If you finish early, you can start tomorrow's assignment...
MINI RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
1. Choose an issue to research today. (Journal #1) It doesn’t have to be one that you are thinking of for your project, but feel free to begin this process of exploration. Let it be one that you feel STRONGLY about. Here are some websites that lay out some issues (but feel free to choose a topic from your heart or from the discussion yesterday).
2. First, you will reflect on your current opinions/feelings (journal #2).
3. Second, consume ideas on the other side of the topic (the side you disagree with!). Please be willing to be disturbed! You should explore opinion journalism on your chosen topic. Find 2-3 sources that explore your chosen issue and hold the opposite bias from yours. (journal #3)
Please consult with me if you are having trouble finding opinion journalism on one side or the other. I am pretty good at politics on the web:)
- Real Clear Politics: a mix of editorial voices!
4. Lastly, write an additional paragraph explaining the oppositional viewpoints on the topic. Include a discussion of the VALUES and MORAL FOUNDATIONS of the other side’s views. Can you understand better where the other side is coming from? (Journal #4)
JOURNAL 10.6
- What is your topic?
- Write one paragraph explaining your current opinions/feelings on the topic.
- Identify the titles and authors of the articles you found. Link them here in your journal!
- After exploring media sources on the other side of the political aisle, write an additional paragraph explaining the oppositional viewpoints on the topic. Include a discussion of the VALUES and MORAL FOUNDATIONS of the other side’s views. Can you understand better where the other side is coming from?