S4Social issues

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Social Issues

The story of Wang Yue

Wang Yue, the two-year-old girl run over by two vehicles and then ignored by 18 passersby near Guangshou last week, is fighting to cling to life.

“These 18 passers-by are afraid of getting themselves into trouble,” said a Weibo posting under the name She De.

Social Issues

• Are matters which directly or indirectly affect a person or many members of a society.

• Are often highlighted in our media.

• Are controversial. • Cause a lot of heated

debate.

Activity 1 Your expectations of this course

1. What kind of topics will we study? 2. Will we be limited to writing or will we do oral presentation

as well?3. Will the work involve any research?4. Will we learn how to identify cause and effect?5. Are we expected to come up with solutions to social issues?6. How important is group work in this Elective?7. Will our own experience(s) be useful in our work in this

Elective?You can include photos , drawings and use colours to illustrate

your posters.

What kinds of issues are highlighted in the pictures?

Activity 2 Categorise social issues

• Economy• Education• Environment• Health

•Medicine• Personal • Technology• The Law

Activity 2 Categorise social issues

• Terrorism• Obesity• Poverty• Spread of diseases• Global warming• Welfare of the elderly• ?• ?• ?• ?

• In groups look at the list of social issues and brainstorm your ideas so that you come up with four or five other social issues to add to the list.

Identify the social issues discussed in different texts.

• Textbook P.4-7• Skimming means reading quickly to find the main ideas.• When you skim a text, read the title, and subheadings

and the first sentence of each paragraph. • You can use these social issues:

• Child neglect• Drug abuse• Internet piracy• Pollution • Poverty• Teenage binge drinking• Teenage pregnancy

Identifying social issues

Social issues

Definition

What is happening?

When is it happening?

Where is it happening?

Who is affected?

Causes

Why is it happening?

Effects

How are people affected?

Solutions

How can it be overcome?

Activity 3 Identifying social issues

• Write down words that you see or that you think of while you watch the following video with images about poverty in the box below.

Fill in the blank with your thoughts:Poverty is __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dEyE5y0-zY&feature=related (6:53)

WhoWhereWhat When

Social issue: Poverty

Definition

In the past and also today Refugees; persecuted groups; the homeless

In third-world countries; in countries at war; on the streets

of first-world countries

People are starving to death.

What is happening?Where is it happening?

When is it happening?

Who is affected?

Definition: Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter because of the inability to afford them.

Homework

1. Textbook P.5-102. Learner’s Journal P. 1-2

Tips:• Clarity• Concision• True for all cases• Contains information

about the following: who, where, when, and/or what