All History students are required to complete a summer reading assignment prior to the commencement of school in September. You can purchase these texts easily online, or keep your local bookstore in business by buying locally: we recommend the Bookshop at Beverly Farms (978.927.2122) where the owner, Pam Price, will keep your reading proclivities engaged. She will be happy to order any book for you if it is not available at the store. Students should be prepared to bring their summer reading books to class at the beginning of the trimester and should anticipate an evaluative opportunity based on their summer reading within the first week or two of school.
Prospective AP Students: Students interested in taking an Advanced Placement course must receive departmental permission to do so in the spring, prior to enrolling. Summer reading will be assigned to prospective AP students on an individual basis prior to summer vacation. Students enrolling in Pingree over the summer who would like to take an AP course should contact the Department Chair, Carolyn Paczkowska, for further information.
Grade 9 World History Cultures in Conflict: Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Grade 10 Modern European History: Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Grade 11 US History: Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You; John Okada, No No Boy
Grade 11 American Cultural Studies: Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You; Tommy Orange, There, There
Grade 11 AP US History: Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Additional summer course work handed out in early June.
Grade 12 Students
AP and Honors Art History: Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness
Additional summer course work handed out in early June.
Grade 12 Advanced History Seminars:
Please note, senior elective assignments may change due to schedule changes, drop/add, etc. We encourage you to read the book assigned for the T1 history course that appears on your list of courses. However, be aware that if your history elective changes, we will incorporate the book you read into whatever course in which you eventually enroll.
Philosophy and Applied Ethics (Choose One): Lisa Belkin, First Do No Harm OR Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice & Redemption
Psychology: Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing
Immigration in America: Sonia Nazario, Enrique’s Journey
Introduction to Economics: S. D. Levitt, S.J. Dubner, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Working for the Weekend: Labor History: Erik Loomis, A History of America in Ten Strikes
