TEEN PREGNANCY
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Zaharoula Lymberatos-Tsaltas Albert Shanker School of Visual
& Performing Arts I.S. 126 LTG 2013 |
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INTRODUCTION
Adolescents
all over the world are now engaged in unprotected sex, but are they aware of
the various repercussion of this unthinkable activity?
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Do
you know that the females are liable to get pregnant, drop out of school or
fall into the state of depression?
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Do
you know that in some countries every year teenage pregnancy is more prevalent
than adult pregnancy?
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Do
you know that in Somalia a pregnant teen will be stoned to death because they
are against teenage pregnancy? In some countries they are forced to get married
to the male who impregnates them.
This WebQuest is to analyze teen pregnancy
statistics from current times and students will also learn resources provided
to those who are a young mother. Students will be able to analyze and hopefully
understand factors that play into teenage pregnancy. Also students will
identify prevention measures to reduce the number of teenage pregnancy. The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy rate of
all developed countries. About 1 million teenagers become pregnant each year;
95% of those pregnancies are unintended, and almost one third end in abortions.
High rates of teen pregnancy burden not only teenagers but also their children,
families, and communities, while imposing large costs on taxpayers as well.
Have you ever seen Teen
Mom, Sixteen and Pregnant or The Secret Life of the American Teenage? These TV
shows publicize young mothers, and teen pregnancy on national television. The
glamorized life of teen parents isn’t as glamorous as what it's thought to be.
Through this WebQuest, in pairs you will be the lead investigators to find the
answers to these questions.
TASK
Students will produce a brochure at the end of the WebQuest,
along with presenting their findings to
the class about Teen Pregnancy. The brochure will bring awareness of the issue to
fellow students and develop policies to reduce teenage pregnancy.
PROCESS
Follow the steps below to help you complete this
brochure.
1. Students will work in
pairs that I will assign.
2. Each pair needs to get a laptop, or proceed to
the library.
3. Everyone needs to gather
their own information!
(Everyone needs to take notes
on a given topic or you all can choose to spit up the list, it doesn't matter
as long as everything gets equal coverage.)
4. Go to the resource page
to locate your information for you brochure.
(The links provided are a
suggestion and the ones I feel are most useful. You can use other links as
well.)
5. Divide your information
in categories after you have gathered the information.
6. Form your brochure using
Microsoft Word.
The students of each
group will be responsible for researching the things listed below. The pairs
can determine how they would like to do their research, either split up the
above list or both parties take notes. The students will create a informational brochure that is
appropriate enough to be handed out at local health care provider offices. It
is important to gather appropriate information because this might save a life!
1.
Current statistics
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Teen Pregnancy Facts
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Risks
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Resources
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Prevention
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Parent & Guardian Resources
Use the Public Policy Analyst (PPA) to analyze the problem
of TEEN PREGNANCY and create a brochure.
4.
Evaluate an Existing Policy
RESOURCES
Use the
links provided to help you with you gather information for your brochure about
Teen Pregnancy. You can also use links that are not listed, but find useful in
your final product.
Stay Teen
The National Campaign to Prevent Teenage & Unplanned Pregnancy
http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/
CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/
Rural Assistance Center
http://www.raconline.org/topics/teenpregnancy/
Planned Parenthood
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Advocated for Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/index.php
WebMd
http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/teen-pregnancy-medical-risks-and-realities
Do Something
http://www.dosomething.org/issues/teen-pregnancy
EVALUATION
Please refer to the rubric to see
exactly what is needed for the best possible grade.
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CATEGORY |
4 EXCELLENT
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3 SATISFACATORY |
2 NEEDS IMPROVEMENT |
1 UNSATISFACTORY |
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Organization
/ Group Work |
Worked well in assigned pairs. Worked equally to
gather research. |
PASS OR FAIL |
Didn’t work well in assigned pairs. Work given
wasn’t done equally. |
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Quality
of Work |
Provides work of the highest quality. |
Provides high quality work. |
Provides work that occasionally needs
to be checked/redone by other group members to
ensure quality. |
Provides work that usually needs to
be checked/redone by other group members to ensure
quality. |
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Brochure |
Contains appropriate information and is free from
errors. |
Contains decent amount of information and free
from errors. |
Contains decent amount of information and a few
errors. |
Needs more information and errors are seen
throughout. |
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Internet
Use |
Successfully uses suggested internet links to
find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. |
Usually able to use suggested internet links to
find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. |
Occasionally able to use suggested internet links
to find information and navigates within these sites easily without
assistance. |
Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested
internet links and/or to navigate within these sites. |
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Diagrams
& Illustrations On
Brochure |
Diagrams and illustrations are neat, accurate and
add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and add
to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are neat and accurate
and sometimes add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are not accurate OR do
not add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
CONCLUSION
Congratulations, you may have saved a life! Now
that you have done your research, why do you think many teens are becoming
pregnant? It is important that teens understand the risks of becoming a teen
parent. It
has been concluded that teenage pregnancy is not only unsafe to both mother and
child but it also has some psychological effects on the teen and other close
family members as well.
STANDARDS
Reading Standards for
Literature 6–12
Grade 8
1.
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over
the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting,
and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
3.
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama
propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
4.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including
figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word
choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
5.
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the
differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
Social Studies Standards
for Economics
Grade 8
2. Economics
requires the development and application of the skills needed to make informed
and well-reasoned decisions in daily and national life.
4.2a: identify and collect economic information from
standard reference works, newspapers, periodicals, computer databases,
textbooks, and other primary and secondary sources.
4.2d: develop conclusions about economic issues and
problems by creating broad statements which summarize findings and solutions.