GENERAL STUDIES BOOK LIST – 5778-9; 2018-19
GRADE ELEVEN
Students are expected to come to the first day of class fully prepared with all required texts. Please order all your texts early.
Note: You may wish to purchase used books from last year’s students. When ordering General Studies textbooks online, make sure the ISBN number (or ASIN –Amazon Standard Identification Number) is accurate so you get the correct edition. Try both www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. Prices are not always uniform. Do not go into shock – many textbooks are very expensive but used books are very economical. Also try: half.com/textbooks or E-Bay. There is a frum textbook company “Textbook Agency” which you can try 800-910-1230.
PHYSICS*
- Physics: Principles and Problems, Glencoe California Edition, ISBN#978-0-07-878738-6
ENIVIROMENTAL SCIENCE*
- TBD
- Laptop**
ENGLISH***
- Frankenstein: Mary Shelley, Oxford University Press, ASIN: B00BP0O258
- Lord of the Flies: William Golding, 192 pages, Capricorn books; Later Impression edition (1959), ASIN: B004O2F82U
- Mr. Bernstein will be compiling additional material in a booklet form. Students will be asked to pay for the printing and binding costs.
U.S. GOVERNMENT (first semester).
- Magruder’s American Government: California Edition by William A. McClenaghan ISBN# 0131335790
ECONOMICS (second semester)
- Economics: Principles and Practices by Gary Clayton. Publisher: Glencoe. ISBN # 0-07-860693-4
ALGEBRA II*
- Algebra and Trigonometry: Structure and Method: Book 2, McDougal Little, Pupil’s Edition ISBN# 978-0-395-97725-5
- TI-84 Plus Calculator
PRE-CALCULUS*
- Pre-calculus (5th edition), Houghton Mifflin; ISBN# 0618052852
- TI-84 Plus Calculator
* You are enrolled in only one of the above Math classes and one Science class. Students who are enrolled in Pre-Calculus will be enrolled in Physics; students who are enrolled in Algebra II will be enrolled in Environmental Science.
** Students will be expected to have a laptop for this class from the first day of school. All students must comply with all regulations in the Student Handbook regarding use of laptops in Yeshiva.
*** You are enrolled in one of the English classes (either English or AP English). You will be informed shortly regarding English placement. Do not purchase English textbooks until you are notified which class you will be taking.