Current event assignment
- 1. Current Event Assignment Guidelines • Bring to class a current event that pertains to this week’s topic. • Read/Summarize the event to the class. • Lead a discussion. Be prepared to ask the class questions on their viewpoint about the event. • Conclude. You can summarize your interpretation of the varying viewpoints the class had. What is the overall attitude? Why?
- 2. Examples of Current Events • Upcoming elections/debates as they relate to class topics • Ongoing prison strike – largest in our country’s in history • Native American pipeline protest in North Dakota • Big Pharma – epi-pen mark up, proposition 61 • War in Syria and the refugee problem • Police treatment of mental ill , African Americans, unarmed citizens.
- 3. Event Example Jill Stein, Green Party arrest at the Presidential Debate <video> • http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/27/outside_first_pres idential_debate_24_arrested
- 4. How to Lead the Discussion Jill Stein and Gary Johnson, the two third party candidates, were not allowed on the campus during the presidential debates. • Was that right? • Did the protesting make an impact? If so what? • What does voting your conscience mean to you? • Historically, what strategies do Republicans and Democrats use to win?