W.I.P. - Current Events
This portion of your website will house links to articles about your topic. (Ballpark: 30+ articles will be needed.) These need to come from reputable sources like the Global Issues in Context site (password: warrior)... and they need to be fairly CURRENT (hence "Current" Events). You can have a few older articles if they provide an interesting contrast to beliefs/policies now, but, as a general rule of thumb, to be categorized as "current", these articles shouldn't be older than five years.
However, don't just throw a bunch of links all over your page! Using the BUILD feature, drag over the "Title" option and type in the name of the article. Then use the "Text" feature underneath it in order to provide a brief description of what it's about (5 sentences max). This description could be the first few sentences of the actual article itself, in which you then urge the reader to "read more" by clicking the link. Of course, be sure to LINK the title to the article's webpage. If you're using the Global Issues in Context site, you can't link to the URL that appears at the top in the web browser section. This is because you don't want to use password-protected articles. Rather, if there is an article you like on that site, scroll to the very BOTTOM of the page. It will provide you with a very long URL. Copy this URL (again, the one at the very bottom of the article's page) and use that one when you link the title of the article.
Don't stress! Finding 30+ articles is very easy, especially since most of the articles on-line contain links to previous articles and studies that you can also use. Again, this is why I'm hesitant to provide too many specifics or a rubric because I don't want you just throwing any article on here to meet your "quota". These articles need to further the discussion on the topic, and even if the article goes against your personal opinion (remember, leave that for your Blog page), you need to consider posting it. (You can always bash the article or comment on it in the Blog section of your site.)
Here is an example of how you could choose to organize the articles on your page:
However, don't just throw a bunch of links all over your page! Using the BUILD feature, drag over the "Title" option and type in the name of the article. Then use the "Text" feature underneath it in order to provide a brief description of what it's about (5 sentences max). This description could be the first few sentences of the actual article itself, in which you then urge the reader to "read more" by clicking the link. Of course, be sure to LINK the title to the article's webpage. If you're using the Global Issues in Context site, you can't link to the URL that appears at the top in the web browser section. This is because you don't want to use password-protected articles. Rather, if there is an article you like on that site, scroll to the very BOTTOM of the page. It will provide you with a very long URL. Copy this URL (again, the one at the very bottom of the article's page) and use that one when you link the title of the article.
Don't stress! Finding 30+ articles is very easy, especially since most of the articles on-line contain links to previous articles and studies that you can also use. Again, this is why I'm hesitant to provide too many specifics or a rubric because I don't want you just throwing any article on here to meet your "quota". These articles need to further the discussion on the topic, and even if the article goes against your personal opinion (remember, leave that for your Blog page), you need to consider posting it. (You can always bash the article or comment on it in the Blog section of your site.)
Here is an example of how you could choose to organize the articles on your page:
Blood Diamonds
Blood diamonds, also called “conflict diamonds,” are diamonds that are illegally mined and traded by rebel or outlaw groups in war-torn areas to fund military actions against legitimate governments. Blood diamonds are usually associated with violent conflict in the African countries of Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Côte d'Ivoire. They have been around for at least a century, but it was their use in the civil wars in Angola and Sierra Leone in the 1990s that drew international attention. (To read more, please click on the title above.)
Human Trafficking
According to the May 2016 Global Slavery Index, developed by the nonprofit Walk Free Foundation, 46 million people worldwide were the victims of some kind of "modern slavery." Most of those people lived in India. According to the Walk Free Foundation's report, North Korea ranked worst in the world, with one in twenty people living in forced servitude. About 58 percent of the world's slaves lived in just five countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan. (To read more, please click on the title above.)
Gun Control
On June 12, 2016, the U.S. experienced its worst mass shooting ever. A gunman named Omar Mateen went on a rampage at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding another 53 before he was killed by police. Mateen, a U.S.-born citizen who was on a terror watch list at one time, bought the two guns used in the attack legally in the weeks before the shootings. Democrats seized upon the incident to call for tighter restrictions on the purchase of firearms; even many conservatives agreed that people on terror watch lists should be restricted. (To read more, please click on the title above.)