2/26 Homework

This article is about the recent elections in Italy and how there was no clear winner from the results.  About 57% of Italians voted for parties that were against austerity.  The biggest party that won was the five star party which won 25% of the vote.  The current party in power received just 10% of the vote.  This has sent shares world wide tumbling. 

The author I believe makes an argument since he gives three possible options for Italy's government: they can form a national government, Grillo can change his position and form an alliance with Bersani, or there could be a re-election in the next 3-4 months.  The author I believe emotionalize or at least sensationalizes the topic.  I will give a quote from the article, "Already the signs are that this political explosion will reignite the financial crisis".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9894176/Debt-crisis-Italian-election-impasse-reignites-euro-fears-live.html

2/12 Homework

The research that I have learned so far in this class is a bit more detailed and time consuming than what I am used to doing. I usually just type into Google or sometimes I will go to Wikipedia and follow through the links to find decent information.  I do not usually get a book from the library; I just use an EBook online.  

I learned key search words in class today and that will help with my ongoing research.  I prefer to use Advance Academic research engine over the other search engines that I have learned so far. I like the key concept and synonym part of the engine tool bar, I think they help increase and save the time to looking up a topic.  

Homework 2/7

      Special collections could be an integral part of many presentations that deal with history, since it deals with past artifacts.  Using sources outside of Academia such as letters, photographs, diaries, and other physical objects brings a personal touch to what you’re presenting.  I knew the library contains artifacts but I did not know that contain that many.  I enjoyed the presentation.     

For my research on free trade, I could give photographs of rust belt cities that became industrialized over the past 3 decades particularly Detroit, M and Gary, Indiana.  I could also give pictures of sweatshops in Asia and Mexico as well as the amount of smog in the air due to the low regulatory standards in these regions.  I could interview a former factory to get an insight to how his life was like during and after the plant closed down if that would be considered a ‘special collection’.