Outside Points Announcements
NOTE: This page is not currently updated, as I am not teaching any courses that require outside points. I am leaving it up in case any of it is of use to anyone.
"Other" Outside Points Opportunity: Find your congressional representative's district office (probably in San Jose), and go visit. Talk to a staff person about the work they do, and bring back a signed business card. You must also take a picture of yourself there, in which the office is easily identifiable. Write a reflection on your visit. 5 points Outside Points FormsYou can click on the title of any document to open it:
Outside Points Requirement (This is an explanation of the requirement.) Outside Points Record Sheet (to keep track of what you've done) Meeting Schedules (city & school board) Meeting Form Court Visits information Court Form Civics Book Report Form Letter Format (must be to a state or federal govt. representative) Political Addresses - needs update Community Service Log Political Campaigning Log Debate Watch Form (print one page per 3 candidates) Book Report Suggestions
Here is a list of pre-approved books:
The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts, by Wayne Root The Shadow Factory: The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, by James Bamford The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin See No Evil: the True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terror, by Robert Baer When You Ride Alone, Your Ride with Bin Laden, by Bill Maher The Assault on Reason, by Al Gore Worse than Watergate, by John Dean (about the Bush, Jr. presidency) Toxic Talk: How the Radical Right Has Poisoned America's Airwaves, by Bill Press Culture Warrior, by Bill O'Reilly Pay Any Price, by James Risen Hard Choices, by Hillary Rodham Clinton (2014) A Fighting Chance, by Elizabeth Warren (2014) The Fight: A Secret Service Agent's Inside Account of Security Failings and the Political Machine, by Dan Bongino (new) Why the Right went Wrong: Conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond, by E.J. Dionne, Jr. (new) Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again, by Donald J. Trump (new) Dark Money: the Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, by Jane Meyer (new) A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America, by Ted Cruz (new) Why Bernie Sanders Matters, by Harry Jaffe (new) The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, by Al Gore (new?) Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin (new) Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World, by Linda Hershman (new) |
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