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GRAPES Reaction Paper

20 Points

Each student will be REQUIRED to complete aGRAPES REACTION PAPER every three weeks due on Thursday

  1. A student will locate an article either from a newspaper, news magazine, or online.
  2. The GRAPES Reaction Paper should be typed or neatly handwritten in ink.
  3. Articles should be selected onlyfrom the following countries--Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Armenia or China. These countries correlate with the Ancient Civilizations we are studying.
  4. ARTICLE must be stapled to the back of the GRAPES Reaction Paper.
  5. Grapes Reaction Paper should be turned in as followed: Typed or hand written response and article staples.
  6. Articles need to be current. (6 month window)

Part I: Geographic Overview of Article (1 points)

1. Copy the headline of the article.

2. What city and country is your article about?

Part II: GRAPES (4 points) Select only one.

  1. Decide what characteristic of civilization the article focuses on-- Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, or the Social Structure of a society? Many times news articles will focus on more than one, please only select one focus area.

Geography / Religion / Achievements / Politics / Economics / Social Structures
How climate and landscape affect lifestyle.
Is a civilization isolated, or is it open to cultural exchange and invasion? What resources are available for clothing, building, and trade? / A set of spiritual beliefs, values, and practices.
Society’s beliefs about morals and the afterlife.
What are the rules you should live by?
How do these religious ideas affect different aspects of daily life? / The lasting works of a society.
What things were built to last?
Which ideas, if any, still affect our lives today? / Who runs a society, and how do they do it?
Who has power, and how is it used?
How do those with power keep it or lose it? / How a society uses its scare resources.
What are the most valuable resources in a society?
How are these resources distributed? / The different levels or classes in a society.
Who are the “most important” people in society? What do they do?
Who’s at the bottom of the social structure in a society? Why?
  1. Make an assertion about the article.

“______”(name of article) focuses on the______of a society because of ______.

Examples

  • This article focuses on the politics in Egypt because of the demonstrations in Cairo.
  • This article focuses on the social structure in Egypt because of the demonstrations in Cairo.
  1. Cite three examples from the article using direct quotations that support your assertion.
  2. Explain why these citations or direct quotations are important and how they help support your assertion.

Part III: Reaction to Article (5 points)

  1. If you were called upon to discuss this article, what would you say? The first THREE TO FIVE SENTENCES should summarize the article answering the Who, What, and Where questions. WHO is involved, WHAT took place, and WHERE. (Please respond with a minimum of 3sentences.)
  2. Why is this article newsworthy? (minimum of 2 sentences)
  3. What is happening or has happened in the United States or another location in the world that is similar or different to what is going on in the article? (minimum of 1 sentence)
  4. How does this compare to an Ancient Civilization that we have studied? Are there similarities, differences, or other types of commonalities between the article and the Ancient Civilizations studied?

Part IV: Paragraph

  1. Write a paragraph using your assertion in Part II as a topic sentence for the paragraph. Remember to also include information from Part III, Reaction to Article. (7-12 sentences)

Rubric for GRAPES Reaction Paper

Section / Points Possible
Part I / 1
Part II / 4
Part III / 5
Part IV / 10
Total Points 20