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1. Choose a current events news article.
It must be a news article with an author and publication date, published in the last year. The more recent, the better. DO NOT choose an article based on a search for “freedom”. It is very difficult for the student to MAKE a connection when they believe it is implicit in the title/topic of the article itself. Find a NEWS article.
It must NOT be: an opinion piece, a dictionary or encyclopedia entry, from a personal blog or an unknown organization’s Web page, or a scholarly journal article (if you have questions regarding this, please ask about the article you believe you have chosen).
2. Provide the professor with either a .pdf of the article or a hyperlink that will take one directly to the story. This can be provided on the reference page.
3. Write a review of the article.
What your review should look like:
Your review should have THREE PARTS
PART I: Summarize the article (SHORT summary – do NOT re-write the entire thing).
PART II: Make a connection between the content of the article and the concept of the freedom as presented by the course.
PART III: Respond to the article. What was your initial reaction to the event/reporting? What topics did you start thinking about while reading the article?
Additional instructions!!!
– Cite your sources within the text. Anything that is not your original idea needs to be cited, NOT just direct quotes. – WHEN YOU ARE SUMMARIZING YOUR ARTICLE, please CITE!
– Include a properly formatted reference page (either APA or Turabian/Chicago, not MLA)
– Double-space your work, use multiple paragraphs, and indent your paragraphs a full half inch
– Use college-level writing with proper grammar, punctuation, and syntax
– Avoid the use of “you” (in any form)
– Avoid the use of contractions (like “can’t” instead of “cannot”).
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