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H1103 Current Events

Goals for this project:
To understand the overall importance of being aware of current events.
For this project you will choose a news story that happened in the past week and either read an article about it (print or online), or watch the entire coverage of it on television. You will then answer the following questions in a list format. (Label your answer with the corresponding question.) Make sure you answer each question adequately.

1. What news story did you read about or watch? Give a short summary. What was the source that you got this information from?

2. Why was this story reported on? Why would people want to read about it? What makes this important?

3. Do you think any information is missing from this story that should have been included? What else do you want to know?

4. Where do you think you could find the answers to these questions? List possible resources.

5. Find this news story as covered by a different newspaper or news channel. What are the differences between the ways the stories are portrayed? Is one representation of the story biased? If so, how?

6. Based on this conclusion, do you have any concerns about the trustworthiness of media sources? If so, what?

7. Do you think something should be done to address this event and its results? What and by whom?

8. What are the possible outcomes for this event? What will happen if action is not taken versus if action is taken?

9. What are the consequences of ignoring current events as they unfold?

10. Why is it important to be aware of current events?

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Remember to use proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling when typing your essay.
Remember, all projects must follow the Academy's guidelines concerning plagiarism and MLA formatting for the citation of sources.

Source citation will be graded based on the following: • Did the student include parenthetical citations

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