PBS News Hour
Critical Viewing - Requirements
Economics Fall Semester 2024
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...”)
- 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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