Discuss the statement:
"What this country needs (now) is a good war"
- Include factual statistics, opinions, and first person interviews
- Present how war effects us as a society as well as personally
Your TASK: You are to read 3 articles regarding this topic. At least one should be recent enough to be considered "current events" in that it is less than 6 months old.
Write a report, create a Prezi , or make a Poster Presentation where you summarize this information. Conclude with personal opinion.
(See this Prezi made by a former MWCS student. It got an A)
- Report Title
"What this Country Needs (now) is a Good War; The Economics of Conflict"
Report Rubric
- Professionally presented (doesn't look like a "hokey kid" project)
- attractive layout to entice one to read it(10 pts)
- Content (40 pts)
- thoughtfully written,
- correct grammar
- topic adequately covered (information)
- reflects the statement "what this country needs is a good war"
- focus on how war effects us as a society as well as personally
- Includes
- your name & date (2.5 pts)
- graphics (2.5 pts)
- video (if Prezi) (5 pts)
- Credits portion at the end of the report
- use 3+ mainstream news/opinion articles, and 1+ current events news (10 pts)
- must include your opinion after researching this report. (10 pts)
- Submission
- electronically if Prezi, (5 pts)
- publically posted if Poster Presentation (5 pts)
- Presentation
- presented to class (10 pts)
- presented to Teacher only(---10 pts)
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Formats for the citation of all other kinds of sources can be found at:
For Footnotes: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocChiNotes_1stRef.html
For Bibliography: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocChiWorksCited.html