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Ms. Zayas

IS 52 Manhattan

INTRODUCTION

The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in all developed countries. 3 out of 10 teen girls in the US will get pregnant at least once before age 20. That's about 1 billion teen pregnancies each year. It’s hard to raise a child when you are a child. You are a teen pregnancy prevention advocate and you have been asked to develop policies to help students become aware of the problems caused by teen pregnancy and help prevent the increase of teen pregnancy.

TASK :images-2.jpeg

You will develop a 3-5 page paper discussing the problems caused by teen pregnancy and a power point presentation with at least 7 slides outlining the Public Policy Analysis.

PROCESS

You will be assigned into groups of four. Each group will research this topic using the internet to develop an oral presentation including a PowerPoint presentation of at least 7 slides. Each student will be assigned a specific task. One student will do the research, one will make the PowerPoint slides, and one student will make the oral presentation. Be sure to use the six- step PPA process below:

1. Define the Problem (Worksheet#1)

2. Gather the Evidence (Worksheet #2)

3. Identify the Causes (Worksheet #3)

4. Evaluate an Existing Policy (Worksheet #4)

5. Develop Solutions (Worksheet #5)

6. Select the Best Solution (Worksheet#6)

RESOURCES:

Use the links to the websites below to complete this assignment. You may also use other sources.

· http://www.teenpregnancy.org/

· http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/teen-pregnancy-prevention

· http://stayteen.org/teen-pregnancy

· http://www.plannedparenthood.org/library/TEEN-PREGNANCY/Reducing.html

· http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/teen.htm

EVALUATION:

Your grade will be based on the following rubric:

Category	Excellent	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement	Unsatisfactory
Organization/Group Work	Information presented in logical, interesting sequence	Information in logical sequence	Difficult to follow presentation--student jumps around	Cannot understand presentation--no sequence of information
Subject Knowledge	Demonstrates full knowledge by answering all class questions with explanations and elaborations	At ease with expected answers to questions but does not elaborate	Uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions	Does not have a grasp of the information. Cannot answer questions about subject
Graphics	Explain and reinforce screen text and presentation	Relate to text and presentation	Occasionally uses graphics that rarely support text and presentation	Uses superfluous graphics or no graphics
Research	Uses a variety of sources in reaching accurate conclusions	Uses a variety of sources in reaching conclusions	Presents only evidence that supports a preconceived point of view	Does not justify conclusions with research evidence
Diagrams/Illustration	Includes a variety of graphics, text, and animation that exhibits a sense of wholeness. Creative use of navigational tools and buttons	Includes a variety of graphics, text, and animation. Adequate navigational tools and buttons	Includes combinations of graphics and text, but buttons are difficult to navigate. Some buttons and navigational tools work	Either confusing or cluttered, barren or stark. Buttons or navigational tools are absent or confusing
Oral Presentation/Eye Contact	Maintains eye contact and pronounces all terms precisely. All audience members can hear	Maintains eye contact most of the time and pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation	Occasionally uses eye contact, mostly reading presentation, and incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing	Reads with no eye contact and incorrectly pronounces terms. Speaks too quietly

STANDARDS:

English Language Arts Performance STANDARDS:

E1c: Read and comprehend informational materials.

E2a: Produce a report of information.

E3a: Participate in one-to-one conference with the teacher.

E4b: Analyze and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and effectiveness.

New York State Standards:

Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding

Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation

Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction

CONCLUSION:

Your completion of this webquest, provided you with the knowledge of the use of the PPA method. You have a greater understanding of the problems and prevention of teenage pregnancy. Through this webquest you have learned to use the computer as a resource and a learning tool.