The key to the effectiveness of your A.C.T! group is your knowledge base. Some of you are extremely passionate about the issue that you’ve chosen. That’s not enough. You cannot hope to be influential in 
making change in this world if you don’t know what you’re talking about.
So, it’s imperative in this initial information search that you look hard for five good news stories. First you must go to legitimate sources…see the list below. Secondly, you need to tap into a wide breadth of issues that cover your topic. In order to succeed on the first two fronts you’re going to have to dig deeper than your initial google launch. Googling inside of news sights and outside on Google takes work. Be creative in your searches and look hard at the quality of articles you’ve found. When you land on five as a group…make sure that each of the five brings something substantial to the table. You will be graded on the quality of the article and legitimacy of the source. And bank good articles for the next marking period; you’ve got five more coming.
Next is active reading.
