Current Event Newscast

In groups of two or three students, you will create a TV newscast on a current event or problem that faces the world. Here are some topics you may investigate for this assignment:

Iraq: Transfer of Power to New Iraqi Government Iraq: Security and Insurgencies North Korea's Nuclear Standoff Al Qaeda and the War on Terror Global Poverty and Hunger Haiti/Dominican Republic: Flood Damage Political Situation in Haiti The African AIDS Crisis Child Trafficking

Security at the Olympics in Greece Nation-building in Afghanistan Human Rights in China Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense in the US The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Civil War in Sudan Civil War in Colombia War in the Democratic Rep. of the Congo

*See me if you know of a topic that you would like to cover.

Research

We will be in the computer lab two days next week. You should use the internet to do your research. You should begin your research by reading about your topic in the UN News Centre found at Mr. McGlashan’s World Cultures Web Page:

http://members.cruzio.com/~tinas/mcglashan/news.htm

After reading about the problem at the UN site, read more about it at the other news sites.

Requirements

_____/20 Describe the Problem. What nations, groups of people, or organizations are involved? Give facts, details, statistics. Are there two sides to the problem? What are the different views on the problem?

_____/10 What are the solutions to the problem? Who is trying to solve the problem?

How do they propose to solve it? Describe the UN's involvement. What is the UN doing?

_____/15 Create at least two visuals that the camera can zoom in on during your newscast. These visuals can be maps, charts, graphs, or pictures.

_____/10 You should speak like a newscaster. Face the camera. Talk clearly. Do not giggle or move around. You may use queue cards, but do not stare down at them. Look at the camera as much as possible.

_____/55 Total

You must be ready to deliver your newscast on ____________________.