Your first current event presentation must be about a historian. You may search newspapers, news magazines, or news-oriented websites.
Once you find an article, you must do the following:
- Clip the article. If your research is from the internet, print out the article. Original articles only. No copies are allowed. (3 points)
- Staple the article to the back of your summary paper. (1 point)
- Please highlight or underline key elements of the article (names, places, facts, figures, etc.) (1 point)
- Include a short summary of the article. Summary must be neatly written or typed. Summary must include (5 points):
- Who and what the article is about
- Where, when, and why
- Implications for the community, state, country, or world
- Whether and how it affects you
- How it relates to any current class discussions
- Include bibliographic citation (on summary page) in the following formats (5 points):
- Newspaper article: Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Newspaper name Date: page number.
- (example) Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01.
- Magazine article: Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages.
- (example) Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71.
- Website article: Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Name of online publication. (Date posted). Date accessed. <Complete URL>.
- (example) Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. (16 Aug. 2002). 4 May 2006 <http://alistapart.com/articles/writeliving>.
Your spoken presentation needs to include the information in your summary. It should only take sixty seconds or less for you to give us the summary. Practice good eye contact and volume to get the best grade.
