"Reading furnishes our minds only with materials of knowledge; it is the thinking which makes what we read ours... "	- John Locke

A. P. EUROPEAN HISTORY SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2017

In preparation for your "journey" through A. P. European History, you will be required to read a book, write one essay and one journal assignment and also a map assignment. The book that you will be reading is:

A World Lit Only by Fire-- The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age by
William Manchester
ISBN: 0316545562

PART I: A World Lit Only by Fire

You can purchase this book via the school online bookstore, half.com or amazon.com. You can also find the book at Borders or Barnes and Nobles and your local library. Upon completion of this book, respond to the following essay question and journal assignment.

Note:  All essays must:
•	have a clear introduction (UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS)
•	have well-developed paragraphs
•	have APA citations (examples from readings for support; cite page #’s)
•	be typed
•	be double-spaced
•	be proofread
•	be written in third person (no first person - “I”)
•	be in a standard 12 pt. font (standard margins)

1. A WORLD LIT BY FIRE ESSAY

According to Manchester, the humanist message was, “an expression of confidence that men would learn to understand, and then master, natural forces, that they could grasp the nature of the universe, even shape their individual destinies.”

Compare and contrast Martin Luther, Ferdinand Magellan, and Desidarius Erasmus’s specific actions, and assess which man best exemplified the above quote by defining his destiny and thus, that of modern Europe’s.  In your essay, be sure to directly compare and analyze the actions of ALL three individuals.

(You must demonstrate your understanding of Manchester by citing specific examples/page numbers from the book.)

2. JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

For each of the three sections in Manchester:
-	Identify the main themes of the section 
-	Identify the most significant events
-	Identify the most significant people

1.   Explain why you think each event/person is historically significant. You should list these events/people in a clear and concise way.
2.   Cite the specific page # in which you found the event/person.
3.   Finally, at the bottom of each journal, write down one or two questions you have about the section. The questions may be about things you did not understand or ideas you would like to discuss in class on the first day.

-	Please keep each section journal to approximately one page.

(Remember that you must demonstrate your understanding of Manchester by citing page numbers from the book.)

Plagiarism

Guidelines for APA Citations & Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's words or ideas as if they were one's own. It is also plagiarism to change a few words and give no credit to the author. Plagiarism is a serious offense. While the student should be gathering ideas
from other sources, those sources must be given credit in accordance with the following guidelines:

1. If the exact words of an author are used, whether they are sentences or phrases, quotation marks must be used and the source documented.
2. If an original idea of an author is used, even if it is not copied word for word, that idea must be documented.

Plagiarism is essentially theft - the stealing of someone else's intellectual property. Basically student writers should understand that unless they were born with the information (a feat worthy of the Guinness Book) or could have come to understand that information through their own experience (for example, how to play soccer), they need to cite their sources. “In writing your research paper, then, you must document everything that you borrow- - not only direct quotations and paraphrases but also information and ideas. Of course, common sense as well as ethics should determine what you document. For example, you rarely need to give sources for familiar proverbs ('You can't judge a book by its cover'), well-known quotations ('We shall overcome'), or common knowledge ('George Washington was the first president of the United States'). But you must indicate the source of any appropriated material that readers might otherwise mistake for your own. If you have any doubt about whether or not you are committing plagiarism, cite your source or sources” (Gibaldi 29).

The APA Style Guide adds: "The key element of this principle is that an author does not present the work of another as if it were his or her own work. This can extend to ideas as well as written words." Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 4th Ed. Published by the American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C., 1994, pg.
294.

Consequently, if evidence of plagiarism exists on the summer reading assignment, it will not be accepted and the student may face further disciplinary consequences.  Students should complete this assignment on their own. Students who plagiarize on this assignment, will not be eligible for A.P. European History. Students should be prepared to prove that their papers are properly documented by providing notes in the form of note cards, notebook paper, typed notes, photocopies, or downloads. (See samples.)

Plagiarism can be avoided by using the following methods of citation including the author’s name and page number.  (To support your essay – you must cite page numbers.)

1.	Direct Quotation - the use of a source's exact words, for example:
"On Saturday, October 27,1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Nikita Krushchev's personal assistant and a Central Committee colleague moved their families out of Moscow. . ." (McNamara 47).

2.	Paraphrase - the restating of the material in the students own words, for example:
During the final hours of the Cuban missile crisis, Russia's leader thought nuclear war was possible and some acted to save their families (McNamara 47).

Part II: Map of Europe
1.   Create 3 maps using letter size paper. The first map will include ALL the nation-state.
The second map will include all European cities. The third map will include ALL the geographic features (Bodies of water, rivers, mountain ranges).
2.  You may trace the map from an atlas/map but DO NOT print or photocopy map.
3.   Coloring is optional. (but may enhance
4.   A quiz will be given during the first week of school where you will be responsible for drawing and listing selected geographies of Europe.

A. Nation-States
Albania
Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary

Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal

Romania
Russia
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia Serbia Spain Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Vatican City

B. European Cities
Amsterdam Athens Barcelona
Belgrade
Berlin
Bratislava Brussels Bucharest Budapest Copenhagen Dresden Dublin Edinburgh Florence Frankfurt Geneva Glasgow

Hamburg Helsinki Istanbul Kiev Lisbon Liverpool Ljubljana London Madrid
Manchester
Milan Minsk Moscow Munich Naples Oslo Paris

Prague Reykjavik Riga
Rome
St. Petersburg
Sarajevo Skopje Sofia Stockholm Tallinn Tirana Venice Vilnius Warsaw Vienna Zagreb Zürich

C. Geographic Features
Bodies of Water Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea
Bay of Biscay
Black Sea

Bosporus Caspian Sea Dardanelles English Channel Ionian Sea
Irish Sea

Mediterranean Sea North Sea Norwegian Sea Strait of Gibraltar Tyrrhenian Sea

Rivers Danube Dnieper Don Elbe Loire

Oder Rhine Seine Thames Volga

Mountain Ranges
Alps
Apennines Carpathians Caucasus

Balkans Pyrennes Urals