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).
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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