The document provides guidelines for a current event assignment. Students are instructed to bring a current event related to the week's topic, summarize it for the class, lead a discussion by asking classmates questions, and conclude by summarizing the various viewpoints expressed in the discussion. Examples of suitable current events are also provided, such as elections, prison strikes, pipeline protests, pharmaceutical issues, the war in Syria, and police treatment of citizens. The document also provides an example event about Jill Stein's arrest at a presidential debate and questions to lead the subsequent discussion.

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?