For this blog you will be reading two essays or articles about your topic and evaluating the author's ideas. Both of the articles/essays should be from reliable sources and should be long enough to fully develop an idea.
This blog post will need to be 300-400 words. Be sure to cite your two articles within the text as well as in a Works Cited section at the bottom of your blog (include the URL in your citation). You will need to turn in annotated copies of both articles.
Ideas for this blog include:
- research one conflict related to your topic and choose a pro and a con article (http://www.procon.org is a resource)
- choose one recent article and another from a few years ago and compare how the two authors discuss the issue as it relates to their time/place
- compare how two authors from different countries/cultures discuss an issue
- compare how a liberal and a conservative publication cover an event
In the introduction paragraph include a thesis statement that clearly states your evaluation of the essays/articles. Depending on your issue and the articles selected, this can include an evaluation of which author did a better job discussing the topic, a reflection on how cultures differ on your issue or an analysis of how two different political publications cover an issue. I expect you to take a stand and then fully support it in your analysis of the two articles.
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