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“It is necessary for the dictatorship to keep the people as ignorant as it can; only while the people remain unsuspecting, unaware of the truths of the past and present, can the dictatorship unleash its lies.”

Erika Mann – School for the Barbarians: Education Under the Nazis.  1938

Current Event  Assignment 
 

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Pick a World Event 

Use one of these sources: The Guardian, BBC News, Epoch Times, Al Jazeera, China Times, RT News, 

 

Be as Neat as Possible - Typed is best 

Follow These Directions  For Current Event 1

Name - Date - Period 

Title of the Current Event - Source -Date and Author 

Five Major Bullet Points

  • Major facts

  • Key people involved

  • What happened

  • Why it happened

  • What might happen next

Ten Sentences about why this event is important 

Ten sentences on how this event connects to the lectures - linking to some of these themes: 

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  • Democracy

  • Civil rights

  • The Constitution

  • Propaganda or media

  • Power and government

  • Social movements

  • Freedom of speech

  • Any lecture notes or readings

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