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At the top left corner of the paper, include Name/Period: Topic: Title: Author: Date of article: Source: You should have one current event for each of the following topics: Civil Liberties or Civil Rights: Students will find an article that details a modern decision or action by the Courts, summarize the article, and show how the event relates to the materials that we have covered. Political Culture - Current Events Assignment: Students will find an article that involves American political culture, summarize it, and relate it to the information that we have covered from this chapter. Public Opinion - Current Event Assignment: Students will find a public opinion poll from the past month and analyze the information contained in the poll. Students will then use the various tools from the chapter to ascertain the degree of accuracy and legitimacy of the poll. Student will bring the poll and their summary into class to share with the group. Political Parties-Current Event Assignment: Students will find and summarize an article from the past month that pertains to the role that a political party has played in recent times. As with the other current event assignments, students are expected to connect learned information to their article. Elections - Current Event Assignment: Students will find an article that pertains to the current presidential/congressional elections and how each depicts a particular candidate. After summarizing each article, students will then relate the information that they have learned from the chapter to each article. Interest Groups or Media Students will pick between interest groups or media and find an article that pertains to the role either has played in the past month. Be sure to connect learned information to the article. Congress - Current Event Assignment: Students will find and summarize an article that illustrates some idea that we have covered that pertains to Congress. Presidency - Current Event Assignment: Students will find and summarize an article that pertains to the presidency and connect the relevancy to the material covered. Judiciary - Current Events Assignment: Student will find an article that details a modern decision or actions by the Courts, summarize the article, and show how the event relates to the materials that we have covered. For each of the articles, a suggested length would be a two-page paper (Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double spaced, 1.5 inch margins) that follows the following format: Summary: (suggested length- a half page) Summarize the main points (who, what, where, when, why, how) of the article. Analysis: (suggested length- a half page) This is where you need to connect it to what you have learned in your reading, class or in past current events. Please give examples to support your response. Evaluation: (suggested length- a half page) Why is this event important to know about? Please give examples to support your response. Opinion: (suggested length- a half page) What do you think about the current event? How does the event affect you? Your opinion must be based on prior knowledge and what you have read. Use government vocabulary and knowledge principles of democracy to support your response. Below are examples of appropriate news sources for this assignment: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ BBC News http://online.wsj.com/public/us Wall Street Journal http://www.economist.com/ The Economist http://www.bostonherald.com/ Boston Herald http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.csmonitor.com/ Christian Science Monitor http://www.nytimes.com/ New York Times http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/print/ Washington Post http://www.timesdispatch.com/ Richmond Times Dispatch http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ MSNBC Website http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1001 National Public There are numerous other worthy sources for your current events so this list is just a sampling. Please refrain from tabloid media such as The National Inquirer, People Magazine, etc. The current event is due at the beginning of class. Late current events are unacceptable. If you are not in class the day a current event is due, you are expected to have e-mailed it to me at: yurang@sisd.net so the time on your e-mail is prior to the start of class (i.e., you cant skip class because you forgot your current event and then e-mail it to me later) Academic Integrity Academic Integrity is at the heart of a sound academic policy. The integrity of a school course and program depend on the honest completion of student work. Cheating and/or plagiarism violate the most basic understanding between a student and a teacher that a student s work is his/her own. " Cheating occurs when a student: " copies someone else s work and/or violates copyright. " allows someone else to copy his/her work. " allows someone to complete his/her work. " If a student is caught cheating, he/she will: " fail the assignment without opportunity to redo the assignment. " be referred for disciplinary action. Current Event Rubric CATEGORY2 (Exceeds Expectations)1 (Minimum Expectations)0 (Needs Improvement)SummarySummary of article is clear, complete, and accurate. All of the main points are addressed.Summary of article is clear, complete, and accurate.Summary of the article is unclear, incomplete, or inaccurateAnalysisAnalysis of how the event affects rights or lives of citizens is clear and complete. Made clear connection to reading, discussion, or past current events. Multiple valid examples are applied and extended to support the response.Analysis of how the event affects rights or lives of citizens is clear and complete. Showed little to no connection to reading, discussion, or past current events. Valid examples are used to support the response.Analysis of how the even affects right or lives of citizens lacks clarity. Showed no connection to reading, discussion, or past current events.EvaluationEvaluation of importance of the event is clear and complete. Multiple valid examples are applied and extended to support the responseEvaluation of importance of the event is clear and complete. Valid examples are used to support the response.Evaluation of the importance of the event lacks clarity.OpinionOpinion of the current event is clear and complete. 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