Thursday, June 5th, 2014

Final Exam for Wednesday, June 11th.

Circle
TBA?

Homework

Current Event Unit
Skills: 
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
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Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Types of Questions to Try To Answer
What happened?
Why did it happen? Why did they do what they did?
What is the history we need to understand?
    -between the countries involved
    -key people
    -important events
Why does it even matter?
    -geography
    -strategic/military reasons
    -resources
What happens if we get involved?
    -go through all possibilities
What happens if we don't get involved?
    -go through all possibilities
What are your recommendations?
    -This should be well reasoned and fairly long.
When you write the paper..
1) This paper needs to be organized in a way that makes sense so the reader does not get lost.
2) When the reader starts the paper, they must understand what they are reading and why they are reading it.
3) Use bullets or numbers to make it easy to read.
4) Answer the questions above to help keep you organized.
5) Don't use any words you can't define.
6) Include pictures or other visuals from the internet to help you explain things.  Make sure to explain where you got your information from.