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Everything You Need to Know about Current Events

It is important to be informed about events happening all around the world, not just in your own backyard. This site offers advice on how to find current event articles and provides you with sample articles for each week's current event requirement. You are not limited to the articles found on this website; these articles are here to make finding an article a little bit easier.

Remember, current even responses should be just that, a __response__ to a current event. Do not summarize an article. Instead, make personal connections to the article, ask questions, create an argument, provide your opinion. Assume that your reader has already read the article and wants to know what you think about it.
 * View this sample current event response and this more opinionated sample current event response. Here is a more formal example of what it can look like.

Use the tools below to help identify important elements of non-fiction texts and analyze the article for significant information that you can address in your current event response.


 * [[file:Handout-Active-Reading-Behaviors.doc|Critical Reading Strategies Worksheet]]
 * [[file:Handout Science Current Event.doc|Deciphering a Current Event Worksheet]]

Having trouble finding an article worth writing about? Click here to go to the bottom of the page for useful news feeds from sites like CNN, Time, The Huffington Post, ESPN, and more. These feeds change daily, so check back often for up-to-date articles.

You will be required to save your current event response essays so that you can review them prior to the AP exam and use them as textual evidence on the AP exam essays. It is important to have a variety of articles about multiple topics, so have fun with this assignment and don't wait until the last minute to read an article and write about it. In addition to writing about a variety of topics, you are required to incorporate one new vocabulary term into each essay. Choose your vocabulary terms from this.


 * Semester One: **


 * ** Response One: ** (This response was completed in class.)
 * Topic: Literature/Arts
 * Article:
 * Harper Lee Fraud


 * ** Response Two: **
 * Topic: Politics
 * Articles:
 * Donald Trump
 * Kentucky Clerk


 * ** Response Three: **
 * Topic: Religion
 * Articles:
 * Pope Francis: Priests Can Forgive Abortion
 * The World Is Getting More Religious


 * ** Response Four: **
 * Topic: Historical Significance
 * Articles: Historical Symbols


 * ** Response Five: **
 * Topic: Popular Culture
 * Articles: Pope Kisses Cancer-Stricken Infant


 * ** Response Six: **
 * Topic: Sports
 * Articles: Michigan State Climbs to Top Four


 * ** Response Seven: **
 * Topic: Science/Technology
 * Articles: Our Favorite Gadgets


 * ** Response Eight: **
 * Topic: Any topic
 * Articles: Virtual Reality Finds Its Moment
 * Turkey Shoots down Russian War Plane
 * Why Car Salesmen Don't Want to Sell Electric Cars


 * ** Response Nine: **
 * Topic: Literature/Arts
 * Articles: Sylvia on Broadway
 * Hunger Games--Mockingjay Part 2, Box Office Results are Worst in Series

** Semester Two: **
 * **Response One:**
 * Topic: Religion
 * Articles: Teens Attack Mailman for Delivering Christmas Gifts Late
 * What Drives the Christmas Spirit?


 * **Response Two:**
 * Topic: Historical Significance
 * Articles:


 * **Response Three:**
 * Topic: Popular Culture
 * Articles: Are the Pressures of School Making Children Sick?


 * **Response Four:**
 * Topic: Sports
 * Articles:


 * **Response Five:**
 * Topic: Science/Technology
 * Articles:


 * **Response Six:**
 * Topic: Any Topic
 * Articles:

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 * Check our free classroom version of The New York Times
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 * rss url="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history" link="true" description="true" number="5" date="true" enclosure="true" || rss url="http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss" link="true" description="true" number="5" date="true" ||
 * rss url="http://www.newyorker.com/feed/tech" link="true" description="true" number="5" date="true" enclosure="true" || rss url="http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/" link="true" number="10" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://www.foxnews.com/" link="true" description="true" number="10" date="true" enclosure="true" || rss url="http://feeds.popsci.com/c/34567/f/632423/index.rss" link="true" description="true" number="5" date="true" ||
 * rss url="http://theweek.com/section/index/lifestyle" link="true" number="5" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" || rss url="http://nwsportsmanmag.com/" link="true" number="5" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://www.huntingillustrated.com/" link="true" number="10" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" || media type="custom" key="27790409" ||