1. Current Events Warm Up – If we were to turn on the US news right now, what events would we likely hear about? August 28 th, 2014 CW – Current Event Notes HW – Current Event Practice

2. The Basics 6 current event analyses are due each quarter First – choose an article Then – read it Next – annotate it Finally – answer 10 analysis questions

3. The Rules Articles must be about American government! They must be written during the quarter in which they are due First quarter articles must be written between August 1 and October 29 Must be published in an approved sources UNLESS you see me AHEAD of time for approval Must be 750 words long Cannot be from blogs, editorials, opinions, or non-government sections

4. Approved Sources You can only get your online or hard-copy articles from the following websites or newspapers/magazines UNLESS you get the article approved by me AHEAD of time: New York Times: www.nytimes.comwww.nytimes.com The Baltimore Sun: www.baltimoresun.comwww.baltimoresun.com The Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.comwww.washingtonpost.com The Los Angels Times: www.latimes.comwww.latimes.com The American Spectator: www.spectator.orgwww.spectator.org The Wall Street Journal: www.online.wsj.com The National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com/ The Chicago Tribune: www.chicagotribune.comwww.chicagotribune.com The Economist: www.economist.comwww.economist.com The British Broadcasting Company: www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk

5. The Rules Articles must be about American government! They must be written during the quarter in which they are due First quarter articles must be written between August 1 and October 29 Must be published in an approved sources UNLESS you see me AHEAD of time for approval Must be 750 words long Cannot be from blogs, editorials, opinions, or non-government sections

6. Is this a good article?

7. The Assignment First step is to read and heavily annotate the article. Heavily annotating means highlighting and writing 7-10 notes per page Next step is to answer the 10 analyses questions

8. Analyses Questions You can answer the questions by writing them on a piece of paper By Typing them on a word processor and printing them By downloading a worksheet and typing the answers By downloading a worksheet, printing it, and writing the answers

9. Analysis Questions

10. Turning it in Staple the annotated article to the BACK of the questions page and turn it in Double check that your NAME is on it!

11. So… when is it due? Due on a rolling deadline. Not officially due until the last day of each quarter BUT you should aim to get three in by interims If you don’t have 3 in by interims, zeroes will appear in the grade book

12. How will I be graded?

13. Homework Article # Characteristics that make it an appropriate choice Characteristics that make it an inappropriate choice 1 approved source, over 750 words, current date non-government topic, from the opinion section 2 3