Articles for Commentary

Guidelines:

-Cannot be older than a year.
-Cannot be from the same source you used for the first commentary.
-Must be about Macroeconomic Topics (Suggested---Unemployment, inflation, inequality, Central Bank/Federal Reserve)


If you need help finding an article consider these sources:

BBC News

New York Times

Lots of Different English-Language Newspapers From Around the Globe

CNN 

San Jose Mercury News

Wall Street Journal

If you need more information about the commentary, here is all of the official material I have on the subject. 

Once you have found an article and checked it with me, you can begin to brainstorm your commentary:

-Summary
-Terms to Define
-Apply terms to article.
-Draw and explain relevant diagrams
-Evaluate

Federal Reserve Assignment

Link to Assignment

Some reminders for everyone...

 -You will need to turn in a hardcopy of your commentary and your article. We will make cover sheets on Thursday.

-Label your diagrams fully. Also, label them Figure 1 or Diagram A so that they are easy to identify.

-Make your diagrams large and clear.

-On the hardcopy of the article, highlight the sections you discuss in the commentary. If your article is longer than 2 pages, you MUST highlight the section.

-Remember, it's perfectly fine to weave in quotes from the article (almost nobody did this).

-The complete URL must be included on the top of the article.

-Consult the Checklist for Students. For now, you can ignore 1, 10, 11, and 12.

-Consult the Requirements to make sure you've done everything correctly.

-You will need a final word count when you come in on Friday with your commentaries. Notice that labels on diagrams that are more than 5 words count in your word count!
 
-Double check that your article was written after September 2013.

-Read through the FAQ to see if any of your questions are addressed.



Once you have done the above, re-read the criterion by which you will be graded.

The commentary is due on Friday. Good luck.

Commentary Samples

Sample A

Sample B

IB Sample A

IB Sample B

10/10 Assignment

Part 1: Go to Socrative and enter Room #944386


Part 2: Begin looking for your second article that you could use for a commentary.. The article must have been published after September 15, 2013. For this article, you want to find one where you could apply the concepts of PED, YED, XED, PES, or externalities.

If you need help finding an article consider these sources:

BBC News

New York Times

Lots of Different English-Language Newspapers From Around the Globe

CNN 

San Jose Mercury News

Wall Street Journal

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:

-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) 

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:

BBC News

New York Times

Lots of Different English-Language Newspapers From Around the Globe

CNN 

San Jose Mercury News

Wall Street Journal

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. 

Marketplace Assignment

Click Here for the Link to the Assignment Due Friday