Project Summary: For the article review assignment, students will locate an article (either a somewhat recent news story, a popular publication such as National Geographic, or an academic piece) that addresses a topic from the dawn of humanity through the 1400s. After closely reading the article, students will evaluate the piece and then note their reaction to the piece in a short paragraph (such as if this changed your previously held ideas on the topic –an example of this is that there have been quite a few reevaluations of Neanderthals in recent years that have dispelled previous images of these groups). In your evaluation of the piece, note the claims of the author or researcher, the evidence for those claims (be specific here), as well as if the evidence actually supports such claims.