Current Event Assignment

Locate a Current Event Article (within the last year). It needs to be RELATED to any issue discussed in this course. It can be a current event that is of local, state, national or international significance. You may use newspapers, the Internet, or a news magazine to get your current event article. The news article must be at least 3 paragraphs long.

Assignment Objectives

This assignment correlates with:

Examining the impact of various societal influences on the development of children’s social identity.

Identifying issues of social injustice and bias that occur in classrooms.

Instructions

  • Summarize the article using your own words.
  • Analyze the article in reference to course content (readings, lecture, and discussions from class). This means connect the article to the course content.
  • React to the news article. This means to write how the article made you feel and think. Pose a stance. State an opinion. What are your feelings and attitude related to the article? Do you agree or disagree?
  • Write about how you personally connect to this article?