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===//**Welcome to Current Events at Erskine Academy! **// It is here that we will be able to exam and discuss current events happening around the world. === You will contribute at least one summary of an article per week. Your summary should include a headline (it should be your own, not the actual headline), and a brief (3-4 sentence) summary of the facts of the article. This will not be copied/pasted from the actual article, it will be clearly your own words and phrases altogether. In addition, you must also post the link to this website, so your classmates can access the whole article for reference. You will be required to post at least three comments per week in regards to another students' summary. You are not limited to one, but you must meet the requirement of at least one to achieve a grade for this portion.

In addition to typical current events, we will be working on "units" surrounding certain contemporary issues. You will be required to access links, contribute with posts, and complete other assignments in regards to these topics.

You must realize that technological difficulties is no longer an excuse for any assignments not completed for class. We will have numerous opportunities in class to use computers, and in addition you have access to the library or my classroom either before or after school, or during study halls, and most of you have access to the internet at home as well. The typical "the internet was down" excuse is not valid.

In looking for current events, I encourage, (and reserve the right to require), you to access more than the typical local newspaper or website for your assignments. You have the ability to read news from around the world, and it is through this that we will gain a better understanding of how others in the world spread the same news to their countries.