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What is an issue?DifferentiatingCategorizing
Defining Scope CGW4U Percy
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An issue can be defined as…
• At your table, develop a definition for the term “issue”. Write it on your white board.
• Consider how an issue is similar to and different from a problem
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An issue can be defined as:• a complex, multi-faceted problem that
requires a solution • Having interrelated economic, socio-
cultural, political and environmental components• involves many stakeholders with differing
points of view • controversial
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PROBLEM
A problem is usually smaller than an issue. Although problems require a solution – problems don’t necessarily involve different viewpoints or a disagreement on how to solve it.
ISSUE
An issue is a complex problem also requiring a solution. Issues have many different stakeholders involved, involves a dispute and becomes a matter of concern to many people.
A problem versus an issue
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PROBLEM My dog is sick.
Sophie didn’t do her homework
Alabama Boy, 5, held hostage
ISSUEAnimal abuse in the United States.
Sophie can’t go to school because she may be killed by the Taliban.
Gun control in the USA
A problem versus an issue
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Problem or Issue?1. HIV/AIDS in Africa2. Oil spill near a local riverbed 3. Displaced people in Sudan 4. Global Warming 5. Gators escaping from a local zoo6. Child soldiers in the Middle East and
Africa7. Blood diamonds8. The kidney trade in India
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Issues are CIC…
Complex • There are no simple answers • There are many cause and effect relationships • There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the
issue
Interrelated • Causes are interrelated • Implications are widespread
Controversial • There will be many differences in opinion on how these
problems started and how they should be solved due to the number of passionate stakeholders.
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Categorizing Issues• In Geography, we group issues into 5
major categories
• Economic• Social• Cultural• Political• Environmental
• Can issues fit into multiple categories?
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Economic Issues:• Economic issues emerge
around production, distribution, and consumption of wealth
• Examples?
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Environmental Issues• Environmental issues that
arise when humans impact natural systems
• Examples?
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Social Issues• Social issues arise as a
result of healthcare, education, law, gender issues or other societal issues
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Cultural Issues• Cultural issues address
interactions among and within cultural groups/communities
• Examples?
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Political Issues• Political issues involve
disputes within and between nations
• Examples?
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Today’s World Issues• In your group, create a popplet
that identifies major issues facing humanity today
• Colour code your popplet to differentiate between the 5 types of issues
• Now identify the scope of the issues.
• Local• National• Regional• InternationalShare your popplet with [email protected]
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Connect it!• Insert lines between the issues
that are somehow connected.
• E.g. Poverty ---------Hunger
• Make as many connections as possible
• Examining your popplet, how do you feel about the state of the world?
• Anxious?• Hopeful?• Sad?• Overwhelmed?• Intrigued?• Depressed?• All of the above?
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We cannot solve all the world’s problems, but what if…
• Cover the term “poverty” on your popplet. How many other popplets are connected to it directly and indirectly?
• What can this reveal about how we address world issues?
• There is hope! • Change IS possible• One step at a time.
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