This assignment requires students to write a term paper examining an issue they are passionate about from the opposite point of view, using Allsides.com and Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints as resources, and reflecting on their experience. This assignment requires the student to read and analyze two articles from opposing viewpoints, reflect on what they learned and any commonalities they may have with the “other side,” and submit a paper summarizing their experience.

.In the assignments Your Spot in the System, Voting: Left, Right, and Center (Chapter 7), and  Media and a Topic of Your Choice (Chapter 8) you examined your own political biases and began…

Continue ReadingThis assignment requires students to write a term paper examining an issue they are passionate about from the opposite point of view, using Allsides.com and Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints as resources, and reflecting on their experience. This assignment requires the student to read and analyze two articles from opposing viewpoints, reflect on what they learned and any commonalities they may have with the “other side,” and submit a paper summarizing their experience.