*Current Event Instructions

How To Complete A Current Event Assignment

Instructions:

The purpose of this activity is to make you more aware of what is going on in our world, to increase your reading comprehension and writing skills, and to help you to be able to make connections with what we are learning about in class to reality.

News articles will be available at the beginning of the week and will be due at the end of each week . 

How to Complete The Assignment

  1. Once you have been given your article, READ IT.  Highlight critical information that will help you with your summary.
  2. Determine the “Connection”. What connections does this article have to either the unit we are studying or civics in general?
  3. Look on the top right hand side of the handout. Locate the following information in the article and write a few words answering the following:

Who  is the article about ?

What is the article about ?

Where did the article take place ?

When did the article take place?

  1. On the left side of the page, is the SUMMARY SECTION. Write a summary about the article which consists of a minimum of 5 complete sentences. In this section of the assignment, you will describe what the story was about. Be sure to include the names of the people involved in the article and identify and describe at least 3 key points related to the article.
  1. On the right side of the page is the OPINION SECTION. In this section you are to address at least two of the “Think About It” items that are posted at the end of the news article.  Your total  response must have a minimum of 5 complete sentences.

When is it due?

Articles are to be turned in each Friday. YOU are responsible for completing the assignment each week on your own. This can be done at home or when you finish a class assignment early. 

REMEMBER...

In order to live in our world as a responsible citizen, you must know what is going on in it.