Examining the impact of various societal influences on the development of children’s social identity.

Current Event Assignment

Locate a Current Event Article (within the last year). It needs to be RELATED to any issue discussed in this course. It can be a current event that is of local, state, national or international significance. You may use newspapers, the Internet, or a news magazine to get your current event article. The news article must be at least 3 paragraphs long.

Assignment Objectives

This assignment correlates with:

Examining the impact of various societal influences on the development of children’s social identity.

Identifying issues of social injustice and bias that occur in classrooms.

Instructions

Summarize the article using your own words.

Analyze the article in reference to course content (readings, lecture, and discussions from class). This means connect the article to the course content.

React to the news article. This means to write how the article made you feel and think. Pose a stance. State an opinion. What are your feelings and attitude related to the article? Do you agree or disagree?

Write about how you personally connect to this article?