Category: Part 2: Community Issues

Community Issue Presentation Reflection:

• How does your team rate your own presentation skills and teamwork so far?
• What do you think could improve, to make your final presentation compelling?
• What similarities /differences do you notice between the community issues you’ve heard about?
  • (e.g. in root causes, effects, attitudes/behaviours, possible ways to address them?

    Which organizations are you interested in putting on your team’s shortlist?

Self-Reflection:

Community Issue:

• How have you contributed to your team so far?
• What do you think could improve, to contribute more to your team?
• What connection do you have personally to the community issue your team has chosen?
• Which organizations are you interested in putting on your team’s shortlist?

Presentation Guidelines:

• 3-4 minutes in length
• Visuals (poster, video or Keynote/Powerpoint/Prezi)
• Students should present on their community issue with facts, examples and causes. They can also highlight what is being done to support the issue.

The peer feedback form, group and self-reflections should be used as tools to help groups build better presentation skills for their final presentations/pitch.

Feedback Checklist:

Check:

Answer the following as a team:

1. The community issue we chose is:
2. This issue is important to our team because:
3. How this issue impacts our local community:
4. Who/What is impacted by this issue in our community?
5. How is our community impacted by this issue in the short term (days or weeks)?
6. How does the issue impact individuals, families and/or the whole community in the long term (months or years)?
7. Name some specific examples of ways this issue has impacted our community:
8. What causes or caused this community issue?
9. How does this issue currently connect you your team?
10. What is one change a person can make to everyday attitudes or behaviours that would help address the issue?
11. Find and list the names (as many as you can) of charities, businesses or organizations in your local community that are already working to address your community issue.

What are three community issues that are related to your team’s value statement?

Elaborate on each issue as to why it is an issue to your community.

Based on your team’s values and vision statement, what are three community issues that you feel are the most relevant, and most important to your team? For example, if your team values friendship—then you may choose anti-bullying as a community issue.