Extra+Credit+Opportunity

Find a current event article about Afghanistan OR Pakistan and present it to the class. Look to scholarly newspapers, magazines, and/or websites to locate this article. The following databases, accessed through UM's library website, are also helpful in locating an academic article:
 * EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY**


 * Click on "High School Library"
 * Click on "Reference Materials"
 * Click on "Social Studies"
 * Search under:
 * Issues and Controversies, ABC Clio, Global Issues in Context

OR:
 * Click on "High School Library"
 * Click on "Finding Periodicals"
 * Search under:
 * Proquest, Ebscohost, Master File Premier, Newspaper Source, Green File, ELibrary, Infotrack, JSTOR

Once you have located your article, write a thorough summary of the article (1-2 paragraphs), write your personal reaction (1-2 paragraphs), identify any connections between the article and events, themes, or characters in our novel, and explain how the article answers any one of our course essential questions (1-2 paragraphs).

//*//Be sure to pick an article //that you understand.// I am happy to sit down with you once you've located an article if you'd like help making sense of it. If it is apparent that your article does //not// make sense to you, you will not receive credit.

10 points extra credit for one article 5 additional points for additional articles.
 * Maximum: 3 Articles total**