Mr. McKenney Social Studies



-114300148590000Current Events News BroadcastTo access our flipboard: Click this linkThroughout this course it is important that each of you follows the news to stay informed about the topics we will be discussing in class. This assignment will provide you with the resources and skills needed to begin this process. For this assignment, each of you will look for an event or issue in the news today that the United States is involved in. You will identify and explain how the United States plays a role in this issue and report on it through an imovie news broadcast. Resources to help you get started: 1. This website may help you identify a topic you are interested in click here2. Here is an example of a news broadcast on a foreign policy issue- Click This Link3. Use this resource to access every side of an issue. Click here to accessOn your Broadcast, you need to explain the following:Find three news articles for your event and provide a summary of the event for each. (10 points for each)Be sure to consider:Who is involved? What happened? When did it happen? Where did it happen? Why is this event important or significant to the United States? Explain how the United States is responding to the event or problem. (10 points)Explain what options from the Choices’ Foreign Policy options you see being used in the event or, if one is not being used, what option should the United States use in its response? Will this response change global opinions about the United States? (10 points)Lead the world to democracyProtect U.S Global InterestsBuild a more cooperative worldProtect the U.S Homeland ................
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