12th Grade
American Government

Mr. Osborn

Current Events
Assignment

Attached to this
memo is a calendar reflecting each student’s specific date for which they
are responsible to give an oral report on a current event.
Current (political) events are significant news events of what is happening in
politics or the government in the United States. The current event
should be an article found from a reputable news source on-line.

Your assignment
each time it is your day to report, is to print two copies of your minimum two
paged news article, and submit a minimum one half page written report (12 font,
1 ½ spaced) with one inch margins. Two copies of the news article and
written summary are to be prepared: one for you, and
one for me while you give your oral report.

You will give an
oral report of between 3 and 5 minutes at the beginning of class summarizing the
news article to your classmates and its importance or relevance to us. If
relevant, you will indicate on a wall map where the event takes place (state,
city, Washington, D.C., etc.)

On another sheet
of paper is the grading criterion, also known as a rubric, for my expectations
for this assignment and for determining the points given.

Use this
checklist to help you prepare:

I have

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Found a
significant news article (or two related) that I have thoroughly read and
understand

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Printed two
copies of my significant article which is a minimum of two complete pages
(excluding advertisements) which is in print smaller than 12 point

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Summarized the
article with at least a half page, 12 point, one inch margin summary

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Practiced
presenting the summary and am confident that I am familiar with the content
and background and why this event is important