Books+supplemental

__Taking Sides - Clashing Views on__ __Environmental Issues__ by Thomas Easton __The Worst Hard Time__ by Timothy Egan, a chronicle of the Dust Bowl __Ishmael__ by Daniel Quinn: The story of a young man's conversation with a gorilla in captivity. Discusses man's evolution from a hunter gatherer society to an agrarian one thru the use of allegory. Defines man's place in the world today as a Taker or a Leaver. __Last Child in the Woods__ by Richard Louv __Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial__ __Revolution__ by Paul Hawken __The World Without Us__ by Alan Weisman __Silent Spring__ by Rachel Carson
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Here are 2 **IB texts** available on Amazon: [|IB Environmental Systems and Societies by Pearson] [|IB Environmental Systems and Societies Companion]

The Pelican Web of Solidarity and Sustainability MotherPelican: A Journal of Sustainable Human Development []
 * Online Journals**

From Stacy Comoford RE: overview of APES topics Lester Brown wrote an article for foreign policy magazine that pretty well makes the connections between all apes topics. I'm going to try to incorporate it into my summer reading. Here's the link: []

From: Mollie Page We have used most of the review books at somepoint. I have students get a review book about 6 weeks before the AP andcomplete assignments out of it leading up to the AP exam. Here are my thoughts from looking at the books andstudent reviews. I would add the caveat that this was the first year mystudents told me that they were not prepared for the AP exam. We covered the entirety of Miller 15th plus outside readings each week, inclass we did lectures, labs, problem sets and web basedactivities. To prepare for the exam each student completed an entireprep book, took a minimum of one full length practice exam (most took 3 -mine given in class and two on their own) and they worked on practice FRQsall year from previous AP exams. Previous year students have always comeout saying they were super prepared, so I am not sure what happened. Maybe this group is overly dramatic? I am eager to see their scores. Almost every kid said their review book was too easy, buthere are our thoughts.


 * REA** - contentis fine, practice tests are fine, but no review questions for eachsection (this was from several years ago so it may have changed -I banned review books without questions for each section)


 * Barrons**- too much material (which made some students really anxious), but thorough and specific enough for success on the AP. FRQs are variable, but most aregood. Good practice tests.


 * Kaplan** - solid review, but does not cover everything in detail. Good practicetests. Some complaints about simplicity of FRQs, but others aregood. Multiple complaints about questions being too easy/notspecific enough.


 * Princeton Review**- solid review - some missing details but mostly everything was covered(and it sent the students back to their notes to find thedetails). Good review questions. Some concerns that the MCwere too easy, but most liked the FRQs and practice tests.

The consensus seemed to be that **Princeton Review and Kaplanare the best** but you will have to refer back to your notes for the details. The Barrons book led to panic because they did not know everythingin the book and it took a long time to read all the information, butthe students who managed to keep their heads and focus on the mostimportant information found it very effective. I think Barrons would be more effective if you planned to use it throughout the year rather than just afew weeks before the AP.
 * McGraw Hill**(new - getting to a 5 or something like that) - good short chapters with lotsof practice questions, but the two who used it this year said it did notprepare them. Concise reviews that had specific information but thequestions were too easy and the practice test was rated by two students as ajoke compared to the AP.

Other tools recommended by my students for others: - Everyone who used the Barron's flashcards ravedabout them, but I have not looked at them. - Hippocampus.org - almost everyone used the videosonce they were feeling fried from too many practice tests. - almost everyone said reviewing the powerpointlectures, taking the practice test and reviewing old tests and quizzes was themost helpful.

From Annie Prutzman I use **Princeton's as a quickreview before the exam**. Many of my students report thatthey "love" it... that it was very helpful for examprep. Another teacher uses Barron's with success.

From Phil Lussier For those in the northeastern and north central U.S., aswell as anyone else who might find a use for it, the **Northern Woodlandsmagazine** is a great resource, and besides a subscription to the magazine itself, which I highly recommend, please avail yourselves of this FREE offer: __[] ____﻿__