. A short summary of the story as it’s presented in the article(s) you can pick the article– What is the story about? Does the story concern specific issues and/or groups of people? What’s at stake? Whatare those receiving the story supposed to take from it?2. An assessment of the content– Drawing from the concepts we are learning about in class what are some of the key social issues and conceptsraised in the story? How are they discussed? Are there problems with them? What evidence is used in the story tosupport it? Is it strong or weak? Why? Is the story logical? Why or why not? What kinds of assumptions are atwork in it?3. A clearly expressed and justified position on the argument(s), evidence, and analysis– What do you think of the story? Do you agree with the author(s)? Are there solutions being offered to the issuediscussed? What do you think of them?Your critical response must be written in essay style with full and completesentences and paragraphs. Sub-headings are acceptable but “report style” writing(for example, the use of bullet points) is not. Citation style is up to you but must be alegitimate social science citation style (APA, Chicago, etc.) and must be usedconsistently and correctly throughout. All critical response papers
