Summer Reading & Assignment List 2026

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CCP American History Summer Assignment: Two Short Essays, utilize the website linked above, and links that follow.

On the first week of class you will turn in 2 essays: One essay each for Chapter 2 & Chapter 3.

The typical essay is five paragraphs. The below prompts will stimulate your thoughts for your essay.

Directions of Essay

Each essay should be a five-paragraph essay (1 paragraph introduction, 3 paragraph body, 1 paragraph conclusion).

Opening paragraph should have:

1) Thesis Statement Main argument of your paper made up through thesis statements and evidence of the body. Should be one or two sentences never more than one or two sentences.

2) Topic Sentences (subdivisions which support thesis statement).

Resources: https://www.course-notes.org/us_history/notes/out_of_many_5th_edition_notes

https://archive.org/details/outofmanytlccomb00john

Chapter 2 When World Collide 1492-1590

Explain the great migration to the New World from Spain, England and France. Identify the importance of the causes of this migration include: Black Death, Merchant Class, Muslim Learning, Printing Press, Centralized powers of Monarchs, Caravel Ship, Sagres.

Point out explanations with Henry the Navigator, and Columbus. Recognize the importance of the economics with the growth of population and the Muslim belief of capitalism and how this principle overtook the ideals of Church Law.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjuWU-EEclg

https://www.worldhistory.org/Black_Death/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_vFzU_7L64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhhS5jF3Ugg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM6LD1Hkooc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8HbC30S2Ts&t=218s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySClB6-OH-Q&t=180s

Chapter 3 Planting Colonies in North America 1588-1701

Judge the Spanish colonial movement revolving around the three “G’s” God, Gold and Glory. Explicate from the following terms, people and events how the Spanish Conquistador was able to achieve or fail at these colonization goals. Santa Fe, Governor Diego de Vargas, Francis Vasquez de Coronado, Juan de Onate, siege at Acoma Pueblo and New Mexico based economics. Also recognize the resentment that was placed by the indigenous Indians of the Southwest especially the Pueblos and mestizos.

https://alchetron.com/Juan-de-O%C3%B1ate

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/don-juan-de-onate-facts/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGM6i-1ozPk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN-7WABRjxQ&t=101s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLhgx0Zh2U4&t=95s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTnaM7R9RKU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne2tzfxQ6T4&t=47s

Questions: email me at jehrbar@holynamehs.com

Summer Assignment Civilizations:

Write two, five paragraph essays on the two questions below

1)One Hammurabi

2)Africa’s Nile River

Chapter 2 The Early Complex Societies 3500 to 500 BC. Identify the origins of the Babylonian society as part of the Mesopotamia Era (Mesopotamia means in between two rivers). Define Hammurabi’s influence on culture include, how did Hammurabi use the powers of centralization in unifying areas to increase trade for the city of Babylonia and neighboring areas? Identify and infer the fundamental principles of his laws. Cite examples and relate principles today and Old Testament. Define Lex talionis and its principle the Babylonian Culture. How is the term an “eye for an eye” executed in the Babylonian Culture?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rC5V5vEprs&t=47s 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEko2CMykuk 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQxaRrKH29Q 

Chapter 3 Early Agricultural Society in Africa 

Egypt was the prominent of early African societies, but it was by no means the only agricultural society nor even the only complex, city-based society of ancient Africa realizing the importance  of Nubia. Create arguments that show the complexity of Egypt. Evaluate the importance of the Nile River and the Egyptians technological use of its resources. Recognize the importance of religion in Egypt. Validate the agricultural accomplishments through math and technology that were used by the Egyptians. Incorporate the unification process of Menes and its increase with federalization. How did Menes and the Pharaoh’s use religion as a tool for his rule? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ByLv949-8&t=65s 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEK6PT7K8OM 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yv_MXNYbAo&t=199s 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO1tzmi1V5g 

Text book

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