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Five Principles for Viewing Current Events Project

Menzhuber Church History Spring 2013 ASSIGNMENT: Use one of the 5 Principles for Viewing Church History to share a lesson you learn from a current event that pertains to issues of racism, anti-Semitism, discrimination, hatred, or prejudice. 1.5 Apply our analytical lens to current issues of persecution. REQUIREMENTS: 1. You will need to find and read a current and credible article about something that pertains to issues of racism, anti-Semitism, discrimination, hatred, or prejudice. The article will need to be submitted with your project. 2. You will write a one paragraph summary of the article and an important lesson that you learned from the article. 3. You will write a one paragraph analysis demonstrating which principle you used when reading the article and why everyone should use it when reading the article. 4. You will briefly share (not read) your article summary and analysis to your class (1 minute or so) on the day circled below: Wed, 2/20 Thursday, 2/21 Monday, 2/25 Tuesday, 2/26 Wed, 2/27

RUBRIC: You will be scored based on the following rubric: _______/5 IssueThe issue is current, from a credible source, and has something to do with racism, anti-Semitism, discrimination, hatred, and/or prejudice. _______/5 LessonThe lesson learned stems from the article, is important, and is wellexplained. _______/5 PrincipleThe principle is understood and demonstrated in order to find the lesson. _______/5 SharingThe student tells (does not read) the class what she has learned. The students writing does not contain any major spelling or grammatical errors. Total Score ________________/ 20 points See assignment for comments!

DUE DATE: On the day you present, you will need to submit your article, your two paragraphs summarizing and analyzing the article, and this rubric stapled together. You will turn it in after you share it!