Students will:
1) explore an issue that interests them
2) write an introductory speech for a young activist who has been nominated for an award for their work on that issue.  ​

Links to Issues:
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​All links are from NewsELA unless otherwise noted. You will need to log in to read the articles or listen to Listenwise stories.

Poverty & Hunger

• Teenage banker in Peru helps kids in poverty
  Teen Entrepreneurs
  Teen raises $70k For Community 
  Teen Fights Hunger with “Heart” (website)
• Child Hunger is Enemy #1 for Police
  Families Get Help from Food Stamps
  Elementary School Offers "Share Table"

Child labor

• Teen Fights to End Child Labor in India (website) 
• Child workers sick from harvesting tobacco
  Child Labor in Afghanistan
  Child Labor in India

Education

• Young Wonder Imani Henry (CNN)
  US Teen Fights for Girls Education in Africa
• Schools in US are Re-Segregating
  Balancing work and School (Listenwise)

Immigration

• California Teen Leads Immigration Lawsuit
• Children at the Border
  Inside the “Split City” of Juarez-El Paso
  Immigrant Experience (Listenwise)

Depression/Mental Illness

• Fifth Grader Writes Book About Childhood Depression 
• More & More Students Suffering from Anxiety
  Should Schools Screen Students for Mental Health?
  Students Get Mental Health Days in Oregon 

Gender Equality

• 18-year-old Astronaut 
  Homecoming Queen Football Player
• Boys Get More Allowance Than Girls
  Boy Scouts Change Name
  Boy Scouts to Allow Girls
  Teen Girls' Education in Africa

Racial Equality  

• Marley Dias's #1000BlackGirlBooks
  Teen Fights Racism with Activism
  Black Female Cartoonist
  Indigenous Language Beatles Songs 
  Teen's Invention Inspires Young Black Girls

• MLK's Legacy
  Storytelling & Empathy
  MLK Teens March
  ​Diversity in Children's Literature (Listenwise)

Bullying

•  Teen Has a Positive Response to Bullying (Listenwise)
• Teen Uses Martial Arts to Help Victims
  Portrait of a Bully (Listenwise)
  Teen Girls & Positive Social Media (Listenwise)

Gun laws

• Parkland Survivors 1 Year Later 
  5th grader Naomi Wadler Speaks at March for Our Lives

• March for Our Lives
  Students Advocate for Gun Control
  Gun Violence in Schools (Listenwise)

Climate Change

• 16-year-old Climate Activist Greta Thurnberg (TED)
• Kids Fight Climate Change
  Fighting Climate Change in Court
  Kids Sue for to Save Environment​
  Indigenous Youth Take on Climate Change

Environmental

• 12-year-old Scientist Tackles Cancer
  How a Teenager Influenced the Straw Debate (Listenwise)
  Teen Figures Out How to Recycle Styrofoam (TED Talk)
• Girls Scouts Get Smoking Ban Passed in Colorado
  St. Louis Drinking Fountains Not Safe
  Kindergartners Collect Crayons 
  Junior Ocean Guardians (website)
  Environmental Kids (Listenwise)

 
Voting & Politics

• 19-Year-Old Takes Office
• March for Our Lives Rock the Vote
  Florida Youth Vote
  Young People are Young Leaders

Disabilities 

• Boy Invents Game for Sister with Autism 
• Writing Disability

Animal Rights 

• 12-year-old Animal Rights Activist Recognized 
  Young Activists Lead the Way (website)
  7 Young Stars Leading the Way for Animal Rights

Other Resources:

Gale Research in Context Database

• password: bronchos
• citation can be copied & pasted from the bottom of each article
• click "save to drive" on the right to automatically save each article!

Do the Right Thing STL

• Recognizing youth for the good things they do! 

TED Under 20

• TED Talks by kids and teens

Do Something!

• A site dedicated to getting young people involved in the issues they care about. 

MyBib.com

• A citation generator for your Works Cited page

Research Requirements

At least 3 sources

• 1 about the person (minimum)
• 2 about the issue (minimum)

Works Cited Page

• Keep track of your sources!
• Use MLA style citation
  • To cite a NewsELA article, select "website" on MyBib.com and copy the link from your article. Make sure you fill in missing information and double-check the dates that they fill in for you.