NewsHour Criteria - UPDATED!!

PBS News Hour

Critical Viewing - Requirements

Economics Fall Semester 2024

UPDATED!! NH #2!!

YOU CHOOSE the date of the 2nd NewsHour - any date since November 1

• 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 November 1 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, Sunday January 12. NO EXCUSES - NO EXTENSIONS.

**WANT EXTRA CREDIT?? Complete and turn in NH #2 by midnight January 1 for 20% more!**

Not looking for extra credit? No worries - turn in NH#2 NO LATER THAN 11:59PM Sunday January 12th!

(Did YOU do one of the NewsHour #2 Debate Options? Then you are done - yay!) 

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

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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, October 21 (A-day Classes)/October 22 (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 October  14, 2024 NewsHour. The assessment will be due by

***MIDNIGHT October 21/22***

Please turn in through Canvas, under the module NewsHour

 

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<< Don't want to turn it in on time? 

Final (late) date for the NewsHour submission is 

11:59 pm  January 12 – 

work after that date WILL NOT be accepted.>>

 

 Please turn in through Canvas, under the module NewsHour