1st period, Week of 1/25-2/5

Due by 3:30 pm on Friday 2/5

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 two paragraphs (10 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.

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.nytimes.com/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/   

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/