Current Events Assignment

1. Current Events Assignment

2. Please do not talk at this time May 22 • Sign up for a group on the board. This group will look at a series of articles from a particular region we have studied. These articles are about things going on in these countries Right Now! • Once you have a group, choose a job: • Reader (1 – 2 people) – reads the articles out loud to the whole group. • Scribe (1 – 2 people) - records important information in Cornell note form from the articles. • Public Relations Specialist (1 person)- using info from the notes and input from the group, this person writes the text for the Public Service Announcement on your group’s country • Artist (1 person)- illustrates the text of the PSA with pictures, symbols and images that help illuminate the most important info

3. Procedure: • Get a set of articles on the country for your group. • Have the readers read these out loud to the group as the scribes record the most important information. • While the readers read, the group should discuss what the articles are saying and what should be written down in the notes. • Artists should be thinking about what images and pictures will help illustrate this info. • When you have read at least 3 articles, look at all your information and consider what is most important.

4. Design a PSA- a Public Service Announcement • A PSA is a short brochure that tells the public something they need to know, like how to protect yourself from Swine Flu or what to do during an earthquake. • You will make a PSA on your country and what is going on there. • Use your PSA to answer this question: What do the American people need to know about this country to be educated and informed on world events?

5. PSA Looks- PSA can be posters or Pamphlets Title/ Pictures