ASIA1102 - Asian Cultures

ASIA1102 Introduction to Asian Cultures

News Presentation Assignment

 

 

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for students to engage with contemporary Asian cultures through current media.

 

Skills: The purpose of this assignment is to help you practice the following skills that are essential to your scucess in school and your professional life beyond school. In this assignment you will:

· Learn how to analyze a reputable news source

· Learn how to identify the main argument of a piece of journalism

· Learn how to create an effective PowerPoint presentation

 

Knowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in the broad field of Asian studies. This includes:

· Recognizing that Asian society is a living, breathing thing

· Identifying how class concepts relate to the contemporary world

· Cultivate a deeper understanding of Asian society

 

Task: To complete this assignment you need to:

 

1. Based on your preferred topic (Asia-related), choose a recent (within the past six months) news story that relates to that topic

2. A news story is not just any information that is on the Internet. News articles are fact-checked. See page 3 for possible sources

3. Read the article carefully, looking for:

a. Author’s main argument

b. The Who, what, where, why, and why

c. How this relates to the module topic

4. Having answered the questions from 2, create a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation (approximately 5 slides) explaining the news article

5. Upload the PPT to D2L

6. I WILL NOT ACCEPT KEYWORD OR GOOGLE SLIDES

 

 

 

 

 

The New York Times https://search-proquest-com.proxy.kennesaw.edu/nytimes/index?accountid=11824

 

The Wall Street Journal https://search-proquest-com.proxy.kennesaw.edu/wallstreetjournal?accountid=11824

 

The Financial Times

https://search-proquest-com.proxy.kennesaw.edu/publication/26316?accountid=11824

 

The Washington Post

https://search-proquest-com.proxy.kennesaw.edu/publication/10327?accountid=11824

 

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

https://search-proquest-com.proxy.kennesaw.edu/publication/26032?accountid=11824

 

Los Angeles Times

https://search-proquest-com.proxy.kennesaw.edu/publication/2044848?accountid=11824