In every society, there are socio-cultural issues that need to be addressed and tackled. Some of the important socio-cultural issues that need to be addressed today are casteism, dowry, communalism, drinking, drug addiction, etc.

 To teach students about social and cultural issues a teacher should - 

• Express interest in the ethnic background of your students.  Encourage your students to research and share information about their ethnic background as a means of fostering a trusting relationship with fellow classmates. 
• Redirect your role in the classroom from instructor to facilitator.  
• Maintain a strict level of sensitivity and should be discussed with sufficient caution.
• Maintain high expectations for student performance.  Given that culturally responsive instruction is a student-centered philosophy, it should come as no surprise that expectations for achievement are determined and assigned individually for each student.  
• Incorporate methods for self-testing. Teaching students to self-test while learning new information will help them better remember and use what they’ve learned in class and will help them realize on their own when they need to study a topic in greater depth.
• Maintain an “inclusive” curriculum that remains respectful of differences. A social and culturally responsive curriculum also encourages teachers’ understanding and recognition of each student’s non-school cultural life and background and provides a means for them to incorporate this information into the curriculum, thus promoting inclusion.

Therefore, Social and Cultural issues which may provoke public sentiments should be discussed with sufficient caution in the classroom.