Divide students into groups of two or three. Be sure to divide the class into an even number of groups. Assign two groups an issue such as gun control, crowded prisons, or global warming. Within each pair of groups, one group should be a “pro” group (seeking to define their issue as a problem so that it can be moved to the government’s agenda) while the other group should be a “con” group (seeking to keep their issue off of the government’s agenda). Using their knowledge of Anderson’s description of policy problems and agenda denial, each group should prepare a short presentation on why their group’s issue should be seen as a problem that the government should handle or why it should not. “Pro” groups should explain why their issue is too great for individual action and thus deserving of government intervention, as well as a possible government solution, while “con” groups should explain why their issue is not appropriate for government action, as well as why the problem may be intractable. Give each group ten to fifteen minutes to prepare their debates. Each presentation should take no more than three minutes. Once each group has made their presentation, the rest of the class should vote on a prepared ballot for whether the issue should be moved to the government agenda based on the presentations of the groups. Once all of the debates have been held, tally the votes and report to the class which issues made it to the government’s agenda.