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Welcome! Overview of Project

Greetings Sophomores! You have made it to our wiki site. Our focus for this non-fiction unit will be real issues facing teens of today. This is a chance for you to think about issues facing youth, research and educate yourself about an issue you choose, and then take action. I want to help you reach the state mandated standards in a way that you find real and relevant to your life. Here we go....
Issues facing youth that we established as current and important:
  • Corporations & Teen Marketing
  • Media Violence & the Effects This Has on Youth
  • Teen Drug & Alcohol Abuse
  • Lack of Parental Support
  • Poor Relationships Between Parents & Children
  • Violence at Home
  • High School Dropout Rates
  • Lack of Available Youth Programs
  • Gang Violence
  • Teens & Poor Health

Step One: Make a Choice
Choose an area that interests you and research it.
Find at least 4 current news articles or essays that address this issue; you must print your articles as these will be the basis for your future projects.
I suggest using the following reliable resources:
Note: When searching, plug in key words such as Bay Area Youth + issues +problems+ essays (or articles):

PBS Youth Issues

Youth Speaks Organization (for Spoken Word info)

SF Gate.Com


Youth Outlook (YO!)




Step Two:Information Exchange
Click on this link to get to step two. Please read all instructions carefully.

Step Three: Respond to Your Peers
Click on this link to get to step three. Please read all instructions carefully.


Step Four: Take Action
Click on this link to get to step four. Please read all instructions carefully.


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vikak5 Junk Food In School. 1 Sep 5 2007, 1:08 AM EDT by supperhey
Thread started: Aug 27 2007, 7:25 PM EDT  Watch
This topic is very interesting to me because most schools sell junk food in vending machines, which makes younger kids and teenagers become bulk or become extremely overwieght. In one of my articles, elementary school children from the ages 9-11 aren't meeting the basic standards of physical activity guidelines in PE. Oakland schools have a strict law where elementary schools and middle schools can't have any after school sales that negotiates junk food.

fact: Children's health is becoming a BIG issue.
75% of beverages (soda) were sold in vending machines.
85% of snacks (cookies, chips & candy) was sold in vending machines.
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KatherineM Teen Violence 8 Aug 27 2007, 6:58 PM EDT by Alexis,R.6thperiod
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Teen violence is a growing concern nowadays. Violence in the media--whether through cartoons, movies, tv shows or music--has strangely lead people to believe that it is alright to cause harm or violence out in the public. In fact, many believe that the media is to blame for causing our youth's dilemmas. Teen violence is also thought to be triggered through social, cultural, and individual factors such as bullying and being exposed to a violent environment.
Facts: By age 12, the average kid would have witnessed at least 8,000 murders and more than 100,000 acts of violence on TV. Statistically, 1 in 5 kids admit to being bullies or being bullied. Also, one of the main reasons that children become violent is through their exposure to violence in their own homes, whether it is directed towards them, or towards others.
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leonealston6AS Teen Drug And Alcohol Abuse 8 Aug 27 2007, 6:50 PM EDT by Alexis,R.6thperiod
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Summary: I believe teen drug and alcohol abuse is an important topic due to the fact that it's all around us. Each day percents rise in number of teens and/or tweens that consume alcohol, use, and even "experiment" with drugs. Since we know it exists why aren't we trying harder to prevent it?

I've learned that the average age when youth first try alcohol is 11 years old for boys and 13 for girls.

The average age at which Americans begin drinking regularly is about 15 years of age.

One final fact that is very pervasive in my mind is: Leading causes in death: homicide, automobile accidents, and suicide all tend to tie into alcohol abuse.
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