🤔 Part 1: Understanding Social Issues

1. What is a social issue? Write your definition below:

2. Circle all the examples that are social issues:

Homelessness

Your favourite colour

Youth unemployment

Food insecurity

Mental health challenges

What to have for lunch

Environmental pollution

🏘️ Part 2: Identifying Local Community Issues

3. Think about your local community (school, neighbourhood, town/city). List three social issues you have noticed:

Issue 1: _________________________________

Issue 2: _________________________________

Issue 3: _________________________________

4. Choose ONE of the issues you listed above and complete the analysis below:

Social Issue: _________________________________

Who does this issue affect?

Why does this issue matter to the community?

What might be causing this issue?

🎯 Part 3: Social Issue Impact Analysis

5. Match each social issue with its most likely impact on the community:

1. Youth unemployment

2. Homelessness

3. Food insecurity

4. Mental health challenges

A. Reduced school performance and health problems

B. Increased crime and social isolation

C. Lack of safe, stable housing

D. Reduced community participation and wellbeing

6. Which of these groups might be most affected by social issues? (Select all that apply)

Young people

Elderly people

Families with low income

People with disabilities

Indigenous Australians

Recent migrants

All community members can be affected

💡 Part 4: Thinking About Solutions

7. What is social entrepreneurship? Fill in the blanks:

Social entrepreneurship combines _____________ purpose with _____________ skills to create sustainable _____________ in communities.

8. Think about one social issue from your community. How might social entrepreneurship help address this problem?

9. Draw a simple diagram or mind map showing how a social issue connects to different parts of the community:

🔍 Part 5: Reflection and Next Steps

10. Why is it important to identify social issues before trying to solve them?

11. What questions would you want to ask community members to better understand a social issue?

12. Rate your confidence in identifying social issues in your community:

Very confident - I can easily spot social issues

Somewhat confident - I'm getting better at noticing them

Not very confident - I need more practice

Not confident at all - This is very new to me

Identifying Community Social Issues

Identifying Community Social Issues

🤔 Part 1: Understanding Social Issues

🏘️ Part 2: Identifying Local Community Issues

🎯 Part 3: Social Issue Impact Analysis

💡 Part 4: Thinking About Solutions

🔍 Part 5: Reflection and Next Steps

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