Summer Reading List:
AP Economics and Government Summer Reading List 2020-2021:
Summer Reading this year is OPTIONAL. HOWEVER, it is helpful to have a good working knowledge of the Constitution BEFORE we begin class in August.
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
The United States Constitution: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/index.html
The Cartoon Guide to Economics: Volume 2: Macroeconomics Yuram Bauman ISBN-13: 978-0809033614
What Every Teen Should Know about Texas Law Wallace & Cypert; University of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1477315637
Watch List
Other books if you are interested in further reading:
Applies to Both Economics and Government (also Statistics)
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail- But Some Don’t Nate Silver ISBN-13: 978-1594204111
Economics:
Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus ISBN-13: 978-1586481988
The Undercover Economist Tim Harford ISBN-13: 978-0345494016
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science Charles Wheelan 978-0393337648
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes Bryan Burrough ISBN-13: 978-0143116820
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die Niall Ferguson ISBN-13: 978-014312552
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt Michael LewiS 978-0393244663
Government:
How to Read the Constitution--and Why Kim Wehle ISBN-13 978-0062896308
How Washington Really Works Charles Peters ISBN-13: 978-0201624700
Hardball Christ Matthews ISBN-13: 978-0684845593
Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution Justice John Paul Stevens ISBN-13: 978-0316373722
The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation Jonathan Hennessy ISBN-13: 978-0809094707
Any government related book by Doris Kearns Goodwin or David McCollough.
A Kid’s Guide to the American Bill of Rights ISBN-13: 978-0062352309
AP Economics and Government Summer Reading List 2020-2021:
Summer Reading this year is OPTIONAL. HOWEVER, it is helpful to have a good working knowledge of the Constitution BEFORE we begin class in August.
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
The United States Constitution: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/index.html
The Cartoon Guide to Economics: Volume 2: Macroeconomics Yuram Bauman ISBN-13: 978-0809033614
What Every Teen Should Know about Texas Law Wallace & Cypert; University of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1477315637
Watch List
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Dave
- Gideon's Trumpet
- 12 Angry Men
- The American President
- Thirteen Days
- Man of the People
- Any 5 episodes of the West Wing
Other books if you are interested in further reading:
Applies to Both Economics and Government (also Statistics)
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail- But Some Don’t Nate Silver ISBN-13: 978-1594204111
Economics:
Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus ISBN-13: 978-1586481988
The Undercover Economist Tim Harford ISBN-13: 978-0345494016
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science Charles Wheelan 978-0393337648
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes Bryan Burrough ISBN-13: 978-0143116820
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die Niall Ferguson ISBN-13: 978-014312552
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt Michael LewiS 978-0393244663
Government:
How to Read the Constitution--and Why Kim Wehle ISBN-13 978-0062896308
How Washington Really Works Charles Peters ISBN-13: 978-0201624700
Hardball Christ Matthews ISBN-13: 978-0684845593
Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution Justice John Paul Stevens ISBN-13: 978-0316373722
The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation Jonathan Hennessy ISBN-13: 978-0809094707
Any government related book by Doris Kearns Goodwin or David McCollough.
A Kid’s Guide to the American Bill of Rights ISBN-13: 978-0062352309