Please read, watch or listen to a current political news event. Your current news event must concern events of politics, government, policies, issues or laws related to the United States. Your news event update MAY NOT be related to sports, entertainment, or music (unless of course related to politics.) The news event you choose must have occurred in the recent month or updated in the recent month.
ASSIGNMENT FORMAT ~ GRADING RUBRIC
For this news update assignment, you should write a summary of your news event or update in the following format:
Title and source of the news topic:
Trumps Trade Dump from CNN TV
Paragraph 1 ~ Summary of Update: SUP?
Write a summary paragraph, in your own words, about the current news update. It needs to be at least SIX to EIGHT SENTENCES LONG. You cant copy verbatim from an article. Doing so will result in a grade of 0.
Paragraph 2 ~ Events Greater Significance: GET WOKE
Write at least 5-6 sentences discussing why you chose the current news event to update and how it is important to this nation, to our society, this state or your community. Think about who this event impacts and how. Explain why it is significant or why it isnt as significant as you may have originally thought.
Paragraph 3 ~ Your Take: BE WOKE
In 5-6 sentences, provide your opinion about the topic; why did you select it; what did you learn; did anything you now know surprise you; what, if anything, did not surprise you; are you still interested in this topic or are you over it.
Paragraph 4 ~ Your Question: STAY WOKE
Write 1 or 2 relevant questions about the topic. These are questions you would like answered or questions that you could ask in the class and why you are asking these questions… is it to search for solutions, to find the cause, trace the history of the problem, to express frustration, to gather support, to ask for the opposing point of view, to understsand the law, or just perhaps to get clarification.
NEWS SOURCES
You may choose your current news update from a number of sources. They may come from:
TV news shows:
CNN, FOX NEWS, CBS, FOX-BUSINESS, CNBC, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, 60 MINUTES for example.
RADIO news shows:
BBC World Service on BBC America station
Morning Edition or All Things Considered on NPR station;
The Rush Limbaugh Show or The Hugh Hewitt Show or The Charlie Sykes Show on Conservative Talk Premiere station;
The Thom Hartmann Program on Progressive Talk Radio Westwood One.
Newspapers:
The New York Times, Financial Times, The Weekly Standard; The American Spectator, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, as examples. (All of the above can also be found on the internet.)
Weekly Newsmagazines:
Time, National Review, History Magazines, National Geographic, The New Yorker, The Economist, The American Conservative
Political Internet Sites:
NYTimes.com, ConservativeTribute.com, Huffingtonpost.com, ABC News.com, TheHill.com, Dailywire.com, Politico.com, Axios.com, CBS News.com, Christian Science Monitor.com, CNN.com, Fox News.com, Los Angeles Times.com, National Geographic News.com, NBC News.com, American History.com, AP.com, Bloomberg.com
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