A.P. US GOVERNMENT & POLITICS SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2017

Welcome to

Advanced Placement United States Government & Politics!

Thank you for bravely committing to this journey through the American Political Culture. It is a course that will require discipline, dedication, and determination as we spend the year working to master the philosophy and logistics of the United States Political System. In doing so, we will continue to develop the skills for argument-writing, document analysis, point-of-view comparison, and stimulus interpretation. I admire your choice to challenge yourself in the coming year and to accept with

enthusiasm the hard work that awaits you as we STRIVE FOR FIVE!

In preparation for the AP United States Government & Politics course, you are REQUIRED to complete a Summer Reading Assignment to help you become acquainted with the narrative of origins of American political culture, and to become familiarized with various political issues in a manner that will engage your imagination and sense of humor, challenge your perspectives, and encourage an understanding of the personalities involved and the complex issues they faced. If you have any questions or concerns about this assignment, it is your responsibility to email me as soon as possible. No leeway will be given for students who wait until the last minute. sgavin@rosaryacademy.org

The Summer Assignment Consists of THREE Parts, totaling 200 points toward the 1st semester grade: 1. Non-Fiction: Choose 1 non-fiction book from the list and complete the book review for it (50 points) 2. Historical Fiction: Choose 1 novels from the list and complete the book review for it (50 points) 3. Map & Constitution Assignment: Complete the Map Assignment (30 points) 4. Tertiary Source Articles: Read & answer the questions for all 7 articles. (70 points)

All work is due on the first day of class.

NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY REASON.

Choose whatever format books you prefer: Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback (I used the paperback version) Required School Supplies for AP Government & Politics , 2017-2018: Highlighters: Pink, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Green Binder: 2 inch, three-ring Dividers: at least 10

Ms. Gavin

A.P. US GOVERNMENT & POLITICS SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2017

Part #1: Non-Fiction, 50 points Directions: 1. Please enroll in the AP Government & Politics course on Moodle. 2. Choose 1 of the non-fiction books listed below. 3. Read it. 4. Complete the book review in paragraph form, using specific references from the book to support your answers and noting the pages numbers in parenthesis. 5. You will find the Book Review directions posted on Moodle under the “APGoPo Summer Assignment” tab. 6. Upload the completed assignment to Moodle by 7:30am on the first day of class in August. (Non-Fiction book list is at the end of this document)

Part #2: Political Fiction, 50 points Directions: 1. Choose 1 of the novels listed below. 2. Read it. 4. Complete the Book Review in paragraph form, using specific references from the book to support your answers and noting the pages numbers in parenthesis. 5. You will find the Book Review directions posted on Moodle under the “APGoPo Summer Assignment” tab. 6. Upload the completed assignment to Moodle by 7:30am on the first day of class in August. (Political Fiction book lists is at the end of this document)

Part #3: Map & Constitution Assignment, 30 points Directions: 1. Print 1 copies of the blank map of the United States from Moodle -- 10 points

Label and Color each Map according to the directions posted on Moodle. o This map will be used a reference tools throughout the school year

Bring them with to the first day of class in August. 2. Read the United States Constitution & complete the outline chart – 20 points

You find the blank outline chart on Moodle

Upload the completed chart to Moodle by 7:30am on the first day of class in August

Part #4: Tertiary Source Articles, 70 points

Direction: 1. Find the following 7 articles on Moodle. (10 points each) 1. The National Security Agency & Warrantless Wire Tapping 2. Free Speech on Campus: Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and Controversial Speech at U.S. colleges 3. Separating Church & State 4. Free Press vs. Fair Trial: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Case 5. The 14th Amendment & the “Second Bill of Rights” 6. Advice & Consent: Supreme Court Appointments 7. Elections, Money, & the 1st Amendment

2. Read each, and answer the questions in paragraph form. 3. Upload your answers to Moodle by 7:30am on the first day of class.

NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY REASON.

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Choose ONE of the following Non-Fiction books to read: Note: Some of these books are movies. The movies are different. DO NOT WATCH THE MOVIE. If you watch the movie, I will know.

