Monday, September 15, 2014

9/16-9/17 Assignment

Task #1:

1. Read this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-163792...
2. Outline the following:

-A. A short summary of the article
-B. A list of terms from the class that could be applied to the article.
-C. An explanation of how these terms relate to the article.
-D. A description of which diagrams you could use to illustrate your ideas.
-E. A rough outline of how you could evaluate this article (evaluate means to weigh two sides and come to a conclusion)

Task #2:
Click on this link that explains the requirements for the Internal Assessment (Commentaries).

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the word limit for each commentary and what is included in the word limit?
2. What advice does IB about choosing articles? (types, length, content)
3. How old can articles be?


Task #3:
Begin looking for your own article that you could do the above to. The article must have been published after September 15, 2013.

If you need help finding an article consider these sources:
The Economist
If you need more information about the commentary, here is all of the official material I have on the subject.

Once you have checked the article with me, you can begin to complete a rough outline for your commentary as you did in Task #1.