Each week you will find in a newspaper, magazine or other reputable periodical an article about the subject being covered that week in class. Example: the topic of the week is Realist Theories, you will find an article related to how realism is alive and well in current foreign relations, for example. This is your chance to discuss the current political issues of the day.
Create a 250 word summary of your article and post it on the Discussion Board in the thread created for that week. Make certain to include a citation and a link to where we can locate your article. Then, create 1 or 2 thought-provoking questions about the article. These should be questions that help your classmates’ think more deeply about the topic and their own perspective. Such as:
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1. If …. happened, what do you think would happen?
2. How should the President respond to…?
For full credit, you must submit you initial posting about the topic being covered that week with your summarized article and questions by Thursday night at midnight. You must also reply to two of your fellow students’ posts by Sunday night at 11:30 pm.
Some ideas of places to go for your news story:
• New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
• The LA Times (check out US tab and then Politics) (www.latimes.com)
• Al Jazeera America (http://america.aljazeera.com)
• BBC (http://www.bbc.com/news/)