All The President’s Men By Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein With a new introduction by the authors for the fortieth anniversary of its publication, the most devastating political detective story of the century, two Washington Post reporters, whose brilliant, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation smashed the Watergate scandal wide open, tell the behind-the-scenes drama the way it really happened. The most devastating political detective story of the century: the inside account of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal, now with a 40th anniversary Afterword on the legacies of Watergate and Richard Nixon. This is the book that changed America. Published just months before President Nixon’s resignation, All the President’s Men revealed the full scope of the scandal and introduced for the first time the mysterious “Deep Throat.” Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing through headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward deliver a riveting firsthand account of their reporting. Their explosive reports won a Pulitzer Prize for The Washington Post, toppled the president, and have since inspired generations of reporters. All the President’s Men is a riveting detective story, capturing the exhilarating rush of the biggest presidential scandal in US history as it unfolded in real time. It is, as Time magazine wrote in their All-Time 100 Best Nonfiction Books list, “the work that brought down a presidency...perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history.”

Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reissue edition (June 3, 2014) ISBN-10: 1476770514 ISBN-13: 978-1476770512 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/All-Presidents-Men-Bob-Woodward/dp/1476770514/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495832743&sr=1-1&keywords=all+the+president%27s+men

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis By Robert F. Kennedy During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes each of the participants during the sometimes hour-to-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In a new foreword, the distinguished historian and Kennedy adviser Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., discusses the book's enduring importance and the significance of new information about the crisis that has come to light, especially from the Soviet Union.

Paperback: 185 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (November 17, 1999) ISBN-10: 0393318346 ISBN-13: 978-0393318340 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Days-Memoir-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393318346/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495832955&sr=1-1&keywords=thirteen+days

A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution By Carol Berkin Though the American Revolution is widely recognized as our nation's founding story, the years immediately following the war—when our government was a disaster and the country was in a terrible crisis—were in fact the most crucial in establishing the country's independence. The group of men who traveled to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 had no idea what kind of history their meeting would make. But all their ideas, arguments, and compromises—from the creation of the Constitution itself, article by article, to the insistence that it remain a living, evolving document—laid the foundation for a government that has surpassed the founders' greatest hopes. Revisiting all the original historical documents of the period and drawing from her deep knowledge of eighteenth-century politics, Carol Berkin opens up the hearts and minds of America's founders, revealing the issues they faced, the times they lived in, and their humble expectations of success. Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Mariner Books; 1 edition (October 20, 2003) ISBN-10: 0156028727 ISBN-13: 978-0156028721 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Brilliant-Solution-Inventing-American-Constitution/dp/0156028727/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495833155&sr=1-1&keywords=a+brilliant+solution

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46 Pages: Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Turning Point to Independence By Scott Liell Thomas Paine, a native of Thetford, England, arrived in America's colonies with little in the way of money, reputation, or prospects, though he did have a letter of recommendation in his pocket from Benjamin Franklin. Paine also had a passion for liberty in all its forms, and an abiding hatred of tyranny. His forceful, direct expression of those principles found voice in a pamphlet he wrote entitled Common Sense, which proved to be the most influential political work of the time. Ultimately, Paine's treatise provided inspiration to the second Continental Congress for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. 46 Pages is a dramatic look at a pivotal moment in our country's formation, a scholar's meticulous recreation of the turbulent years leading up to the Revolutionary War, retold with excitement and new insight.

Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Running Press (March 3, 2004) ISBN-10: 0762418133 ISBN-13: 978-0762418138 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/46-Pages-Scott-Liell/dp/0762418133/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495833503&sr=1-1&keywords=46+pages

Choose ONE of the following Political Fiction books to read: Note: Some of these books are movies. The movies are different. DO NOT WATCH THE MOVIE. If you watch the movie, I will know.

It Can’t Happen Here By Sinclair Lewis Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press. Called “a message to thinking Americans” by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can’t Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today’s news.

Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Signet; Reprint edition (January 7, 2014) ISBN-10: 0451465644 ISBN-13: 978-0451465641 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Happen-Here-Signet-Classics/dp/0451465644/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495828677&sr=1-1&keywords=it+can%27t+happen+here

The Manchurian Candidate By Richard Condon Controversial upon publication, and just as timely today, is Richard Condon's original novel. First published in 1959, The Manchurian Candidate is Condon's riveting take on a little-known corner of the cold war, the almost sci-fi concept of American soldiers captured, brainwashed, and programmed by their Chinese captors to return to the states as unsuspected political assassins. Condon's expert manipulation of the book's multiple themes – from anticommunist hysteria to megalomaniacal motherhood – makes this one of the most dazzling, and enduring, products of an unforgettable time. This classic of cold war paranoia includes a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize winning author Louis Menand.

