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Sample List of Social Problems:
Language Arts

Below are examples of social problem topics related to literature that have been used by former Project TIPS classes. The social problem topic can be used to help develop a complete problem statement.

Author	Literature	Social Problem Topic
J.D. Salinger	Catcher in the Rye	Truancy
Arthur Miller	The Crucible	Abuses of Power by Government
Jonathan Swift	A Modest Proposal	Hunger and Overpopulation
Walter Dean Myers	Monster	Youth Crime/The Juvenile Justice System
Sandra Cisneros	The House on Mango Street	Immigration, Poverty, Teenage Pregnancy
James Baldwin	If Beale Street Could Talk	Racism
Scott O'Dell	Island of the Blue Dolphins	Immigration
William Golding	Lord of the Flies	Youth Violence
Nathaniel Hawthorne	The Scarlett Letter	Teen Pregnancy
Alice Walker	The Color Purple	Domestic Violence
Euripedes	Medea	Unequal Treatment of Women