Complete this week's current event if you have missed a current event previously.
Week Fourteen: 11/25/13-11/26/13
Current Event Content Requirements:
- You should summarize the event IN YOUR OWN WORDS and explain why this is important.
- It should be a minimum of 10 COMPLETE sentences.
- 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.
MISSING ANY REQUIREMENTS WILL RESULT IN A ZERO. Plagiarism is a serious offense- earns you a zero and a write up, just don't do it. **MUST BE AT LEAST 10 SENTENCES**
Include:
Source: (entire website address)
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)
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
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/28/politics/obamacare-website/index.html?hpt=po_c1
ReplyDeleteArticle Title:The Obamacare question: Can the website handle the volume?
Article Date: This event occurred on Thu November 28, 2013
Who: The president, Luke Chung, and government officials was involved in this event.
Where: This event happened in the White House and on the internet.
When:This event occurred on Thu November 28, 2013.
What happened: After fixing the Obamacare website, it is still having problems. And Luke Chung think he can fix the new problems by Saturday.
Why this event is relevant: This event is relevant because there is a lot of people that expected to use the Obamacare website.
Reaction Most of the people this event affected was angry that there are more problems with the website.
Opinion I think the government should set some time aside to fix all of the website's problems, the release it to the public.
Connection I cannot connect to this event because I don't know anyone who use Obamacare.
Source:www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/politics/obamacare/index.html?hpt=po
ReplyDelete_c1
Article Title: White house lowering Obama care expectations amid lackluster reports
Article Date: November 12, 2013
Who: The Administrations
Where:Washington, D.C.
When: In November
What happened: They have lowered the number of people applying for Obama Care because of its past troubles. The number has already fell dropped dramatically. republicans are pissed with this . technical problems With the online application process.
Why this event is relevant: this event is relevant because Health Care is a big problem and it is highly important for people to have health care.
Reaction: I am upset with the government because this is something that they need to get on and fix now.
Opinion: I think it is more than just problems with the creators of the website, I think that they just don't want to fix it and I think they are stalling.
Connection: I choose this because I feel as though the government is not doing a good job and I found it interesting to read .
Soruce: http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/29/us/ison-comet/index.html?c=homepage-t
ReplyDeleteArticle title: comet Ison flies by sun, shows sighs of life
Article date: updated 8:11 AM EST 11.29.13
Who: Karl Battams, NASAA, European space Agency
Where: research laboratory of NASAA
When: currently happing
What happen: Battams a comet scientist for the Naval research laboratory, said it is believed some parts of ISON's nucleus survived perihelion. Now it has emerged and started to brighten, we need to observe it for a few days to get a feel for its behavior ISON swept about 730,000 miles over the spacecraft watched ISON plunged toward the the sun.
Why is this event relevant: this event is relevant because this amazing event that everyone would want to know because it can prove life beside on earth.
Reaction: I thought this was a little Farfetch, but it still interesting.
Opinion: I think this would be great if they can prove if there is life on other plants.
Connection: I pick this article because it was the first thing I saw the CNN website.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/19/politics/kerry-ukraine/index.html?hpt=po_c2
ReplyDelete1. Who is the article about? This article is mainly about the President Obama condemns Ukraine violence and warns of consequences.
2. Where did the event happen? This happened in Washington.
3. When did the event happen? This happened in Wednesday, February 19, 2014.
4. What is the article about? President Obama condemned the violence in the Ukraine. The United States expected the government to show restraint against protestors. There were clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital.
5. What is your opinion of this article? I think this article was very interesting. To see all the different things Obama go through while being a president.
6. How does this article relate to something you learned in Civics? This article relates to Civics because it shows the different things the president go through.
7. Provide a proper MLA citation of the article? Tapper, Jake and Cohen, Tom. "Obama condemns Ukraine Violence; Warns of consequences."19 Feb 2014.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/19/politics/kerry-ukraine/index.html?hpt=po_c2