Current Events
You will be completing a current events assignment every week in this course. This purpose of the assignment is to follow a theme in world history for a full school year and be able to analyze the changes and continuities of that theme.
Assignment:
Chose one of the themes of the AP World History course listed below:
1. Interaction between humans and the environment
• Demography and disease
• Migration
• Patterns of settlement
• Technology
2. Development and interaction of cultures
• Religions
• Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
• Science and technology
• The arts and architecture
3. State-building, expansion, and conflict
• Political structures and forms of governance
• Empires
• Nations and nationalism
• Revolts and revolutions
• Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations
4. Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
• Agricultural and pastoral production
• Trade and commerce
• Labor systems
• Industrialization
• Capitalism and socialism
5. Development and transformation of social structures
• Gender roles and relations
• Family and kinship
• Racial and ethnic constructions
• Social and economic classes
Procedure:
ð Find one article per week that relates to your theme.
(Your selection of articles must in global in scope and use a variety of sources from different regions of the world - see internet sources below.)
ð Read the article carefully.
ð Record the proper citation for the source of your article.
ð Staple a printout of the article into your journal.
Write-up:
Summary: Write a thorough and accurate summary of the major points of your article.
Relation to Theme: How does this article relate to your theme?
Share: your own reactions or insight of the article.
This will be graded each week and will count as a test grade!
Internet Sources in English
The Indian Express, Bombay, India
http://www.indianexpress.com/
Kashmir Observer, Kashmir, India
http://www.kashmirobserver.com/
The People's Review, Katmandu, Nepal
http://www.yomari.com/p-review/
Himal Mag, Katmandu, Nepal
http://www.himalmag.com/
Afghan Daily, Afghanistan
http://www.afghandaily.com/
The Frontier Post, Peshawar, Pakistan
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/ / East Asia
China People's Daily, China
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/
Japan Times, Japan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam
http://www.vnagency.com/vn/
West Asia/Middle East
Egypt Today, Egypt
http://egypttoday.com/
Jerusalem Post, Israel
http://www.jpost.com/
The Palestine Chronicle, Palestine
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/
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Africa
The East African, Nairobi, Kenyahttp://www.nationaudio.com/News/EastAfrican/
current/
Daily Nation
http://www.nationaudio.com/dailynation/today
Independent Online News, Capetown, South Africa
http://www.to/co.za
Sunday Times, Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/
All Africa.com
http://allafrica.com/
Latin America and Caribbean
Buenos Aires Herald, Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/
Jamaica Observer, New York, NY
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/
Granma Internacional, Cuba
http://www.granma.cu/
The News Mexico, Mexico
http://www.thenewsmexico.com/
/ Europe and Russia
International Herald Tribune, Paris, France
http://www.iht.com/frontpage.htm
Irish Independent, Ireland
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/
Daily Telegraph, UK
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Prague Post, Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.praguepost.com/
The Muslim News, UK
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/
The Jewish Chronicle, UK
http://www.thejc.com/
German Times, Germany
http://www.germantimes.com/
The Moscow Times, Moscow, Russia
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/indexes/01.html
United States
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/ / Australia and New Zealand
The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia
http://www.smh.com/au/
New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
Current Events Rubric
Has completed all required entries, including citation and copy of article.
Thoroughly and accurately summarizes the article.
All articles relate to the chosen theme.
Strong approach to global view of theme.
All reactions are thoughtful and insightful.
Articles reflect a consistent effort throughout the quarter (one entry per week) / May be missing one of the required entries, including citation and copy of article.
Accurately summarizes the article.
Most articles relate to the chosen theme.
Adequate approach to global view of theme.
Most reactions are thoughtful and insightful.
Articles reflect a consistent effort throughout the quarter. /
May be missing two of the required entries, including citation and copy of article.
Most articles are briefly summarized.
Some articles relate to the chosen theme.
Approach to global view of theme is not consistent.
Some reactions are thoughtful and insightful, some inconsistency in effort.
Articles reflect an uneven effort throughout the quarter.
/ Is missing three or more entries, including citation or copy of article.
Article summaries are incomplete.
Few articles relate to the chosen theme.
Approach to global view of theme is not evident.
Few or no reactions are thoughtful and insightful or reactions not included in entry.
Articles reflect no consistent effort throughout the quarter.