Consider the events you listed above, and respond to the following prompt based on your notes from the table: You are a newscaster in 1965 given the task of explaining recent events to your audience. Choose one international event from the Cold War and one US event from the domestic arena that occurred in the period from the end of World War II (1945) to the present (1965). The events you choose should be ones that you believe had the biggest effects on the time period. Explain the importance of these two events as clearly as possible by including evidence for your choices.

Before writing your news script, read through the Process section below for assistance with researching and writing your script. When you have completed your script, submit your notes, if any, and final script to your teacher using the dropbox.

Process

1. Gather sources. Before writing your script, review these resources:

Research and Writing Info Center

Creating a Thesis Statement

Developing an Argument

Methods for Writing a Quality Paper

Chicago Manual of Style: Author-Date System

Then gather at least two additional sources to support the views you present in your script. For each source, consider the following questions:

Who authored the document?
What is the purpose of the document?
When was the document written?
How will this document help your script?
2. Read and evaluate sources. Next, examine each source and think about how you will use it to support the content of your script. Be an active researcher by asking the following questions about each source you reference:

What is the credibility of the source?
Is there any noticeable bias?
How does the argument differ from others you have read?
What is the value of the source to the topic you are investigating?
3. Write your script. Reference the sources that support your argument. The script may use the actual content of the source or it may be in narrative format. In either case, the source documents should be cited and referenced.
To avoid plagiarism, make sure to cite your sources properly with in-text citations as well as a works cited page.
When you finish, reread the essay to check for all of the points above, and then proofread it to be sure your work does not contain errors in grammar or spelling.