Humanities 8—Current Events

Humanities 8 will be exploring Current Events throughout the year. Some will be chosen by students, while others will be chosen by me. I will start things off by showing students what is expected and how to write up their findings. I have given students a template to follow, which I will post below. Five marks are available to students for thoroughly completing all necessary components of the template, including two of the four questions at the bottom of the page. Drawing on our journalism skills, students will be required to summarize the five W's of the featured event by paraphrasing. Written work should not be point form. All Current Events must be properly labeled, dated, and placed (in order of date) in their journal books.

We will be looking at and discussing this event tomorrow:     Current Event for Monday, Sept 16th.

Current Events

Date:

Event title:

Format (i.e., video clip, political cartoon):

Source:

Using the 5 Ws, summarize the event in two or three sentences.

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Reflection/Response Questions:

1.     How do you think the people involved feel about what is happening?

2.     How might this event impact your life directly or indirectly?

3.     What factors may have contributed to the occurrence of this event—why did it happen?

4.      What do you think will happen now?