How to research and talk about a current event

1. Current Event Assignment
Guidelines
• Bring to class a current event that pertains to
this week’s topic.
• Read/Summarize the event to the class.
• Lead a discussion. Be prepared to ask the class
questions on their viewpoint about the event.
• Conclude. You can summarize your
interpretation of the varying viewpoints the class
had. What is the overall attitude? Why?

2. Examples of Current Events
• Upcoming elections/debates as they relate to
class topics
• Ongoing prison strike – largest in our country’s in
history
• Native American pipeline protest in North
Dakota
• Big Pharma – epi-pen mark up, proposition 61
• War in Syria and the refugee problem
• Police treatment of mental ill , African
Americans, unarmed citizens.

3. Event Example
Jill Stein, Green Party arrest at the Presidential
Debate
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• http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/27/outside_first_pres
idential_debate_24_arrested

4. How to Lead the Discussion
Jill Stein and Gary Johnson, the two third party
candidates, were not allowed on the campus
during the presidential debates.
• Was that right?
• Did the protesting make an impact? If so what?
• What does voting your conscience mean to you?
• Historically, what strategies do Republicans and
Democrats use to win?