What is the main point of the article?
Discussion Introduction
To complete this assignment, you will need to do the following:
- Find an article, video, or radio broadcast from a trusted news site (see below for examples).
- Read, view, or listen to the item.
- Go to the discussion board and write about your news item in this way:
- Insert the date.
- Title your current event (do NOT use the title your item already had)
- Provide a brief summary paragraph (not more 5 lines) on your event, relate this to any economic topic or concept discussed in our economics textbook. d. Insert the link to your event.
Hint
What is the main point of the article?
What interests you about the article?
What topics in the class does it relate to?
Is there anything in the article that is unclear or that you’d like to learn more about?(For class discussion)
Relate this to any economic topic or concept discussed in our economics textbook
This must be completed by the specified due date (at 11pm) In order for it to count you must have it done by the given deadline
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Here are some sites that you can use to get your current events. Feel free to use written articles, news videos, or news radio. You may use other websites, but make sure to check them for credibility first.
NPR
CNN
Fox News
BBC
MSNBC
ABC News
New York Times
CBS News
USA Today Wall Street Journal
