🧭 Modern Issues Theme Sort

Students examine short scenario cards about school and community issues, then sort them in small groups into themes such as fairness, honesty, power, safety, or belonging. The teacher models the difference between a problem and a solution, and groups discuss which issues seem most important to real people they know. Each student then drafts a quick issue-to-fable connection chart that compares one modern issue to the moral or conflict of the class fable.