Read the background material relevant to the current action period. You should find it intriguing.
https://www.publicanthropology.net/pages/background/d5m1mc/3rd-background.php
Read the examples of Op-Eds written by others so you have an idea of how you might write your own. Please note they are NOT written on the same subject as you will write yours to avoid students copying parts of these Op-Eds into their own assigned papers.
https://www.publicanthropology.net/pages/composition_examples/d5m1mc/3rd-standards-examples.php
Write your own Op-Ed relating to the current action period. Make it as exciting and dynamic as you wish. You can modify it as many times as you want, but keep in mind, after April 07, 2017 you should not modify it any more