hawkseyeassignment

=HAWK'S EYE ON THE WORLD ASSIGNMENT =



OVERVIEW
One of the goals of this course is to expand and deepen your knowledge and understanding of the world. To facilitate this process, we will spend some time in class keeping an “eye” on different regions of the world. By following events and developments in these regions, we will attempt to identify trends, highlight developments, and analyze media coverage.

**DIRECTIONS**
1. **CHOOSE** an appropriate current event for your report. Use the resources below to locate an article on your assigned region of the world that is interesting but IMPORTANT in terms of our overall understanding of the world today.

2. **IDENTIFY** the location of the story on Google Earth and be prepared to share this location at the beginning of your presentation. (more on this later!)

3. **READ** and **TAKE NOTES** on your article.

4. **SUMMARIZE** the information presented in your articles in your own words. Focus on the W questions–who is involved? what happened? where did it happen? when did it happen? how did it happen? (1 paragraph)

5. **ANALYZE and DISCUSS** the global issues addressed in the article. Consider what light this event sheds on our understanding of the key issues facing our globe. For example–population growth, global warming, the role of the U.N., the role of the U.S. in the world, global poverty, global diseases. You’ll need to think about this information carefully. (1 paragraph)

6. **LOCATE** at least one additional web site to provide context for your story and include a link to this site in your report.

7. **PREPARE** a brief oral report on your event. Be prepared to explain what happened and why it’s important in about 4 minutes. You may NOT read your story to the class. Note cards are okay. Laptops are not. Expect to answer some questions from your peers.



**RESOURCES** This is a //preliminary// list of resources for you to use in your Eye on the World assignment. You may certainly locate additional sources of information. HOWEVER, these sources of information must be from credible media sources. The first link in each section is to del.icio.us—as I find articles of interest, I’ll post them here. You can do the same. If you need more information on nations you read about in the news, try here: **[|BBC Country Profiles.]**

**General World News**
 * [|Washington Post Global]
 * [|CNN WORLD]
 * [|NPR: World]
 * [|PBS: Wide Angle] (//very// good—but lengthy–examinations of global issues)
 * [|The Guardian World Latest] (British)
 * [|Google News World]
 * [|Frontline World] (//very// good for indepth stories—use the map on the homepage to find stories about your region.)

  <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">**Africa** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128)">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">The Americas ** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Asia ** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">**China (use the above resources on Asia as well)** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">**Europe** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">
 * <span style="color: rgb(208, 19, 17)">Non-Traditional News Sources **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|Global Voices] | <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|Read about this site here].
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|IRIN: Humanitarian News] (UN)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|del.icio.us tag: mcgafrica] (stories of interest in the news)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|BBC: Africa]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|NY Times: Africa]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|Washington Post: Africa]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|The Mail and Guardian] (South Africa)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|BBC News: The Americas]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|NY Times: The Americas]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|Washington Post: Central America]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|Washington Post: South America]
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|del.icio.us tag: mcgasia] (stories of interest in the news)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|BBC: Asia]
 * [|NY Times: Asia]
 * [|Washington Post: Asia]
 * [|del.icio.us tag: mcgchina] (stories of interest in the news)
 * [|BBC: Country Profile] (Not a news source but good background)
 * [|NY Times: China]
 * del.icio.us tag: mcgeurope (stories of interest in the news)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">[|BBC: Europe]
 * [|NY Times: Europe]
 * [|Washington Post: Europe]