Here is the link to the current event news sources you MUST use: https://erau.padlet.org/wwidd/HIST130NEWS
This assignment is to find a similarity in the specific topic of this weeks early AMERICAN aviation history, and a current event of the last 6 months. The topic is “the changing role for the airlines in the transportation of mail over the last 100 years, beginning in 1918” Below is a copy / paste from the class itself.
“For this activity, explore the changing role for the airlines in the transportation of mail over the last 100 years, beginning in 1918. Use information from a credible source and use your new knowledge gained from your course textbook readings to compare and contrast past and present for this topic.”
Read it up:
Using one of the news websites from the provided list, search for a current news story/event that demonstrates a chosen area of aviation over time for this assignment. Your current news selection must be within the last 180 days. Examine the news story or event, reflect, and consider all aspects and viewpoints the author provides.
Sum it up / relate it up:
In your initial post (must be 150 words), show a clear connection between the news story/event and the course materials. If there is no connection to course materials, you will lose 40 points. State the title of the news story and include the link so that others can access the story. You may apply any lens you wish to use when constructing this assignment: historic, scientific, technological, engineering, or math. Summarize the story and explain the cause and effect relationships for your chosen area (lens) of aviation for this assignment.
Be sure to use an in-text citation at the end of each sentence where you have linked to the course materials (textbook) and any other source you cite (your article and outside source). Include all source information for your article, outside source(s), and the textbook in a reference area following your work.
