Today we'll be taking a look at a variety of recent news stories related to some of the major themes we have covered this year.
Choose at least 3 of the following topics. For each of the topics you choose watch/listen to each of the links, and write a reflection explaining how the news is related to what we studied in class - you can do this on a separate sheet of paper or Google Docs.
1. Native-American History
Slate’s The Gist Podcast - What a Cherokee Chief Can Tell Us About Andrew Jackson?
2. Race
CNN - State's attorney: Freddie Gray's death was a homicide
PBS - How does Baltimore's economy recover after the riots?
3. Economics
PBS - DOJ gets unprecedented guilty plea by five banks for rigging currency markets
Yahoo News - The Minimum Wage Debate
4. Immigration
PBS - Obama’s immigration executive actions on hold until legal challenge is resolved
MSNBC - Is Hillary Clinton setting a trap for Republicans on immigration?
5. Nuclear Weapons
MSNBC - Iran nuclear deal hailed as groundbreaking
CNN - North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal
Choose at least 3 of the following topics. For each of the topics you choose watch/listen to each of the links, and write a reflection explaining how the news is related to what we studied in class - you can do this on a separate sheet of paper or Google Docs.
1. Native-American History
Slate’s The Gist Podcast - What a Cherokee Chief Can Tell Us About Andrew Jackson?
2. Race
CNN - State's attorney: Freddie Gray's death was a homicide
PBS - How does Baltimore's economy recover after the riots?
3. Economics
PBS - DOJ gets unprecedented guilty plea by five banks for rigging currency markets
Yahoo News - The Minimum Wage Debate
4. Immigration
PBS - Obama’s immigration executive actions on hold until legal challenge is resolved
MSNBC - Is Hillary Clinton setting a trap for Republicans on immigration?
5. Nuclear Weapons
MSNBC - Iran nuclear deal hailed as groundbreaking
CNN - North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal