DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER READING FOR
SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES: 2010 

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Entering 10th grade (U.S. History I) should choose at least one of the following books:

***Students enrolled in Pre Advanced Placement United States History I must choose TWO books from the available options***

Allen, Thomas, George Washington: Spymaster
Recommended for Level 2 and Level 3 students. AP and Level 1 students may NOT select this book for credit.

Bober, Natalie. Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Cooney, Caroline, The Ransom of Mercy Carter

(Recommended for Level 1, 2, and 3 students. AP students may NOT select this book for credit.)

Marrin, Albert. Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil WarRecommended for Level 2 and Level 3 students. AP and Level 1 students may NOT select this book for credit.

McCullough, David, 1776

Philbrick, Nathaniel, Mayflower

Shaara, Michael, The Killer Angels

Entering 11th grade (U.S. History II) should choose at least one of the following books:

***Students enrolled in Advanced Placement United States History II must choose TWO books from the available options***

Bradley, James, Flags of our Fathers

Curtis, Christopher Paul, The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963

Freedman, Russell, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  Goodwin, Doris Kearns, Wait Till Next Year

  Kushner, David, Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb

MacDonald, Michael, All Souls

McCullough, David, Mornings on Horseback

Sis, Peter, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron CurtainThis title is recommended for Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 students. AP students may NOT select this book for credit.

***Students enrolled in Advanced Placement European History must read the following book.***

Rabb, Theodore K., Renaissance Lives