Current event for week 1: August 27-August 30
Current Event Content Requirements:
Your chosen current event
must involve the government in some way. For example, you may use any
news story about the president, Congress, elections, court cases, legal
debates, military, taxes, government policies and/or reforms. If you
question whether your news story qualifies, ask Ms. Rachael BEFORE
blogging. You may copy and paste the requirements below in your blog
reply.
Include:
Source: (website)
Article Title:
Article Date:
Who:
Where:
When:
What happened:
Why this event is relevant:
Reaction (describe your feelings or attitudes)
Opinion (I think..)
Connection (why you chose this article)
You
should summarize the event IN YOUR OWN WORDS and explain why this is
important. It should be two paragraphs in length (minimum).
Current Event Sources:
Helpful Hint: follow news sources on Twitter so the news appears in your feed. Easy!
http://www.c-span.org/
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/
http://www.nbc.com/
http://www.pbs.org/topics/news-politics/
http://www.foxnews.com/
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/current-events/
http://news.discovery.com/
http://www.un.org/news/
http://www.amnestyusa.org/
http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/
Shanya Battle
ReplyDeleteSource: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/russia-us-relations/index.html?c=world
ReplyDeleteArticle title: war of words between Russia, United States heats up
Article date: updated 6:21 a.m. EDT 09 / 06 / 13
who was involved?: President Obama, Moscow Russia president Medvedev, and Syria.
When did this event happy?: last updated September this 2013 1:38 p.m. EDT
What happe?: president Obama is going to Moscow Russia to talk about their association with Syrian government in suppling Syria. Due to Syria attack on their own peopl.
Why is this event relevant?: this event is relevant because the weapons Moscow Russia were suppling Syrian government are dangeroud.
Opinion: I think that President Obama should go ahead and attack Syria.
Connection: the reason I chose this article this was because non stop this is what I seen on the news and all I heard TV.