Steps Find three international news stories. Choose one foreign country to focus on for all three stories. It may help to scan and search the news first before choosing your country. Scan news articles for political, economic, or social issues about your country. Select one article for each type of news:
political
economic
social
Be sure to save each article and its source. You need to include the whole URL, or Internet site address link, in your work. You and your instructor may need to find the article later.

You may find this activity on how to Research helpful for this step.

You may also find these Search Tips helpful for starting your research. Look for sites for "world" or "international" news to begin. Some sites may have further links to specific regions or countries for articles, videos, and more.

Read your articles carefully. Write a one-paragraph summary of the ideas, events, or information in each article. Each summary should be four to six sentences in length.

As you read your article, compare the news for your chosen country with current news in the United States. You may refer to the same news sites above for information on the United States. Write a paragraph of four to six sentences to answer the following questions:
Do the countries have similar issues happening?
How might events in these two countries influence each other?