SCS 100 Southern New Hampshire University Cannabis Legalization Worksheet
Select a news story or news coverage of a current event. This news coverage or article may be from your local paper or a national news source of your choosing. Watch or read the news story or article in preparation for completing the Asking questions chart.
Review the below Asking Questions Chart Word Exemplar as a model for your work:
Entering the following…
- Title: New Orleans, Gulf coast mark Katrina milestone
- Author: Rebecca Santana and Kevin McGill
- Date: August 30, 2015
- URL (if applicable): New Orleans, Gulf coast mark Katrina milestone
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Question: Write a question you could ask about the article that would address each of the following views: individual, group, and culture. |
What motivates someone to volunteer after a natural disaster? |
Why has the recovery effort been uneven in African American neighborhoods? |
What do recovery efforts look like in other cultures? |
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Impact: What would be the impact of answering the question on the individual, group, and culture? |
Answering this question could lead to a better understanding of why people decided to volunteer and could lead to increased volunteer efforts in the future. |
Answering this question could show disparities between government and local assistance given to members of different social classes. This could lead to policy change. |
Answering this question could lead to a better understanding of different cultural factors that play into recovery and rebuilding efforts. It may lead to a better understanding of why some communities seem to be more resilient than others |