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Carroll & Graf; Reprint edition (October 2, 2003) ISBN-10: 1568582706 ISBN-13: 978-1568582702 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Manchurian-Candidate-Perseus/dp/1568582706/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495828842&sr=1-1&keywords=the+manchurian+candidate

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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order--all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (October 18, 2006) ISBN-10: 0060850523 ISBN-13: 978-0060850524 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060850523/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495829050&sr=1-1&keywords=brave+new+world

The Dispossessed: A Novel By Ursula K. LeGuin A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to reunite the two planets, which have been divided by centuries of distrust. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart. To visit Urras—to learn, to teach, to share—will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. But the ambitious scientist's gift is soon seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change.

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Reprint edition (June 10, 2014) ISBN-10: 006051275X ISBN-13: 978-0060512750 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Dispossessed-Novel-Hainish-Cycle/dp/006051275X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1495830475&sr=1-1

Thank You for Smoking: A Novel By Christopher Buckley Nobody blows smoke like Nick Naylor. He’s a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies–in other words, a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He’s so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he’s become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of Nick Naylor?

Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; 1 edition (February 14, 2006) ISBN-10: 0812976525 ISBN-13: 978-0812976526 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-Smoking-Christopher-Buckley/dp/0812976525/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495830848&sr=1-1&keywords=thank+you+for+smoking

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Primary Colors By Anonymous & Joe Klein A brilliant and penetrating look behind the scenes of modern American politics, Primary Colors is a funny, wise, and dramatic story with characters and events that resemble some familiar, real-life figures. When a former congressional aide becomes part of the staff of the governor of a small Southern state, he watches in horror, admiration, and amazement, as the governor mixes calculation and sincerity in his not-so-above-board campaign for the presidency.

Paperback: 376 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; 10th Anniversary ed. edition (October 17, 2006) ISBN-10: 0812976479 ISBN-13: 978-0812976472 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Primary-Colors-Novel-Politics/dp/0812976479/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495831032&sr=1-1&keywords=primary+colors

Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood", and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky.

Paperback: 581 pages Publisher: Vintage Books; 2nd edition (March 14, 1995) ISBN-10: 0679732764 ISBN-13: 978-0679732761 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-Ralph-Ellison/dp/0679732764/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495831213&sr=1-1&keywords=invisible+man

American Wife By Curtis Sittenfeld A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. In her small Wisconsin hometown, she learns the virtues of politeness, but a tragic accident when she is seventeen shatters her identity and changes the trajectory of her life. More than a decade later, when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege. And when her husband unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she both loves and fundamentally disagrees with–and that her private beliefs increasingly run against her public persona. As her husband’s presidency enters its second term, Alice must confront contradictions years in the making and face questions nearly impossible to answer.

Paperback: 568 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; First Printing edition (February 10, 2009) ISBN-10: 0812975405 ISBN-13: 978-0812975406 Amazon Info: https://www.amazon.com/American-Wife-Random-Readers-Circle/dp/0812975405/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495832461&sr=1-1&keywords=american+wife

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AP Social Studies Summer Boot Camp Put Your Best Boot Forward!

Goals: Over the course of the AP Social Studies Bootcamp, students will be introduced to the rigor of the Advanced Placement Program, discover the academic skills they will need in order to be successful in the class the following school year, understand the AP curriculum and exam format, as well as the necessary skills to triumphantly conquer the exam. Students will begin the session by examining familiar history while developing the Historical Thinking Skills mandated by the College Board, and which they must master in order to attain the highest possible scores on the AP exam in May. As the session progresses, student will be introduced to new historical concepts and be challenged to apply the Historical Thinking Skills. They will leave the Bootcamp with a feel for the expectations of the class, the amount of time and effort that will be necessary to achieve success in both the class and on the AP exam, and the preliminary review information that will give them a head start when the school year begins. Students who complete the Summer Bootcamp and earn a Certificate of Completion will be exempt from the Summer Reading Assignments for that course.

Three Sessions are offered:

Session: Session 1 Session 2* Session 3

Class: AP United States History AP US Government & Politics AP European History

Open To: Juniors Seniors Sophomores

Time: 9 am - Noon 8 am - Noon 9 am - Noon

Dates: June 12 – June 16 July 5 – July 7 July 24 – July 28

Location: Room 202 Room 202 Room 202

Instructor: Ms. Gavin Ms. Gavin Ms. Gavin

Price: $99.00 $80.00 $99.00

Online Registration Begins May 30, 2017 www.rosaryacademy.org/bootcamp General Schedule for each day:

Day #1:

Introduction to the Advanced Placement Program in the Social Studies Department of Rosary Academy – “What is A.P.?” General discussion of purpose of Advanced Placement courses, and why they are valuable to the students. Overview of the course, the content themes and historical thinking skills that will be developed throughout the school year. Students begin with examples from history with which they should be fairly familiar.

