{"id":32725,"date":"2022-02-14T05:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T05:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/current-event-journal-assignment-u1-2\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T05:40:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T05:40:20","slug":"current-event-journal-assignment-u1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/current-event-journal-assignment-u1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Current event journal assignment u1-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0Over the course of the class, you will be retrieving and evaluating current event articles (in the last 5 years); making connections between the units we are currently studying and today. You will be responsible for finding an online article from a reputable news source. For example: Time.com, USA Today, The New York Times, etc. \u00a0Instructions:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In your current event assignment, please address each of the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provide a summary of the article (include source, date, important people and events, place\/location).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Explain the connection to the information we studied in Units 1 and 2. o Use the following questions\/prompts as a guide:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\uf0a7 How does this current event article connect to the unit we are currently studying?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\uf0a7 What impact did the past have on the events taking place today? Is it political, economic and\/or social?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\uf0a7 Describe specific historical events\/people\/documents that are involved and explain how they are involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\uf0a7 What does the current event article tell us about the past?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\uf0a7 What predictions do you have on this event affecting the future?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provide a reflection on your personal opinions regarding the current event article and the historical event it is connected to.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Make sure to provide a hyperlink to the article (check to make sure the hyperlink works).\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Over the course of the class, you will be retrieving and evaluating current event articles (in the last 5 years); making connections between the units we are currently studying and today. You will be responsible for finding an online article from a reputable news source. For example: Time.com, USA Today, The New York Times, etc. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}