December 17-18, 2014

6.2 World History/Global Studies All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think analytically and systematically about how past interactions of people, cultures, and the environment affect issues across time and cultures. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make informed decisions as socially and ethically responsible world citizens in the 21st century.
6.2.6 Contemporary Issues Technological innovation, economic interdependence, changes in population growth, migratory patterns, and the development, distribution, and use of natural resources offer challenges and opportunities that transcend regional and national borders

• Essential Question: What are effective strategies for accessing various sources of information and historical evidence, determining their validity, and using them to solve a problem or find a solution to a public policy question?

• Take a position on a current public policy issue and support it with historical evidence, reasoning, and constitutional analysis in a written and/or oral format. 

Objectives:
1. Research a specific current event in the news today.
2. Utilize technology in the development of facts regarding current events.
3. Collectively discuss a specific current event in the news today.
4. Draft a written journalistic commentary on a specific current event in the news today.
AGENDA/Assessment:
1. Individually research a specific current event in the news today
2. Gather facts related to a specific current event in the news today.
3. Develop a perspective and persuasive argument, supported by researched facts in the form of a letter to editor or general commentary for publication
4. "Kitchen Table" discussion.
*Note:  These are to be in the spirit of the "reflections" completed for the Africa project.