Granada Hills Charter High School A.P. United States History – 2010 Summer Assignment DUE: Day 1 of Fall 2010 semester Instructors: Mr. Klevs cklevs@ghchs.com Ms. Byars kbyars@ghchs.com 1. Students need to read book #1 Patriots: The Men who started the American Revolution by A.J. Langguth [ISBN‐10: 0671675621] by August 17‚ 2010. Students need to read book #2 K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev‚ America’s Most Unlikely Tourist by Peter Carlson [ISBN‐10: 1586484974] by January
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Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students and instructors are off school typically between 6 and 14 weeks‚ depending on the country and district. Criticisms and support[edit] Some countries only get six weeks or two months summer vacation because students supposedly forget large amounts of information learned in the past year (See: Summer learning loss).[1][2] Other education reformers believed that children
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story?] Summer is a great time of the year for every person younger than eighteen because it is a time of year you have little to no responsibilities. You can sleep in‚ relax‚ hang out with friends or just do whatever you want all summer long. These are the reasons I love summer. My summer this year has been great because there was always something to do‚ whether it was playing games‚ to going to seeing a movie‚ to hanging out with friends. The majority of every one of my summers is spent
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THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS Plot Summary The story opens with a clock announcing that it is time to wake up and a hint of premonition that perhaps no one will. In the kitchen‚ the stove cooks breakfast and a voice from the ceiling announces the setting: Allendale‚ California‚ on August 4‚ 2026. The automated house prepares itself for the day‚ but its inhabitants have not responded to several wake up calls‚ breakfast‚ the weather box‚ or the waiting car. The robotic mice finish cleaning the house
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Distinguished ladies and gentlemen. Acid rain is becoming a widespread problem around the world. The amount of acid in rain has dramatically increased in the past decade in certain areas like America and Europe by 70%. How is it caused? It is formed by the chemicals in the process of burning fossil fuels mixing with the moisture in the Earth’s atmosphere. Acid rain come in two forms‚ wet and dry. Dry deposition‚ a more accurate term for acid rain‚ can appear to be snow‚ hail or other dry particles
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“Summer Getaway” I just can’t wait until summer. With all of those plans to do‚ it’s really going to be fun! I’ll tell you my awesome plans. This summer I’m going to Boracay! When school gets out were going there. Along the way we might make some stops. First we will leave San pedro laguna and go to Kalibo‚ Aklan and stay there a day. One of the Sundays in boracay will be the most fun because we’re going too an island. After that‚ I might go swimming with my family. When we come back I will play
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Rain on the Scarecrow‚ Light on the Farmers Plight In 1900‚ 41% of the workforce were employed in agriculture‚ 100 years later this diminished to 1.9%; astonishingly‚ during this timeframe‚ the U.S. population exploded from 71 million to 273 million. In the 1980s‚ the American family farmer once the backbone of the U.S. economy now faced dire straits‚ plagued by corporate consolidation and economic hardships. The family farmer was dying. In times of hardship‚ many families gather around a table
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[pic] When flame flowers begin blooming‚ it is the time for students to stop schooling and expect the “summer vacation” which is very important to them. After 9 months of hard work‚ they need time to relax before continuing their studies at a higher level. So‚ how can they have a useful and meaningful summer vacation? As we know‚ students have been taught a lot from books‚ but in reality‚ many of them have never seen a live cow‚ a live buffalo or they cannot imagine what a rice field is
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Do you remember that feeling you’d get on the last day of school? Remember how excited you’d be to finally get to do those summer things like ride bikes with your friends‚ stay up all night planning pranks‚ and chasing down the ice cream man after dinner? These are just a few of my favorite memories from those long summer days. Now picture this. It’s a beautiful July day‚ perfect to spend a few lazy hours by the pool‚ but instead you’ll be in school. Okay‚ sure you could come home and relax in the
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AP Microeconomics Summer Assignment Economics is a way of looking at the world and making rational decisions based on costs and benefits. Wondering how?? Over the summer‚ please read the book‚ Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science‚ by Charles Wheelan. As you read the book‚ take notes that will help you answer some important questions and understand economic concepts. Your task is described below. Choose any five concepts discussed and analyzed by Wheelan. (The concepts should be from
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