Current+Events

Current Events Assignment Sheet for Economics Understanding the events that are happening in our nation is a critical part of understanding the nature of the economic world you live in, therefore you will be required to keep pace with current events as a part of this course. This means that every 2 weeks you will:


 * 1. Check out a variety of different news sources to find 2 different quality articles related to recent happenings in the world of business/economics. These articles could cover anything from an important development.


 * 2. Find a minimum of 2 different articles that cover the event. These articles must come from at least 2 different sources. Aside from the usual sources ([|Christian Science Monitor_] [|New York Times_] [|Washington Post_] [|LA Times_]) Here are a few other places to start: [|CNNfn_] ,[|Bloomberg_],[|Google Business News_], [|Yahoo Finance_], the [|NASDAQ_], or the [|New York Stock Exchange_].
 * 3. Read the articles carefully and highlight or underline the critical information
 * 4. Write a 2-3 paragraph summary for each of the news stories in which you:


 * 1) identify the important actors and issues at stake
 * 2) give a brief chronology of events connected to the story, and
 * 3) offer your analysis as to the effect this story will have on the larger economic picture


 * 5. Th e summary needs to be written in your own words, you will receive a zero on this assignment if you copy and paste sentences from the article.
 * 6. Please make sure you are choosing stories that have real national news significance, NOT about some new house a celebrity paid 8 gazillion dollars for, or some random guy who sells old record players door to door, or whatever.

POSTING AND BLOGGING YOUR CURRENT EVENT:
 * Current events need to be posted to your wiki site by Wednesday before you get to class. I would suggest making a new "page" for every current event you do. Name them "Current Event 1, Current Event 2, Current event 3," etc...
 * 1) At the bottom of your report you need to paste a link to where you found your articles, so that way other classmates and I can read what you read.
 * 2) By Friday you are responsible for reading 2 other classmates' current events. You need to read the article first and then read what your classmate wrote.
 * 3) After you read their summary you will click on the "Discussion" link at the top of the wiki page. Here you will post a response to what they wrote. Give your thought on what you think about the article or their response. If you agree or disagree, let them know and WHY.


 * I will check on Wednesday that you posted your Current Events on time. I will check again on Friday night that you read and responded to 2 of your classmates.

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