K. Hannegrefs
SLM 521
Spring 2005
Web Drop #1
Current
Events on the Web
Current events discussion
is an integral part of this Social Studies course. All students are expected to keep aware of
current events.
ASSIGNMENT:
1.
Select an
information source from those provided and select an article to report on. The article must connect to the subject
matter we are studying in the current unit.
2.
Using proper
bibliographical form cite your source.
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http://ww2.lafayette.edu/%7Elibrary/guides/cite.html
·
Writers, Inc.
3.
Provide a
summary (between 150-200 words) of the article.
·
Open a
Microsoft Word Document to create summary.
4.
Provide
explanation as the relationship of the article to our current unit.
5.
Select two (2)
vocabulary words from the article you think qualify as SAT words. Define the words and use each correctly in a
sentence of your own creation.
INFORMATION SOURCES:
Newspapers
Online:
·
Use the login
name and password provided by your teacher for each newspaper
Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
News Search
Engines:
·
You may also
use the following news search engines to find information about our current
topic.
Google News http://news.google.com/
Yahoo! News Yahoo!
News - Front Page
CNN CNN.com
MSNBC MSNBC
- MSNBC Front Page
Total News TotalNEWS: all the
News, on the Net, all the Time