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.