A central component of this course is to learn about current global social problems. Each student will develop expertise on a particular global social problem by following current events on that problem throughout the semester. The Current Events Blog will be an on-going weekly assignment. Each week you will write an entry (about 250 words) on a newsworthy topic in your problem area (these correspond to the 12 topic areas of the text and will be randomly assigned on the first day of class). This story should be global in nature (not US-only)
Your goal is to become an expert on the problem. Each week you will find at least one event in the news from that week and write a summary and brief analysis of the significance of the event(s). You will provide a citation (weblink) to your source(s) for that week. You will need regular access to a serious news source. Many online news sources, including online news databases (such as lexisnexis) and major national newspapers, are available through the library (http://library.uncg.edu/news/ ) or through http://news.google.com. Watch that your source is reputable.
Your current events log will be posted on the class blog. You will need to respond to the invitation to join the blog as a contributor. Your posting must be made by Friday 5 pm to be counted for the week. Late submissions/postings will result in -1 point per day. After ten days no credit will be given.
There are approximately fifteen weeks in the course. Each event entry will be worth 10 pts for a total of 150 points (15% of final grade).
You will also be expected to comment on at least one other person's blog each week. No comments will result in -1 point per week.
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