A. Oral Presentation
Select one of these
books, as suggested by AP review sources.
Students will receive directions re: this assignment in September:
1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, H. B. Stowe
2. Common Sense and the Crisis, Tom Paine
3. The Federalist Papers, J. Madison, A. Hamilton, J. Jay
4. Walden, Henry D. Thoreau
5. A Century of Dishonor, H. H. Jackson
6. Looking Backward, E. Bellamy
7. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, A. T. Mahan
8. How the Other Half Lives, J. Riis
9. Life & Times of Frederick Douglass, F. Douglass
10. Maggie, Girl of the Streets, S. Crane
11. The Octopus, F. Norris
12. The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Dubois
13. The Jungle, U. Sinclair
14. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution, C. & M. Beard
15. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
16. The Grapes of Wrath, J. Steinbeck
17. The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
18. Native Son, R. Wright
19. An American Dilemma, G. Myrdal
20. The Affluent Society, J. K. Galbraith
21. The Other America, M. Harrington
22. Silent Spring, R. Carson
23. The Feminine Mystique, B. Friedan
24. Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy
25.
The Organization Man, William H. Whyte
B. Written Book Review
Select
one of the following titles. Books on this list are chosen
for their “sweep” & comprehensive nature. Students will receive directions
for this assignment in September
Since Yesterday, F. L. Allen
Only Yesterday, F. L. Allen
Citizen Soldiers, S. Ambrose
Nothing Like it in the World, S. Ambrose
Influenza, J. Barry
An Unfinished Life: JFK, R. Dallek
The Conquerors, M. Beschloss
Flyboys, J. Bradley
Roosevelt’s Secret War, J. Persico
Rising Tide, J. Barry
TR: The Last Romantic, H. W. Brands
After the Facts: The Art of Historical Detection, Davidson & Lytle
Flawed Giant, R. Dalleck
No Ordinary Time, D. Goodwin
First Great Triumph, W. Zimmerman
Freedom From Fear, D. Kennedy
Rainbow’s End, M. Klein
The Fifties, D. Halberstom
Lies My Teacher Told Me, J. Loewen
Truman, D. McCullough
The Path Between the Seas, D. McCullough
The Glory & the Dream (either or both volumes), W. Manchester
Standing at Armageddon, N. Painter
Exodusters, N. Painter
Robert Kennedy & His Times, A. Schlesinger
Cherished Myths Legends, & Lies of American History, R. Shenckman
From Tupelo to Woodstock, Sorrell & Francese
A Different Mirror, R. Takaki
Hard Times, S. Terkel
Theodore Rex, E. Morris
Huey Long, T. Williams
Summer for the Gods, Larson
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, D. Brown
The American Political Tradition, R. Hofstadter
Grand Expectations, Patterson
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, William Appleman Williams
Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform, Eric F. Goldman
The Age of Reform, Richard Hofstadter
Patriots, C. Appy
11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour, J. Persico
Dark Tide, S. Puleo
102 Minutes, Dwyer & Flynn
The Great Deluge, D. Binkley
The Savage Wars of Peace, M. Boot
Ten Days that Unexpectedly Changed America, Steven M. Gillon
A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn