https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej Grab a partner (or two!) and think about our country today. How could it improve? Are there any safety issues, or civil rights that you think need attention? - This will require some brain power! - Double click the canvas below and provide: a. Your name(s) b. The topic you selected c. An image to represent the issue d. What is of concern and e. why you believe it needs attention (what if attention is not given?) Aim for five sentences! en-us 2017-08-28 14:08:28 UTC 2025-12-07 13:02:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183186985 Homeless Veterans 
Homeless Vets served our country and after serving they are left on the street. Some of them are injured, sick, and mentally unable to reenter society. This subject could use more attention, you don't really hear people talk about it. These are the people who gave their lives for our freedom and they deserve better recognition and better living and health benefits after serving. Not all vets have a home or family to return to. These heroes need our help.]]> 2017-08-28 17:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183186985 lcarbaugh20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187064 - Climate Change
- Climate change is ravaging the world and especially our country.  
- This topic needs attention because the thirteen warmest years on record have been since 1998. This may not seem concerning, but it definitely is. Warmer temperatures come with many consequences. They include: drought, sea level rising, more dangerous storms, floods, and many more. It is a huge problem that all Americans should address. If we don't, the consequences are deadly. ]]> 2017-08-28 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187064 mshultz20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187099 Homelessness
-About 1.56 million people are homeless.
-Homelessness in the United States increased after the Great Recession in the United States.
-In 2014, 7 million people in poor households were doubled up with family and friends, the most common living situation before becoming homeless.
-This topic needs to be resolved because the more we do not take more action, the higher the percent of the homeless is going to get.
-With the lack of unemployment opportunities, the poverty rate goes up and it is harder for poor people to find a job to support their family.]]> 2017-08-28 17:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187099 aclapsaddle20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187146 Third- World Poverty
People don't have money and are in harsh living conditions that aren't able to be lived in and may not have food or the necessities to live right. It needs attention because because people living in poverty are at risk and need help. In third world countries people's lives are in danger and being taken just by living in poverty and not having the stuff to need to live and survive. The taxes that are on the products that we buy is and there should be more to go to people living in poverty in third world countries to help out some more. More attention should be brought to people in poverty because the number of people in poverty is increasing.

]]> 2017-08-28 17:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187146 trichardson201 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187147 2017-08-28 17:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187147 cmathis20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187162 Confederate monuments and memorials being removed. The Confederate monuments and memorials should not be removed or banned because it is a part of history and people are being "offended" from the memorials. "In a city with a bloody civil-rights history and a nearly 75% African American population, the memorial seemed like a provocation even before violent protests broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, where leaders want to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee". The memorials are not a symbol of racism, it is a sign of heritage and history of what happened.]]> 2017-08-28 17:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187162 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187213 ocean pollution
-thousand of tons of waste is duped in the ocean.
-marine population is harmed by the chemicals,trash, noise,etc
-Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year.
-Americans generate 10.5 million tons of plastic waste a year but recycle only 1 or 2 percent of it. An estimated 14 billion pounds of trash-most of it plastic -is dumped in the world's oceans every year.
- About 300 million tons of plastic is produced globally each year.]]> 2017-08-28 17:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187213 msuarez20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187229 pollution 
the concern is that animals are being harmed with trash in the waters. Attention needs to be brought to this because animals and other life forms are dying. Pollution is not just in the water it is in the air too. Animals are starting to think that buckets and trash are homes and not pollution and using them for shelter. People can get sick from the pollution in the air and in the water ways. We believe that people should not throw trash in the oceans and on the streets.]]> 2017-08-28 17:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187229 mpeart20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187798 Melissa and Mariah

Why are we spending so much money on gas? I guess the government just needs more money. It needs more attention because the prices are increasing and its getting to expensive for people who cant afford it. Some people have a very long drive to get to work and depending on their car it can be very expensive and that money could go to food or water. Overall the gas price needs to be more considerate of people with low incomes.]]> 2017-08-28 17:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183187798 ndayton20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183188632 Feminism in first world countries
We live in America where we have more legal rights and freedoms than any other country in the world. One of the movements associated with modern feminism is "free the nipple". We understand the concept, but walking around the street topless won't prove the point. A belief associated with feminism is that there is more than two genders. Biologically, there are only two genders. One cannot change the chromosomes which determine gender in the first place.]]> 2017-08-28 17:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183188632 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183190235 Connor Swartz
That we are going to go to war with them.Because it could lead to them nuking us or us nuking them. If attention is not given then there is going to be war between us.]]> 2017-08-28 17:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183190235 balthoff20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183194306 Brandon Althoff
One thing that I think needs improved in this country today is racism but not in the sense you would think. People hating on other races in the country is a big deal and I acknowledge that is happens a lot but I think sometimes people are too quick to say racism is at play. The concern is that too many times police officers are put under scrutiny for racism when their actions were justified. Another concern is that people handle their frustrations in the wrong ways and resort to violence and riots. This needs lots of attention because riots are causing tons of damage and even deaths as well as disrupting daily life. The riots need to stop and people need to remain civil, if something isnt done about this people will continue to die and be wrongly accused. ]]> 2017-08-28 17:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183194306 tsantana20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183233985 Racism

If people realized that color doesn't matter and that all the fighting is unnecessary when there are bigger issues than how a person is born. People should stop worrying about appearances and focus on actions
Racism can be very dangerous because some people use violence to express how they feel and it makes others scared. There should be more laws about if someone takes physical action against someone they should always be punished. This topic needs attention because if it doesn't get attention then it will just get worse and worse until all nationalities are divided and not as one.]]> 2017-08-28 19:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183233985 mkunkle20 https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183268216 Matt Kunkle

As of now, the United States of America is in quite a bad situation. One major problem would be the National Debt. The US owes most of it to the Federal Government and other countries. The debt changes economic growth, and it's about time we pay it off. It'll constantly put pressure onto our country, until we reach the point of no return. ]]> 2017-08-29 00:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith165/i7494lxmiaej/wish/183268216