Day #2:

The AP Exam, Part 1 – In day 2, we break down the exam format, review the types of questions involved and begin

practicing the skills and strategies necessary for answering multiple choice questions (regular and stimulus based), as well as writing for the AP exam (Short Answer Questions, Long Essay Questions, Free Response Questions, Document Based Essay Questions). In the first stages, students will work with history that is familiar to them from their previous history classes and experience, then build to newer topics that may be addressed in class over the course of the school year.

Day #3:

The AP Exam, Part 2 – In day 3, we continue break down the exam format, review the types of questions involved and

begin practicing the skills and strategies necessary for answering multiple choice questions (regular and stimulus based), as well as writing for the AP exam (Short Answer Questions, Long Essay Questions, Free Response Questions, Document Based Essay Questions). On Day 3, we focus on practicing the skills to answer the questions, and students will complete one full essay on their own.

Day #4:

Logistics of the AP Social Studies Class at Rosary Academy – We will break down how the class is structured, the

level of academic rigor and time commitment that students should expect to put in throughout the year. We will review typical class and homework assignments (expectations, techniques and time management), and begin introducing preliminary review material for unit one.

Day #5:

A Typical Day in AP – on the last day, the students will experience a typical AP class as we delve in-depth into a topic

required by the AP curriculum, continuing with the preliminary review material from unit one. This may include a bit of lecture, a group activity, the use of technology and/or film, writing prompts, etc. This day is intended to introduce the students to the types of things they may do on a typical class day, and also to get them excited for the school year.

*NOTE on AP Government:

Due to the different structure of the AP U.S. Government & Politics exam as well as the previous Advanced Placement experience of the seniors going into that class, the Bootcamp can be completed within 3 days while still providing all of the introductory and practice experiences.

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Advanced Placement European History Summer Bootcamp: This Bootcamp is open to all Sophomores enrolled in A.P. European History for the 2017-2018 school year, as well as any Seniors who may be taking the class as an elective. The Bootcamp is especially highly recommended for Sophomores because they have not studied history in a high school environment yet, having not taken a Social Studies class since the 8th grade. Furthermore, they have not studied any European or World History since the 7th grade. The AP European History Bootcamp will focus on preparing Sophomores for the heavier work load, understanding how the AP program works, the benefits of taking Advanced Placement courses, and what doing so means for their college ambitions. One of the greatest challenges that Sophomores often face in taking their first A.P. class, and in a subject they have not studied for some time, is time management and understanding the commitment required of a college level course. However, since they will likely take multiple A.P. classes as juniors and seniors, establishing good study skills as well as developing and exercising analytical and interpretive skills early on will aid them in all future Advanced Placement courses. Students who complete the Bootcamp and earn a Certificate of Completion will be exempt from the Summer Reading Assignment. AP United States History Bootcamp: This Bootcamp is open to all Juniors enrolled in A.P. United States History for the 2017-2018 school year. As most of the students doing so will have completed A.P. European History as Sophomores, this academic camp will focus on enhancing the skills necessary to write for the A.P. U.S. History exam, such as deciphering and interpreting historical documents, as well as further practice with the College Board mandated Historical Thinking Skills. This camp is also highly recommended for students who did not take A.P. European History as a Sophomores, as it will enable to catch up with the rest of the class, learn how the exam is formatted, and discover what can be expected throughout the year in terms of work load and time commitment. As Juniors typically take multiple A.P. courses, getting a head start over the summer will help ease the transition into a challenging academic year. Students who complete the Bootcamp and earn a Certificate of Completion will be exempt from the Summer Reading Assignment. AP United States Government & Politics: This Bootcamp is open to all Seniors enrolled in A.P. United States Government & Politics for the 2017-2018 school year. As most of the students will have completed either A.P. European History or A.P. United States (or both), this session will focus on introducing the seniors to the different format and expectations of the AP US Government & Politics exam, while working to help them apply the analytical, interpretive and Historical Thinking Skills that they learned and developed in their previous A.P. history classes. For any student who lacks experience with Advanced Placement history classes, this summer Bootcamp will give them the opportunity to become familiar with necessary skills and terminology, as well what they may expect in terms of work load and time commitment for success in the class. This summer session will focus on building and adapting old skills and introducing new skills while helping students transition from the approach of an historian to that of a political scientist. Students who complete the Bootcamp and earn a Certificate of Completion will be exempt from the Summer Reading Assignment.