Summer 2008
I. B. SUMMER ART ASSIGNMENTS
Mrs. LaRoux – 887-9419
You are required to do the following assignments which are all due the first class day.
Investigative WorkBook (IWB)
Purchase a hard cover blank sketchbook, roughly 200 pages approximately 8”X10”. Look for these at art supply stores in town. J&M Bookstore has them in their art supply section.
Complete 40 pages (minimum) in your IWB. You must write in black ink only! Keep White-Out handy for writing errors. Use no blue pens, gel pens or light colored markers! Do not write in spirals or circles, since it is hard for the examiner to read. Keep all of your sentences complete and readable. . . . do not break up sentences around artwork. All of your work in your IWB must be purposeful, smart and thoughtful, and it must relate to your art.
* Number all pages in your IWB in the bottom corners on each page!
* Date all pages as you do them, and keep dates in the same location as well!
* Include both visual and written entries on every page!
* Cite all sources of information at all times . . . books, magazines, web sites, etc.
* Do not skip pages and do not tear out or glue pages!
* Put your name, phone number and “Reward if found” on the inside front cover!
1. List all Art classes you have taken since 9th grade, either here or in another school district.
2. On the first page or two of your IWB write an essay titled, “What I know about Art.” Describe any art classes you’ve taken in your life, any museums you’ve visited, art works that you found memorable and friends or family members whose own art may have inspired you.
3. Go to the library. Find general books on art design, drawing or art history. Look for a glossary of terms at the back of the book. Cite your sources for this information. Do NOT go to the Internet for this exercise. Using complete sentences, define the terms listed below. You should illustrate each concept visually also.
Elements of Art: line, form, shape, value, color, texture, space.
Principles of Design: balance, unity, proportion, contrast, emphasis, repetition, variation, pattern, movement.
4. Visit one art exhibit this summer. There are galleries in Auburn (Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center), Opelika, Loachapoka (The Rattling Gourd) and at the University (Jules Collin Smith Museum of Art and Biggin Art Gallery). There are excellent museums in Columbus (Columbus Museum), Montgomery (Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts), Atlanta (High Museum of Art) and Birmingham (Birmingham Museum of Art).
Do a review of the art exhibit by including the following:
The name of the gallery or museum
The date you saw the show
The name of the artist or the title of the show
A complete sketch, preferably in color, of your favorite piece in the show
A list of media (art supplies) the artist employed
A summary in essay form describing your favorite piece of art
Explain why that piece appeals to you
Bring in any flyers, postcards, price lists or artist’s statements you find at
the show. Do not attach them in your IWB until we discuss what to do with them
5. In the remaining 40 pages of your IWB, do various drawings observed from life. Record date and time, and write about the drawings, your mood, your goals, your feelings of satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Critique your art! Take your IWB with you this summer when you go to art fairs, antique shops, beach resorts or to grandma’s house. Draw, draw in your free time! Do NOT try to fill up your IWB in one or two days. The results will be poor and no one will be fooled.
Artwork
Besides making entries in your IWB, you are required to complete two finished pieces of art, your choice of media (art supplies). You are responsible for purchasing your own supplies.
1. Make a piece of art that is inspired by the art you reviewed from the art exhibit. Make preliminary sketches for this in your IWB.
2. Find an interesting object that has played some sort of role in America or any other culture in the world. It should be an object that holds some sort of significance or interest for you. Draw or paint it in your IWB from several different perspectives. Research its history and write about what you find in your IWB. Cite your sources! Create a final piece of art from your research.
These assignments are due the first day of class for grading.
TO: AP U. S. History Students
FROM: Mrs. Bradford
DATE: May 1, 2008
RE: Summer Assignment
I am looking forward to a great school year next year and I am glad that you are going to be a part of it. Please read everything in your assignment packet very carefully and sign where indicated. There is also a place for your parents to sign that they also have read this. I would like for them to be aware of the expectations. This packet should be kept in your AP history notebook at all times.
SUMMER ASSIGNMENT:
1. Read and outline the first 3 chapters in the textbook. You are given explicit directions for outlining. Be prepared for a test on these chapters the 1st day of class.
2. Read The Jungle. Be prepared for a test on this book to be given on our 2nd day of class.
The outlines for the first three chapters are due on your first day in AP class. Remember to follow the outline format exactly and write in pen or pencil. (No Typing) You will have a test on those chapters the first day of class. The outlines and test will be your first grades for the term.
An outline for every chapter is required. They will continue to be due the day of your chapter test and they will be graded. Once again, do not vary the format. The objectives and terms that you have been given will accompany each chapter and should be used to help you cover the important things in the chapter. As you write your outlines, try to include as many of the terms, events, and people as you can. I have included an example of an outline in this packet. Be sure to look at it before you start your own outlines.
At the end of each chapter outline, you should add a section titled “Illustrations”. In this section, write the title and the page number of each picture, cartoon, graph, map, chart, table, etc. This is just a list of all the illustrations in each chapter. I am hoping that you will read the captions while you are doing this.
And the last section should be titled “Summaries”. In this section you will have sub-titles for Political, Economic and Social. In each sub-title, summarize what was studied in each area. This should be very brief so that you can glance at these summaries and immediately know what was going on in each chapter as far as those topics were concerned.
If you need to contact me during the summer, e-mail me at home at jbradford@elmore.rr.com.
Have a good summer!!!
Outline Format
I. Major Topic (Title in Blue ink and All Caps in textbook)
A. Subtitle ( This is printed in Red ink in the textbook)
1. Major Point
a. supporting details (Many of these are found in Italics)
i. more details (directly related to the facts above)
b. supporting details (not related to a.)
2. Major Point
a. details
b. details
B. Subtitle
1. Major Point
II. Major Topic
A. Subtitle
1. Major Point
III. Major Topic
At the end of each chapter outline, add a section titled “Illustrations”. In this section, write the title and the page number of each picture, cartoon, graph, map, chart, table, etc. This is just a list of all the illustrations in each chapter.
And the last section should be titled “Summaries”. In this section you will have sub-titles for Political, Economic and Social. In each sub-title, summarize what was studied in each area. This should be very brief so that you can glance at these summaries and immediately know what was studied in each chapter as far as those topics are concerned.
BELOW IS AN EXAMPLE:
Chapter 10: America’s Economic Revolution
I. THE CHANGING AMERICAN POPULATION
A. The American Population: 1820-1840
1. dramatically increased
2. became concentrated in the industrial centers of the Northeast and Northwest
a. where it provided a labor force for the growing factory system
3. 3 trends characterized American pop.
a. 1) pop. was increasing rapidly
b. 2) much of it was migrating westward
c. 3) much of it was moving to towns and cities
4. was growing much more rapidly in pop. than Britain or Europe
a. one reason for pop. increase
i. improvement in public health
ii. number and ferocity of epidemics (great cholera plague of 1832) that periodically decimated urban and rural
pops. in America, declined
iii. high birth rate
1. larger proportion of children expected to grow to adulthood
1. growth of cities accelerated dramatically between 1840 and 1860
a. percentage was higher for the industrializing states of the Northeast
b. booming agricultural economy of western regions of the nation produced significant urban growth as well
Summer Reading: Lazarillo do Tormes by Anonymous