How+to+Journal

You will be asked to keep a wiki journal for this class. The purpose of the journal is to allow you to respond more in depth to the issues raised throughout the course. The journal will also let you become more expert in particular fields of international affairs. The journal overall will count for 15% of your grade each quarter.
 * __ KEEPING A JOURNAL __**

How to keep the journal 1. Use our wiki page to journal 2. Each entry should have a title listing the label like **Required** Journal #1 YOUR NAME, and //Date// 3. All entries referring to news articles must have a copy of the article link attached. 4. There will be a certain number of Required entries. Required entries will be assigned with specific due dates. 5. ** Open ** entries are more flexible. There are two kinds of Open entries //__Research Bank__// and //__Brainstorm__//. // Research Bank // entries are commentaries on articles of scholarly research on a particular topic. For example, you find an article on Middle East peace talks in the New York Times and you write about it. // Brainstorm // entries are serious thoughts, ideas, reflections, questions or dialogue regarding a topic raised in class. To strive for a certain grade you will need to complete all Required entries and a certain number of Open entries by the end of each quarter. The number of entries needed will be assigned before journals are collected. All entries must be of appropriate length and quality to be credited. Late entries will not be accepted for full credit. Journals will be collected once at the end of the quarter and after each Required entry is assigned.

**__ Write Ups for Open entries __** 1. Find appropriate research material.. 2. Link each source. 3. Summarize the main idea of the article in one-two paragraphs. 4. Provide your response to the information listed in the article in two or more paragraphs.
 * //__ Research Banks: __//** Select a relevant article or book or book excerpt. Research selections can come from: newspapers, news magazines, academic journals or publications from the government or non-profit organizations. You can focus article collections on a single issue or area to become more �expert� on that topic.

1. Think about appropriate material. 2. Copy the material if it is visual to paste into journal. 3. Summarize the content of the piece in one-two paragraphs. 4. Explain what interests you about the piece.
 * //__ Brainstorms: __//** Select a film, television program, conversation, advertisement or other non-print source to comment upon. You may also select literary or visual art pieces to react to.

Consider these questions when writing both kinds of entries: o Do you agree or disagree with the author, artist, filmmaker? o What new information did you learn? o What was surprising, disturbing, insightful, controversial, fascinating? o What particular audience is being addressed? o Who might benefit from this information? Who might be harmed? o What would you change if you wrote the article or made the speech? o Why is this selection significant to understanding the content of this class?