Social Protests Current Events
This course requires 4 Current Events.
Due Dates: Please refer to your syllabus for all due dates
Description: People protest everyday. Find an article about a social protest and/or movement and write to me about it. Remember that there are many different protests - from Black Lives Matter to issues of Climate Change to March for our Lives. Find a protest where people come together to collectively have their voice heard.
Please answer: Paragraph One: What is the article about? Paragraph 2: What are your critical/analytical thoughts about it?
You must CITE your source with Chicago Style Citation.
Rubric:
Description of Article: 1 Point
Critical Analysis: 2 Points
Chicago Citation: 2 Points
Be sure and use our Course Campus Guide for help and ease in finding current events.
Use these databases and websites to find recent articles from magazine and newspapers:
Peer-reviewed/academic articles in addition to newspaper, magazine, and trade journals from all subject areas.
ProQuest also includes "ProQuest Ebook Central" - an ebook database.
Define a specific date range to only find articles published within the last 2 weeks:
The Interactive Media Bias Chart visualizes the complex media landscape by plotting news sources on a chart according to reliability and bias. You can read about the methodology used to create the chart here: Methodology Summary
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