Don Bosco Preparatory High School
2012 – 2013 AP Summer Reading & Assignments
AP Biology ~ Mrs. Glassen
Required Textbooks: Campbell’s Biology, 8th Edition by Neil A. Campbell and Jane
B. Reece, HARDCOVER, ISBN-13:9780321543257. This book may be purchased from
amazon.com for $43.90 used. There are presently 116 used copies available, but please do not wait to
purchase this book as it is very popular. Barnes and Nobles also has copies of the book available for
$53.95.
Required Practicing Biology: A Student Workbook: Biology Eighth Edition by Jean
Heitz and Cynthia Giffen, Edition 3 by Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece. This
workbook is also available new from Barnes and Nobles for $16.10 or used for $4.97.
Important Note: Please purchase all of the materials you need in the beginning of
summer. Do not wait until the week before we return as the items may no longer be
available.
Assignment: Your summer assignment will be to read the first 10 Chapters of the book.
Please outline all information to familiarize yourself with the building blocks of the
scientific method, biochemistry, and cell biology. You will submit your outlines on the
second day we return to school and they will be graded as a test, based on thoroughness,
neatness, and competency. You may type them or write neatly in a notebook. Refer to
the Double Entry Notebook Method (sometimes referred to as the Cornell University
Notebook Method) if you would like an example. Also, please expect an assessment to
be associated with the overall concepts contained within these chapters during the first
week back.
Our academic year will concentrate on chapters ten (10) through fifty five (55).
Additionally, there are twelve (12) laboratory studies. As you can see, it is a full agenda
and necessitates a summer assignment of this type.
As also, I am here to ensure your success in mastering the materials discussed in class. I
am available to you at any time. If you feel overwhelmed, are having trouble with any of
the material, or cannot locate one of the texts, please contact me so I can work with you
to resolve any issues…ejudd@donboscoprep.org.
I wish you all a blessed and peaceful summer, but please remain diligent in staying on top
of your assigned work. Waiting until this last minute only causes unwanted stress.
AP Calculus AB ~ Ms. Bylicki
"Calculus of a Single Variable" by: Larson, Hostetler and Edwards
Please refer to the link 2012 Calculus _All levels _ Summer
Assignment.doc listed under “Academics – Juniors/Seniors” link on the
DBP website to access the 2012 AP Calculus Summer Assignment.
AP Calculus BC ~ Mr. Campbell
"Calculus of a Single Variable" by: Larson, Hostetler and Edwards
Please refer to the link 2012 Calculus _All levels _ Summer
Assignment.doc listed under “Academics – Juniors/Seniors” link on the
DBP website to access the 2012 AP Calculus Summer Assignment.
AP Chemistry ~Mr. Kilduff
Text: Chemistry 8th Edition, by Zumdahl and Zumdahl
Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2012
ISBN 9781111577346
This will be due on Monday, 9/17/2012 and count as an exam grade for the
first quarter.
Please contact Mrs. Saglimbene in the book store with any questions about
purchasing the text.
Show work, please. Answers are at the end of the text so you can check.
 Read Chapter 1 and do Exercises 29-81, odds
 Read Chapter 2 and take notes on Sections 2.1-2.5; do Exercises 3979, odds, 90, 91 and 92.
 Read Chapter 3 and do Exercises 33-69, odds.
If there are any questions during the summer, please email me at school:
kkilduff@donboscoprep.org
AP English Language ~Mrs. Byrne
Students will read T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, a fictionalized
story of the Arthurian legend and one of the best fantasy classics of all time.
In lieu of a summer journal, students will have two discussion prompts
online under the AP English Language class page by July 1st. Students are
required to submit well developed essays providing specific examples and
direct citations to support your position on the first day of regular classes.
The novel as a whole should be finished and will be discussed in late
September during the Medieval period and an assignment will be given at
that time.
In addition, students are to read the New York Times “Week in Review”
section provide a one-two page response on five articles from those
sections. The articles must be from different weeks and be typed in MLA
format. Your response should include the author's position within the article
as well as your response to that particular position. In your development,
please utilize the text as support for your response. This is not meant to be a
summary of the article, but your response to the article. Please attach the
articles to your responses. These responses will be due the first full day of
class
Please check the AP English Language (Mrs. Byrne) class page for the
monthly discussion prompts. If you have any questions, please e-mail Mrs.
Byrne at kbyrne@donboscoprep.org.
