NeXt Generation Learning


Carol LaVallee
North Port High School
941-423-8558
08/09 Teacher of the Year


Social Studies SUMMER Reading/Video List 2011
Students can earn EXTRA CREDIT this summer.
Complete the attached worksheets and give to your SS teacher when returning to school 11/12
 Books/Newspapers/Magazines
Click Here for Reading Worksheet (Word)
Click Here for Reading Worksheet (PDF)
 Videos/TV
Click Here for Movie Worksheet (Word)
Click Here for Movie Worksheet (PDF)
 Websites
Killer Angles by Michael Shaara   The History Channel http://www.history.com/  http://www.authentichistory.com/  Use this website to find Historical items. On your own paper describe them and their purpose.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry   Glory http://travel.discovery.com/  Use this website to help you describe three places and their history.  Put on your own paper.
Hawaii by James Mitchener   Dr. Strangelove  http://www.un.org/english/  Use this website to explain how the UN works.  Put on your own paper.
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier  Crash trackstar.4teachers.org    Answer the questions found on these website after entering the track # on your own paper.
#191910 Black History
#285760 Children and Genocide
 Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter Birth of a Nation 
 The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal  Gattica   
1984 by George Orwell  Amistad
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli  Gettysburg
Flyboys by James Bradley Little Big Man
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Casablanca
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson The Crossing- Battle of Trenton
River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas Cindarella Man
Alas,  Babalon by Pat Frank The Lost Batallion
On the Road by Jack Kerouac Rosewood
The Right Stuff by Thomas Wolfe The Untouchables
Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford Leadbelly
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Houston and James D. Houston A League of Their Own
Walden by Henry David Thoreau Band of Brothers
Common Sense by Thomas Paine Windtalkers
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Good Night and Good Luck
Narrative of a Slave by Frederick Douglass The Majestic
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque The Killing Field
Any Title by Arthur Schlesinger, Mark Twain or David McCullough Good Morning Vietnam
Newsweek www.newsweek.com Thirteen Days
Time www.time.com Mississippi Burning
Any Newspaper Incident at Oglala
 Apollo 13
 Norma Rea
 Silkwood
 Erin Brockavich
 Dances with Wolves
 Roots
 The Right Stuff
 Blood Diamond
Forrest Gump


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