Mr. McComiskey’s World History Advanced Placement Summer 2014
Assignment
Welcome to a challenging and rigorous course! You must be prepared to work
harder than you’ve ever worked in your life. If you can commit to that, you
will be successful in this class. Your goal is to obtain the knowledge and skills
necessary to take and pass the World History Advanced Placement Exam. The
first step is completing the summer assignment.
Please complete the following steps toward accomplishing this summer
assignment:
1. Obtain a copy of the Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on
the Past, Fifth Edition by Jerry F. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler from me.
You will sign for this textbook and you will be responsible for it.
2. Read all of Part 1, which includes Chapters 1 – 6. The reading begins on
page 2 and ends on page 127. Make sure you read all the captions and
side articles such as Sources From the Past, within each chapter.
3. Answer all the Thinking About Traditions and Thinking About
Encounters questions in each chapter.
4. Obtain the six chapter tests and six scantrons from me.
5. Complete each chapter test on a scantron using a Number 2 pencil. Be
very careful with the scantrons so that they can be graded accurately.
6. Turn in all completed work by Friday of the first week of the new school
year.
7. Do not procrastinate in getting this assignment done. Start it right away
and don’t wait for the last minute.
I can be reached at Ridgewood High School at 727-774-3900. Please leave a
message and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. You can also reach me by
email at emccomis@pasco.k12.fl.us. I look forward to having you in my class
this upcoming school year. Have a wonderful summer.