AP English Literature ~ Mr. O’Connor
In addition to the assignment on Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid
Suns, please read newspapers (New York Times, Bergen Record, Wall Street
Journal) and articles from various weekly/monthly magazines regularly
(Time, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, The
Economist, Atlantic Monthly, Popular Science, America). Each week, one
long newspaper or magazine article of national or international significance
should be cut out from these publications, and you should write a 1paragraph summary and 1-paragraph opinion for each article. You should
have eight articles in total (one per week for eight weeks). Please keep all of
the articles neatly in chronological order in a folder to be submitted in
September.
AP European History ~ Mr. Finn
There is no summer assignment for this course. If you should have any
questions about the course, please contact Mr. Finn via email
jfinn@donboscoprep.org
AP Physics ~Mr. Montagnino
Please refer to the link AP_Physics_Sunmmer_2012_Assignment. DOC
listed under “Academics” on the DBP main website to access the 2012 AP
Physics Summer Assignment.
AP Psychology ~ Mrs. Hollenbaugh
The Lucifer Effect, by Philip Zimbardo
ASSIGNMENT: After reading The Lucifer Effect, students may wish to “tour" the
Holocaust Museum online at http://www.ushmm.org/ (or visit the museum in person)
before answering the following questions.
All students must answer question A:
A. Do you believe that Zimbardo is correct when he asserts that social psychological
factors such as: obedience, conformity, groupthink, etc., caused the German populace to
commit such heinous acts against the Jews and other groups? Please defend your answer
in one full page (minimum).
B. Please select ONE of the topics to address below in 2 pages (minimum). You may
need to use the internet for additional information.
1. Zimbardo says the following about evil, "Evil consists in intentionally behaving in
ways that harm, abuse, demean, dehumanize, or destroy innocent others - or using one's
authority and systemic power to encourage or permit others to do so on your behalf. In
other words, 'knowing better, but doing worse'."
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Brainstorm some examples of evil in the world. What factors allow that evil to
occur/exist?
Discuss: what are they personally doing that's evil? (what choices are they
making that harm others?)
Discuss: who are the "innocent others"?
Discuss: if it is considered "normal" by mainstream society, is it still evil?
Identify and evaluate actions or traditions that were at one time considered
"normal," but that most of us would consider evil today. What about
actions/traditions considered normal today… do they meet the definition of evil?
If so, if it's considered "normal" by mainstream society (or by the primary culture
involved), is it evil?
2. In one section, Zimbardo asks readers to reflect on how well they really know
themselves and others, and how they would behave in challenging situations. Discuss the
ways in which your behavior has been affected by EACH of the following psychological
factors:
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Obedience
Conformity (within a group, within your family, etc.)
Groupthink
Social roles
Bystander effect
Then, with these experiences in mind, discuss how you might react in such situations as:
Rwanda, the Holocaust, Darfur, the Spanish Inquisition, bullying, hazing, etc. (Choose at
least two to discuss.)
3. Examine the language of violence and evil, both from the perspective of how we
demoralize and objectify (such as calling people cockroaches or other animal names) and
in the way we use euphemisms to distance ourselves from the violence and evil (such as
Hitler's "final solution," which doesn't sound like mass murder and focuses on problem
solving).
4. Martin Luther King, Jr. said "(we) must learn that to passively accept an unjust system
is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil." Using
this quote as a springboard, explore the ways we passively cooperate with injustice, both
on the small scale (seeing someone get teased and not doing anything about it; listening
to someone tell a racist joke, etc.) and the larger scale (not speaking up when a
corporation does something unethical, etc.), and then brainstorm ways to safely,
positively respond in such situations.
Note:
This assignment is due on Monday, September 10th.
Your final product should be typed (MLA format), and include proper citations where
necessary. Minimum 3 full pages.
AP US History ~ Mr. Trzepinska
There is no summer assignment for this course. If you should have any
questions about the course, please contact Mr. Trzepinska via email
ctrzepinska@donboscoprep.org
AP Studio Art ~ Sr. Culhane
Students enrolled in the course are asked to contact Sr. Mary Culhane over
the summer and initiate preparation of their Art Portfolios.
A
comprehensive art portfolio is required for the course and must be submitted
to the AP Board in May 2013.
It is highly recommended that students visit the AP Board Website at
http://www.collegeboard.com over the summer to review the requirements
for the course and deadlines for portfolio submission.
Sr. Culhane can be reached at sr.mculhane@donboscoprep.org