Hines’ History Spot

APWH - Book report is due on Monday May 19. Assignment is included below.  

APWH – Final Project – Book Report           

You will read a historical novel and write an analytical book report.

Report format:

-       The report should be written in question and answer format.

-       2-4 typed pages in length. (font size 12 pt)

-       Double-spaced

-       Have a cover page – use your selection title as your paper title

Title choices:

-       Siddhartha – Herman Hesse

-       Tale of Genji – Shikibu Murasaki

-       Girl with the Pearl Earring – Tracy Chevalier

-       Kim – Rudyard Kipling

-       The Bonesetter’s Daughter – Amy Tan

-       Nectar in a Sieve – Kamala Markandaya

-       Still Life with Rice – Helie Lee

-       Palace Walk – Naghib Mahfouz

-       Cry the Beloved Country – Alan Paton

-       One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – Alexander Solzhenitsyn

-       The Adventures of Ibn Battuta – Ross Dunn

-       Germinal – Emile Zola

-       The Scarlet Pimpernel – Baroness Emmuska Orczy

-       The Death of Artemio Cruz – Carlos Fuentes

-       The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

-       My Name is Red – Orhan Pahmuk

-       Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See

Questions: You must type the question or prompt before you answer the question.

            Background of author

1.     Give a brief biographical sketch of the author

2.     Why did the author write the book? (Motivation?)

3.     Is there a definite point of view or bias expressed in the book?

Setting

4.     Describe the historical and geographical setting.

5.     Discuss important world history events that surround or influence this story.

Summarize

6.     What is the story in brief?

Application

7.     What do you think can be learned in terms of world history and culture from reading this book?

Evaluation

8.     What part of the book, or quotation from the book, will be indelibly etched in your mind and heart?

9.     What historical or human connections did the book help to make for you with other places and peoples, and other times?

10.  What makes this story a “classic”? What makes this story part of all of our histories and of your life today?

Each of the above questions should be discussed in at least a paragraph. Try not to be vague. Use specific parts of the book to explain your points and give a complete, specific and detailed picture of the historical context. Give definite dates, places, dynasties or epochs, events in the dynasty that relate to the material in the book.