DIRECTIONS FOR COMPLETING
NAGs CURRENT EVENTS ASSIGNMENTS
THIMUN
Two current events articles are due per week. Use NAGs form provided to take notes from your articles.
Choose appropriate issues and articles:
• The events you discuss should focus on world affairs, rather than on U.S. domestic issues.
• The events should be relevant to activities or issues of interest to the United Nations.
• You should provide a significant degree of analysis. Provide both background and predictive analysis.
Fill in the publishing information at the top of the NAGs form for all your sources.
Refer to sources from at least 2 different nations and compare and contrast the perspectives from both.
International newspapers in English translation are available from a
number of sources, including world-newspapers.com. To locate this site,
• Google world-newspapers.com.
• Navigate to the world-newspapers site that appears.
• Select a country and a source and navigate to that periodical
Suggested U.S. sources for articles:
• The Christian Science Monitor (csmonitor.com)
• The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com)
• The New York Times (nytimes.com)
• The Economist
• NGO newsletters
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DESCRIPTION OF EVENT:
BACKGROUND TO EVENT:
SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENT:
POTENTIAL RESULTS OR ALTERNATIVES:
CONTRASTING POINTS OF VIEW: