Narrowing Your Societal Problem Topic

- help for exercise 2.7

Topic Selection Ex. 2.7

Must be in on of the following: Crime, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, Jobs and Ec. Development or Poverty

2.7 Write Your narrowed societal problem here

Start With a Problem; Not A Policy

Gun Control Gun Related Crimes

Focus on Specific Problems

Poverty Has to be Narrowed to---Low income Housing---Hunger---Unemployment---Welfare Fraud

Be sure to say “too much” or “too little”

Exploring TopicsExploring Topics

This module is about collecting informationBut you need to have a comprehensive picture of what is happening in your locality for the next 3 modules. Here are some suggestions

Crime

Arrests for homicides, drug sales, theftDWI/DUIPINS—persons in need of supervisionGangs

Jobs

Loss of jobs Poor Job skills

Education

High school graduation ratesStudent test performance

Health and Youth

Adolescent Pregnancies STD’s

Health and Access

Common theme is the 45 million Americans don’t have health insuranceDoes that mean they don’t have health care?

Health

AIDS Flu Nursing ShortageOthers?

Environment

Onondaga LakeRecyclingAir Pollution Brownfields