International Events ....And In The Rest of The World

Although our focus has been on local issues and national economic news lately, the rest of the world continues experience economic trouble and political wrangling. This week you will post about a issue from the international stage.


Read UPFRONT magazine’s …And In The Rest of the World from pages 10 – 13. Choose one of the ten issues to learn about in more detail. Find at least three additional resources and bookmark them in diigo. Share them with the group and highlight.


Create a blog post detailing the situation with hyperlinks to the names of people and places described.

Topic Selected:
Blog Post
Title _____ 1 pt
Summarizes Information

Describes History _____ 3 pts
Updates Most Recent Information _____ 4 pts
States How this Affects Americans _____ 3 pts
Provides Opinion/Reaction to Events _____ 5 pts

Research
Resource 1 _____ 3 pts
Resource 2 _____ 4 pts
Resource 3 _____ 5 pts

Diigo Skills
All resources Bookmarked in diigo _____ 3 pts
All resources Highlighted in diigo _____ 3 pts
All resources Shared to group _____ 3 pts

Hyperlinks
All resources hyperlinked from blog post _____ 3 pts
Provides hyperlinks to information explaining people and places _____ 3pts