Social Issues

PRESENTATION

Social issues

A world-changing event

INDEX

3. What is a social problem?

9. The Civil Rights Movement

10. Changes caused by the civil rights movement

4. Examples of social problems

5. Why are they important? VS Why are they a world-changing event?

11. Rosa Parks

12. Little Rock Nine

13. The animal rights movement

6. World-changing events

14. Animal Cruelty

7. The Women's Suffrage Movement

15. Animal Cruelty

16. How to stop animal cruelty

8. Social Problem to World-changing event

17. Conclusion

What is a social problem?

A social issue is a problem that influences many citizens within a society.

Examples of social problems

• Gender Inequality
• Health Care Availability
• Childhood Obesity
• Bullying
• Depression and Suicide
• Lack of education
• Food and Water Security
• Large Scale Conflicts

• Poverty and Homelessness
• Climate Change
• Overpopulation
• Immigration Stresses
• Civil Rights and Racial Discrimination
• Poor Leadership
• Corruption

VERSUS

Why are they a world-Changing event?

Why are they Important ?

All the massive changes caused by social issues have an impact in our planet. At the same time, they influence the world's economy and politics.

Social problems result in large-scale social dissatisfaction and create suffering and misery.

World-Changing Events

1966

1950

1920

Animal Welfare Act

Civil Rights Movement

Women's Suffrage Movement

THE WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

• Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections.
• On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, declaring that women deserve all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Social problem: gender inequality

World-Changing Event: The Women's Suffrage Movement

tHE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Civil rights, guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.

Changes CAUSED By the civil rights movement

• The Civil Rights Act (1964) outlawed segregation in schools, public places or jobs.
• The Voting Rights Act (1965) outlawed racial discrimination in voting.
• The Fair Housing Act (1968) outlawed discrimination in housing.

how it started

How it started

THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Right of animals to be free from exploitation, domination and abuse by humans.

why was it necessary to fight for animal rights?

1966-present

1914-1966

Animal experimentation in science and cosmetics

Intensive animal agriculture

Excessive consumption of farm animal products

Animal cruelty

The puppy industry

Animal Hoarding

Dogfighting

ANIMAL CRUELTY

Farm Animal Welfare

Horse Slaughter

Cockfighting

Greyhound Racing

How to stop animal cruelty

• Pet adoption
• Taking proper care of pets
• Donating to rescue groups and volunteering
• Teaching compassion for animals
• Purchasing animal products attentively
• Stop littering and reducing plastic consumption
• Intervening and reporting whenever witnessing animal cruelty, abuse or neglect

• Demanding stricter laws for the protection of animals

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