<p>Name:______Date:______Block:____ Partner:______</p><p>Part II - Researching the News – Identifying Societal Problems and Public Policy Issues.</p><p>Objective – Find a second news story documenting your societal problem. The story can be from the same newspaper or a different newspaper. Complete the same steps as before. </p><p>You may work with a partner, but both must complete this template – but print out the story only once. BE SURE to save this document on 365 or your usb drive. </p><p>Part I. </p><p>1. Review a newspaper websites – such as NPR News, Reuters, AP News, USAToday, New York Times, Syracuse / Post Standard, Washington Post or Google New Link. </p><p>2. Choose one of the following societal categories: Crime, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, Jobs and Economic Development, or Poverty.</p><p>3. Find a news story from one of these categories that highlight a societal problem. Example too much garbage, too much taxes, too much climate change , not enough jobs, etc. </p><p>4. Once you have found a news article – copy a quote / evidence from source illustrating the societal problem. – Also Print only the page that has the quote</p><p>5. Complete the information below – and email the information to Mr. Gates at ssgates100@gmail or share the assignment through 365 ([email protected])</p><p>------.1) Source Information: </p><p>Title of News Article: ______</p><p>Author:______Date:______Publisher:______</p><p>Website link: </p><p>Does this source seem: ___ accurate ___ trustworthy ____ reliable____ relevant </p><p>Why?</p><p>.2 Categorizing the Story A) Societal Categories: check off which apply ___ Crime, ____Education _____Environment ____ Health ___ Housing, ____ Poverty _____Jobs and Economic Development ____Other ____WRT ____ORG B) Branch of Government: ___ Legislative ___ Administrative (Executive) ____ Judicial </p><p>C) Level of Government ___ Federal ___State ____ Local </p><p>.3 Identify the Societal Problem definition: “A Societal Problem exists when something is “wrong” with some aspect of society.” </p><p>3a) The Societal Problem in this News Article is (use your own words) : </p><p>3b) A quote that illustrates the problem is: </p><p>.4) Public Policies - ( A public policy is an actual or propose government action intended to deal with a societal problem) </p><p>4a) Public Policies stated in this article are.. (use your own words)</p><p>4b) Quote that provides evidence for this policy is </p><p>5. Players Who might be some players regarding this societal problem? Players are individuals, groups, institutions that work to influence public policy </p><p>A. Player 1 (Elected Official): ______</p><p>B. Player2(Administrative Official):______</p><p>C. Player 3 (Not for Profit/Lobbying) : ______</p><p>6. Who are the stakeholders? ( stakeholders are people impacted by the societal problem and public policies to solve the problem. </p><p>List 2 or 3 groups of stakeholders:</p><p>Questions to Consider – but don’t answer – for discussion</p><p>7 What might be some policies that some players would support, while others would not support (disagree) to solve the societal problem mentioned in the article? </p><p>8 . How has this societal problem stimulated the behavior of the players? </p><p>2 ____WRT ____ORG</p>