Name the problem or issue.

Name the problem or issue.

List problems related to or contributing to the iss

List problems related to or contributing to the issue.

List several potential solutions or actions that could fix the problem or help address it. See if you can include remedies at local, state, regional, and national levels.

List several people/positions/institutions that have authority or influence related to the problem or issue.

Here’s an example below. Feel free to write more and in more depth than the example in your own worksheet. This is just to give you ideas.

Name the problem or issue: Global climate change

List problems related to or contributing to the issue.

Inefficient sources of energy

Carbon emissions from cars and industry

Lack of interest/belief/understanding from general public

Lobbying by fossil fuel, automotive, and farming industries

Factory farming, especially of animals

Deforestation

3. List several potential solutions or actions that could fix the problem or help address it. See if you can include remedies at local, state, regional, and national levels.

U.S. rejoins the Paris Agreement

Students are better educated about global climate change in school

More production of/incentives for electric vehicles

Investment in alternative energy

More regulation of polluters

4. List several people/positions/institutions that have authority, influence, or a stake in the problem or issue

S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sierra Club

Metro of Portland

Media (John Oliver)

Teachers

Church leaders

Step Two: Proposal:

Now that you’ve brainstormed some ideas, please answer the following questions

What is your topic and claim about it (what do you want to convince your audience of)?

Who is the recipient for your letter? Why this recipient?

Why did you choose this topic? What is your personal stake in this topic, in other words, why does it matter to you? What has happened in your life that has made you care about this topic?

How does this issue relate to democracy?