Assignment+Instructions

** Ms. Harriott  ** ** Computer Assignment: Who Are My Representatives? **   Find out who represents you in national, state, and local legislatures: ** 1)  ** the US Senate (2),   **  2)  ** the U.S. House of Representatives (1), ** 3)  ** the New York State Senate (1),    **  4)  ** the New York State Assembly (1), and ** 5)  ** your local legislature (1), ( New York City Council,).     When you find out who your six legislators are, write up two to three pages for each with the following information.     You may list the first four:    1) Name 2) Party affiliation    3) Committees he or she serves on    4) Major accomplishments (try to find at least 4). // What has this person really done? //    5) -- Which interest groups rate his or her voting record on particular issues very high, or very low, and why? Who, // specifically //, gave him or her money for their last campaign? 6) A multimedia presentation of one representative.  7) Your assessment. As you look over what they cite as their accomplishments, be critical; read between the lines. --Is s/he representative of you and your district? If so, how, and if not, why not? --Would you vote for them in the next election? Why or why not? -- What leadership qualities do you believe helped your representative stay in office? (be sure to cite  example from research)
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= **Spring Extension: Read the reviews of at least four of your peers and comment on their discussion board.**  = Your best sources for this paper are the internet, local newspapers and magazines, and the phone book if you decide to call his/her district office for information (or go there, which I urge you to do). The following websites will be helpful to you in initially looking up your representatives: 
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U.S. House and Senate
[] =NYS Senate= [] =NYS Assembly= http://assembly.state.ny.us/

NYC Council
http://www.council.nyc.ny.us/  For interest groups and campaign contributions, use: [|www.opensecrets.org] and [|www.vote-smart.org] and [|www.followthemoney.org] For more general information: [|www.newsday.com] and [|www.nytimes.com] and/or [|www.google.com] in order to find other information on the representative, particularly if their website doesn’t have much. ***This assignment is due __Monday April 11th__. We will discuss your findings at that time. If you do not hand it in at that time, or if you do not come to class in an attempt to avoid handing in the assignment, your grade will suffer. Refer to your Rights and Responsibilities handout for details.***