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Find two recent news reports/articles written in the past year that directly connect to a topic related to some aspect of global history before 1500. NOTE: This should not be an opinion column, but a news article (if you don't know the difference, look it up)
For each article, give the name of the author, the headline of the article, and the source, with a hyperlink to the website it came from.
For each article, summarize the contents of the articles in at least two full paragraphs each. If you quote from the article, you must put those quotations in quotation marks.
For each article, then write one paragraph explaining why this topic was of interest to you.
For each article, write at least two paragraphs connecting this article to something we discussed in class and explaining what it adds to or how it challenges your understanding of some aspect of pre-modern history.
The total length of this extra credit assignment must be
If you follow all these directions and answer the questions thoroughly, you will receive the full 100 points on this assignment, which will add 2.5% to your grade. Keep in mind that the grade categories are weighted, so the full effect of the extra credit will not show up in your overall grade until the end of the semester.