Current Events Assignment Worksheet
Current Event: Chapters 3/4
CONFLICT
Directions: Let’s connect our current study of the Middle East to today!
Find an article (cut from newspaper or print) that shows a current CONFLICT in the Middle East (Israel, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Kuwait, etc.). Do not use Wikipedia.
Please check SS website for CE links.
Please attach your entire article and staple to back.
Name(s):_______________________________ Date:___________________Period_____
Identify CONFLICT:____________________________________________
Name of Source:_______________________________________________
Website URL:_________________________________________________
Title of Article:________________________________________________
Summarize the background information of this topic in a few sentences.
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Explain the IMPACT of this issue in a few sentences. What are some of the CONTRIBUTING factors?
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Choose something included in the article that you think is the most interesting. Remember, put it in quotes.
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Why did you choose these words? Was it the point it made? the feeling?….the person who said it?…..Explain in a few sentences.
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What is your opinion or your reaction to this conflict? Did the article show you something you didn’t think or know before? Explain in a few sentences.________________________________
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My child has met the above criteria.
Parent Signature_____________________________________________________________
Any comments:
Rubric
Name/Date/other information properly filled out _____/1
Depth of Response _____/4
Attached article _____/1
Parent Signature _____/1
Total ______/7
On the due date: Now that you have completed this, please contribute to a class poster: Current Conflict in the Middle East. Using marker, write a catchy headline that expresses the issue.
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