Current Event Outline - University of South Florida



Current Event Outline & Rubric

Current Events are due every Monday. Each article will deal with any interesting information (politics, sports, fashion, technology...) about the countries within the region you have been assigned to. Then refer to another event any place in the world that may share similar world history themes (Social, Political, and Religion. Economic, Intellectual, Arts) and discuss the connection between the two.

Please follow the outline for maximum credits. Review Rubrics

I Source/Organization - written in paragraph form (5 points)

Name of Publication

Title

Author

Date of Publication State Internet source

II Summary (15 points)

Summarize your article. Your summary should be 2 - 3 paragraphs long and written in paragraph form. Make sure you identify Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. Give details. Do not copy the article. Plagiarism is unacceptable.

III Connections (20 points)

Write 1 - 2 paragraphs relating your article to your studies whenever possible. Use your textbooks, notes, or handouts as references. You may have to research similar events Past or present in history that will help you make a connection. Cite your source in parenthesis. You may initially use events in the U.S. until you build your world historical background knowledge. For example, if the article discusses a natural disaster then you must identify a similar event either in that same region or elsewhere (Hurricane Katrina) and discuss any comparison or differences within the world history themes identified from the first article. You must clearly identify the themes that tie the two events together in one or two sentences. Do Not Summarize Two Articles nor just state “ they are both social because people were hurt” (Review your P.E.R.S.I.A. handout for clarity). Make sure you use vocabulary learned in class throughout your writing.

IV OPINION (10 points)

This is the time to write how you feel whether it is constructive criticism, amazement, or concerns. One paragraph minimum.

Notes

• Assignments must be typed, Name and assigned Region included.

• Neatness counts

• No spelling/ grammar errors (use software spell/grammar check)

• Choose an article of appropriate length.

• Articles must be no more than 2weeks old.

• Use the UN News Center but if the article is not long enough, then use a newspaper, preferably from a country within the boundaries of your region. Use BBC International, Christian Science Monitor or

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