Choose Your Own Current Events Investigation

Slideshow Requirements
Your slideshow should contain between 8-15 slides. The following information must be included:

1) Who?

2) When & Where?

3) What & How?

4) Why?

5) So What? Questions & Connections

6) Human Impact (Optional)

7) Environmental Impact (Optional)

8) Economic Impact (Optional)

9) Perspectives - At least 2 perspectives

10) Your Perspective

DUE DATE: Slideshow is due Friday, September 29 (Day 3) at the beginning of class. You will have 3 classes to work on this assignment. (D Group -- Your work will be due on Monday).

Football Protests

News Article 1: https://newsela.com/read/football-sherman-protests/id/22000
News Article 2: https://newsela.com/read/nfl-protests-trump/id/35647 (Read this one 1st!)

Pro/Con Article: https://newsela.com/read/procon-anthem-protests/id/22624

Sanctuary Cities (Immigration)

News Article: https://newsela.com/read/sanctuary-cities-defy-sessions/id/28601

Pro/Con Article: https://newsela.com/read/defundsanctuaries-procon/id/15282

Driverless Cars

News Article: https://newsela.com/read/blind-driverless-car/id/24973

Pro/Con Article: https://newsela.com/read/procon-self-driving-cars-future/id/21480

Recycling

News Article: https://newsela.com/read/recycling-economics/id/16290

Pro/Con Article: https://newsela.com/read/recycling-procon/id/13775

Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs)

News Article: https://newsela.com/read/potato-gmo/id/23659

Pro/Con Article: https://newsela.com/read/foodlabel-procon/id/12799

Confederate Monuments

News Article: https://newsela.com/read/confederate-statue-removal/id/33908

Pro/Con Article: https://newsela.com/read/confederate-statues-procon/id/30570

Next week, Mr. Shaddox will present the complete exemplar for this assignment's final product. A rubric will also be presented so you can self-assess and make sure that you are hitting the target.

Here are some examples of slides from Mr. Shaddox's slideshow about Hurricane Harvey. What do you notice about the format and content?