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Writing about Current Events

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  1. Welcome!

    Course Description
  2. Course Introduction (free)
    1 Quiz
  3. Module 1: Media Literacy
    Mediums and Contexts (free)
    1 Quiz
  4. Your Media of Choice (free)
    1 Quiz
  5. Managing Media
    1 Quiz
  6. Top Stories
    1 Quiz
  7. Module 2: Professional Opinions
    Interview with Lieutenant General John Pickler
    5 Quizzes
  8. Interview with American Politician Clark Boyd
    5 Quizzes
  9. Interview with Career Journalist Amelia Hipps
    6 Quizzes
  10. Module 3: Current Events
    Background Knowledge
  11. Social Media
  12. Productive Note-Taking
    2 Topics
  13. Analyzing a News Story
    1 Quiz
  14. Module 4: Editorials
    The Ant and the Grasshopper
    1 Quiz
  15. A Retelling of the Ant and the Grasshopper
    1 Quiz
  16. Grasshopper and Ant
    1 Quiz
  17. Final Essay

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  1. Writing about Current Events
  2. Background Knowledge
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Background Knowledge

In chapter seven of The Intellectual Life, Sertillange discusses the idea of choosing sources well and “not reading much.” Review this chapter as you move forward to the Social Media Lesson coming up next. If you haven’t been reading the book all along in this course, click the book image to get started!