen Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden Mao’s Last Dancer- Cunxin Li (male character) Oracle Bones: A Journey through Time in China- Peter Hessler Peony in Love- Lisa See Red Scarf Girl- Ji-Li Jiang (Cultural Revolution) Revolution is not a dinner party- Ying Chang Compestine (Cultural Revolution) Shanghai Girls- Lisa See Snowflower and the Secret Fan- Lisa See The Good Earth- Pearl Buck The Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan The Tao of Pooh- Benjamin Hoff * (Taoism) Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China- Xiao Di Zhu Ties that Bind, Ties that Break- L. Namioka Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China- Jung Chang Other regions: Blue Highways (William Least Heat Moon) Ciao, America! (Beppe Severignini) How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed (Slavenka Draculic) States of Mind: A Search for Faith, Hope, Inspiration, Harmony, Unity, Friendship, Love, Pride, Wisdom, Honor, Comfort, Joy, Bliss, Freedom, Justice, Glory, Triumph (Brad Herzog) The Tribes of America: Journalistic Discoveries of Our People and Their Cultures (Paul Cowan) Travels With Charley: In Search of America (John Steinbeck) 4. POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF SPACE A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Jared Diamond) Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World (Immanuel Wallerstein) Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond) How the States Got Their Shapes (Mark Stein) How the States Got Their Shapes Too: The People Behind the Borderlines (Mark Stein) Kiss the Dust (Elizabeth Laird) Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East (R. Khalidi) The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (Samuel P. Huntington) The End of History (Francis Fukuyama) The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century (Charles A. Kupchan) The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Fareed Zakaria) World System Analysis: An Introduction (Immanuel Wallerstein) 5. AGRICULTURAL & RURAL LAND USE A History of the World in Six Glasses (Tom Standage) Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Marc Reisner) Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad (Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller) Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey) Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (Janisse Ray) Fast Food Nation: the Dark Side of the All American Meal (Eric Schlosser) Garbage Land: On The Secret Trail of Trash (Elizabeth Royte) Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage (Heather Rogers) The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey, Douglas Brinkley) The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Michael Pollan) The World Without Us (Alan Weisman) Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst (Diane Raines) Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource (Marq de Villiers) 6. INDUSTRIALIZATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS Bobos in Paradise (David Brooks) Capital (Karl Marx) Development As Freedom (Amartya Sen) The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Jeffrey Sachs) Nickle and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich) Runaway World: How Globalisation Is Reshaping Our Lives (Anthony Giddens) Globalization and Its Discontents (Joseph Stieglitz) Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of Florida's Panhandle (Kathryn Ziewitz, June Wiaz) Hot, Flat, and Crowded (Thomas Friedman) In Defense of Globalization (Jagdish N Bhagwati) Myths of Rich & Poor: Why We're Better Off Than We Think (W. Michael Cox, Richard Alm) The Lexus and the Olive Tree (Thomas Friedman) The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (David S. Landes) The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith) The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Thomas L. Friedman) The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? (Jared Diamond) 7. CITIES & URBAN LAND USE Geography Of Nowhere: The Rise And Decline of America's ManMade Landscape (James Howard Kunstler) Edge City: Life on the New Frontier (Joel Garreau) How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken (Alex Marshall) Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream (Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck) A Field Guide to Sprawl (Dolores Hayden) Sprawl Kills: How Blandburbs Steal Your Time, Health and Money (Joel S. Hirschhorn) A History of Future Cities (D. Brooks) 8. MISCELLANEOUS APHUG 100 Things to Do Before You Die: Travel Events You Just Can't Miss (Dave Freeman, Neil Teplica) A Walk Across America (Peter Jenkins) Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Piers Paul Read) Boonville: A Novel (Robert Mailer Anderson) Into the Wild (JON KRAKAUER) Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (S. Levitt and S. Dubner) Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (JON KRAKAUER) Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment (James Gustave Speth) The City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau) The Devil's Highway (Luis Alberto Urrea) The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy (Robert Kaplan) The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold (GRETEL EHRLICH) The Hot Zone (Richard Preston) The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (Spencer Wells, Mark Read) The People of Sparks (Jeanne DuPrau) The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor (KEN SILVERSTEIN) The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven (James Wasserman) The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (Jared Diamond) The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People (Jonathan Schell) Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World (Eric Foner) Other????????????? Advanced Placement Human Geography Literacy Project Book Selection Sheet Due: Wednesday, January 28th Student Name: _________________________________________________________ Book Information: Title of Book: ________________________________________________________ Author(s): ___________________________________________________________ Year of Copyright: _________ Summary of Book- include a brief paragraph explaining the book. This can be found on the inside or back cover of the book or by using a book review from Amazon.com, etc. Reader Information: 1. Why did you pick this book? 2. How is this book related to a regional unit in this course? 3. What background knowledge do you already have on this topic? To Be Signed by Mr. Reidy: Book is approved: __________________________ Date: ________ Advanced Placement Human Geography Literacy Project Student Signature Page This page is required in the Portfolio. Student Name: ______________________________________________________ Book Title: _________________________________________________________ I have read the entire book (listed above) required for this Literacy Project. I have completed- independently and individually, all the components of this Project. I have not plagiarized material from another student or source in the completion of this Project. I have not provided my materials to another student for them to use in the completion of their Project. I am aware that a zero will be given to any parts of this Project that has been plagiarized or to any student who provides materials to another student for their project completion. I have read and agree to the above statements. Student Signature: __________________________________ Date: ________________ APHUG Literacy Project Grading Sheet Student Name: _________________________________ Your Score Completed by 1/28 Project Calendarcompleted/ signed Reading Journal Assessment #1 (beginning of book) Journal Check#1 Journal Check#2 10 15 Reading Journal Assessment #2 (beginning/middle of book) Reading Journal Assessment #3 (middle of book) Reading Journal Assessment #4 (middle/end of book) Reading Journal Assessment #5 (end of book) In-Class Writing Reflection Student Signature Page Portfolio Presentation Completed after 1/28 (1/2 credit) Total Points Book Selection Sheet Completed journal for entire section Format of journal is correct Summaries are descriptive and written in complete sentences Student reflection is evident: o At least 2 question stems were used in entry o At least 2 thoughtful and specific connections were made to APHUG curriculum (highlight) Completed journal for entire section Format of journal is correct Summaries are descriptive and written in complete sentences Student reflection is evident: o At least 2 question stems were used in entry o At least 2 thoughtful and specific connections were made to APHUG curriculum (highlight) Completed journal for entire section Format of journal is correct Summaries are descriptive and written in complete sentences Student reflection is evident: o At least 2 question stems were used in entry o At least 2 thoughtful and specific connections were made to APHUG curriculum (highlight) Completed journal for entire section Format of journal is correct Summaries are descriptive and written in complete sentences Student reflection is evident: o At least 2 question stems were used in entry o At least 2 thoughtful and specific connections were made to APHUG curriculum (highlight) Completed journal for entire section Format of journal is correct Summaries are descriptive and written in complete sentences Student reflection is evident: o At least 2 question stems were used in entry o At least 2 thoughtful and specific connections were made to APHUG curriculum (highlight) Writing provides evidence of specific details, depth of knowledge from chosen text, and a variety of APHUG curricular connections. Projects will not be given a final grade without this page included Components are typed in correct format Portfolio includes title page and book selection sheet Spelling and grammar are correct Portfolio is 3-hole punched, neat, and stapled 5 15 15 15 15 15 10 Total Score: ________/ 115