NewsHour Criteria - UPDATE!!!

PBS News Hour

Critical Viewing - Requirements

Economics Spring Semester 2025

UPDATE: NewsHour #2 Information!!

YOU CHOOSE the date of the 2nd NewsHour - any date since March 15

• If you have not yet completed NewsHour #1, do it NOW.  DON'T WAIT! Then, do NewsHour #2!
• Like NH #1, the 2nd NewsHour requires TWO segments. You choose which NewsHour to watch and assess - any NewsHour that has aired since March 15 is fine for you to choose, so look through and see which one appeals to you the most. And turn it in NO LATER than 11:59 pm, Monday May 5. NO EXCUSES - NO EXTENSIONS.

**WANT EXTRA CREDIT?? Complete and turn in NH #2 by midnight Sunday April 13 for 20% more!**

Not looking for extra credit? No worries - turn in NH#2 NO LATER THAN 11:59PM Monday May 5^th!

CLICK HERE to go to PBS NewsHour - scroll down the right-hand side to see the calendar of available dates

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 How to do the NewsHour Assignment:

The NewsHour program will be viewed and critically assessed according to the listed criteria. The assessment will be worth up to 50 points.

**The NewsHour assignment requires only the TWO segments we view during class. TWO paragraphs (one for each segment) would be the minimum for your paper. **

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE BY MIDNIGHT, March 17 (A-day Classes)/March 18 (B-Day Classes). 

Please turn in through Canvas, under the module NewsHour

Here are the directions:

Each NewsHour program contains several major segments.

Analyze each segment separately (two segments linked here):

1.    Create a summary of the main points; and   

2.  Identify specific economic aspects of the report, i.e. scarcity, allocation of resources, opportunity cost, demand/supply, government intervention, market, command, tradition, etc. (e.g. “This is an example of scarcity because...”)

Economic aspects may include

• Resources
• Scarcity
• Opportunity Costs
• Resource Allocation
• Tradition
• Government Intervention (Command)
  
• Market
  
• Demand
  
• Supply 

[This is the BIGGEST part of the assessment!]

A suggested approach is to take notes while viewing the videos, and create your analysis from those notes. Most of these assignments are between 1 and 3 pages in length.

 Everyone will view the selected segments from the March 10, 2025 NewsHour. The assessment will be due by

***MIDNIGHT March 17/18***

Please turn in through Canvas, under the module NewsHour

 

CLICK HERE for Ontario Premier Ford Talks About Escalating Tariffs

CLICK HERE for Brief But Spectacular - Interview

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<< Don't want to turn it in on time? Choosing to get 80% on the assignment? (80% is MUCH better than 0%!)

Final (late) date for the NewsHour submission is 

11:59 pm  May 4 – 

work after that date WILL NOT be accepted.>>

 

 Please turn in through Canvas, under the module NewsHour