AP Summer Assignments
AP courses offer students college-level work while in high school. The College Board has created course guides that may include prerequisites, extended reading, or learning beyond the scope of the school-day curriculum.
To support the learning frameworks, some courses require students to complete a summer assignment. The type and scope of the assignment will vary by course. All assignments are tightly aligned to the learning outcomes and intended to further support the student in the course.
Please carefully review any summer requirements your course may have. Courses may have links to assignments and/or books to read. When a book is listed, it should be read in its entirety, unless specific instructions are given otherwise.
2018 Summer Assignments
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
AP Chemistry
Students are required to read:
George Orwell’s 1984
and ONE of the following:
- The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works—and How It’s Transforming the American Economy by Charles Fishman
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
AP English Literature
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (purchase a hard copy of the book)
How To Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster (may purchase electronic copy)
AP Physics 1 (same assignment for AP Physics C)
AP Studio Art 2D- will be posted 5/28
AP Studio Art 3D- will be posted 5/28
No Summer Assignment
AP Calculus
AP MacroEconomics
AP European History
AP French
AP Government
AP Music Theory
AP Psychology
AP Spanish Language
AP Spanish Literature
AP Statistics
AP US History
