Current Events

Weekly outline

• General
  

  General

  • Syllabus File
  • News Log Directions:

    Watch/Listen/Read the news for 20 minutes outside of class instruction. 
    

    Respond in this forum: add a new discussion post, subject Your last name.

    1. What program/app/source did you engage with for the 20 minutes.
    2. List the headlines/stories
    3. Choose 1 to analyze - tell me what you think about it.

    
    

• 14 September - 20 September
  

  14 September - 20 September

  
  

  
  

  
  

  • Mon - Headlines: Coronavirus, Election, Wildfires, TikTok

    Growing Up Poor In America - Frontline
    

    Tuesday - Headlines: Wildfires, Vaccine, Chia-TikTok

    continue Frontline documentary
    

    Wed - Listen/Read today's Headlines on Ozy (click on "Headlines" to listen/read)

    complete Frontline documentary (start at 38min mark): Growing Up Poor In America - Frontline
    

    Today's News Log: Reactions to the conclusion of the documentary
    

    Thurs - Headlines: COVID, Sally, Barr, Venezuela, Census (Read/Watch together)

    Complete News Log 9/17
    

    Fri - Headlines: Wildfires, Corona, Election, USPS, Spending Bill, Taiwan
    

    Trump Interview on 60 minutes
    

  • 9/14, 9/15, and 9/16 Forum
  • 9/17 News Log in class Forum
  • 9/18 Trump interview on 60 minutes Forum

    
    

    1. What does Woodward say about Trump &...Coronavirus
    2. What do you think about that?
       
    3. What does Woodward say about Trump &...North Korea
       
    4. What do you think about that?
       
    5. What does Woodward say about Trump &...Black Lives Matter
    6. What do you think about that?
    7. Woodward (the investigative journalist) states that he thinks Trump is the wrong man to be President.  What do you think about that?