Portfolio – Business Currents Events
Locate a business current event, article, online video (Youtube, TED talk…), documentary, movie… and complete the following activities.
Try to find a topic that interests you or that addresses a field of study or industry that you may pursue a career in.
Answer each of the following questions:
- a) Provide a link to an article/video/podcast.
b) Identify the major idea/topic/argument of discussion presented in the article.
c) Identify the supporting evidence/statistics/sources that are used in the article? Are they persuasive? Explain.
d) Identify the specific conclusion(s), opinions, suggestions, predictions, calls to action… that are made in the article?
e) Identify and briefly explain something that you found interesting or something new that you feel other students in the class should know about.
f) Locate at least two (2) topics in the course text that are related to your article. Explain the concept from the text and identify how what you have learned from your article is connected.
Topics:
Microeconomics
Application of demand and supply
- Identify specific possible social, ethical or spiritual (What would Jesus say?) implications that your article addresses/implies that a typical student may find interesting/care about (why should you care? Explain).
Canadian Resources
US and Global Resources