Teenage Pregnancy

Written by Evelyn Otero

Evander Childs H.S.

Introduction: Welcome! As a newly hired Planned Parenthood Advocate, your first assignment has been to investigate why there is such a high incidence of teenage pregnancy in the Bronx.

Previous studies have shown that many teenagers have difficulty understanding how their body develops during puberty. In fact, it is believed that a lack of understanding of how they mature may be one of the underlying culprits behind the extreme increase of teenage pregnancies. Many teenagers are not using contraceptive methods and this has increased the number of teenage pregnancies impacting their ability to pursue their educational goals. The reluctance or inaccessibility of contraceptives amongst teenagers has also been directly linked to problems of STD’s and AIDS.

As an advocate, you will need to identify and solve the ongoing problem of teenage pregnancy. You will rely on your research in order to create a policy that will effectively address the problem. In order to accomplish your Web Quest, you will work closely with other members of the class by forming a team AND using a “Public Policy Analyst” web program. Remember, this is your first opportunity to show your boss that you can do this assignment!

Task:

Your job will be to complete a “Web Quest” that asks you to complete the following projects for purposes of grading.:

1. Your team will collectively work to investigate the Problem of teenage pregnancy by using the Public Policy Analyst.

2. Your team will be responsible for creating a Power Point slide show ( See PowerPoint Guidelines below)

3. Each member of the team will complete 5 page type-written research paper using the Public Policy Analyst worksheets as resource material.

4. Your group will present an oral presentation to the class of about 5 minutes presenting your results.

5. Your group will create a bumper sticker (used to increase community awareness)and post it on our “Teenage Pregnancy Awareness” bulletin board..

6. You will use the internet web sites, media, library, etc as your sources in your research.

Process:

· You will break up into teams of 3 students.

· In order to begin your investigations, you will need to follow the steps from the PPA model provided below.

( click on the underlined/highlighted words to link to specific sites)

1. Define the problem.

2. Working independently to gather evidence.

3. You will identify the causes of the problem.

4. Your team will collectively evaluate the problem.

5. Your team will develop solutions to the problem.

6. Your team will select the best public policy.

Your group will complete worksheets #1 through 6 on the “PPA” website using the “Standard Version”

You will also be responsible for:

1. Submitting the first draft of your PowerPoint/typed research paper outline. (Due date __/__/__) .

2. Completing and including Policy worksheets from each step of the PPA .

3. Submitting your first draft. (Due date __/__/__).

4. Submitting your final deadline (Due date __/__/__).

At the end of this project, you will turn in the following items:

· 3 ½ Disk or CD with your PowerPoint presentation (7 piece Slide show) or a written research paper.

· Give an oral presentation based on your slide show/ research paper to the class for evaluation.

· Submit your research paper and bumper sticker

Guidelines for Power Point Presentation

1) Your presentation represents work from all 3 students.

2) Your slide show must be original work.

3) Your presentation must show 6 slides of information and one slide of credits ( your resources )

4) Your slides will be based on the 6-step PPA (Public Policy Analysis).

Guidelines for your Research paper

Your report will:

Ø Focus on the problem of teen pregnancy in the Bronx.

Ø Follow the 6-step public policy analyst format.

Ø Include a cover sheet with your name, group members’ names, class, teacher, date, and title of report.

Ø Be typed, double-spaced, and in 12-point font.

Ø Use the MLA style for citing references.

Resources:

T.I.P.S. Website
www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS.html

The need for communication

http://www.termpapers4u.com/social/teensex.htm

Preventing HIV infection

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/guidelines/aids.htm - Planning

Intervention in schools

http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/get-organized99/ch9.pdf

Teens talk

http://www.usatoday.com/news/healthscience/health/child/2002-01-04-teen-sex-healthscout.htm

Pictures/graphs/charts:

http://images.google.com/images?q=Teen+Pregnancy&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

Pregnancy prevention/Legislative Bill search

http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A03351

Search Engines:

https://www.google.com/

http://www.aol.com/

http://www.yahoo.com/

http://www.discovery.com/

http://www.altavista.com/

Ø Your Web Quest will be evaluated based on the following two parts. The first part will be based on your PowerPoint slide show/typed research paper. Your team will present the slide show to the class and the class will evaluate your team by submitting a rubric based on the presentation. Your teacher will then combine the scores from the class along with your own self-assessment. Your final grade will be a combination of your

Slide show/research paper and an oral presentation.

Power Point Slide/Research paper

Criteria

	Excellent	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement	Unsatisfactory
Introduction/ Topic	Student(s) properly generate questions and or problems around a topic.	Student(s) generate questions and or problems.	Student(s) require prompts to generate questions and or problems.	Questions or problems are teacher generated.
Conclusions Reached	Numerous detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Several detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Some detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	A conclusion is made from the evidence offered.
Information Gathering	Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources and cited properly.	Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources.	Information is gathered from limited electronic and non-electronic sources.	Information is gathered from non-electronic or electronic sources only.
Summary Paragraph	Well organized, demonstrates logical sequencing and sentence structure.	Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing or sentence structure.	Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing and sentence structure.	Weakly organized.
Power Point Presentation	Produced original public policy using data, graphics,web sites	Powerpoint Presentation presents information but lacks logical sequencing.	Public policy weakly supported by both data and resources used.	Proposed policy unclear Data not properly documented.

Oral Presentation

Criteria

	Excellent	Satisfactory	Needs improvement	Unsatisfacory
Eye Contact	Holds attention of entire audience with the use of direct eye contact.	Consistent use of direct eye contact with audience.	Displayed minimal eye contact with audience.	No eye contact with audience.
Introduction and Closure	Student delivers open and closing remarks that capture the attention of the audience and set the mood.	Student displays clear introductory or closing remarks.	Student clearly uses either an introductory or closing remark, but not both.	Student does not display clear introductory or closing remarks.
Poise	Student displays relaxed, self-confident nature about self, with no mistakes.	Makes minor mistakes, but quickly recovers from them; displays little or no tension.	Displays mild tension; has trouble recovering from mistakes.	Tension and nervousness is obvious; has trouble recovering from mistakes.
Voice	Use of fluid speech and inflection maintains the interest of the audience.	Satisfactory use of inflection, but does not consistently use fluid speech.	Displays some level of inflection throughout delivery.	Consistently uses a monotone voice.

NEW YORK STATE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Science Standards

S5 Scientific Thinking

S5d: Proposes, recognizes, analyzes, considers, and critiques alternative explanations; and distinguishes between fact and opinion.

S5e: Identifies problems; proposes and implements solutions; and evaluates the accuracy, design, and outcomes of investigations.

S5f: Works individually and in teams to collect and share information and data.

S6 Scientific Tools and Technologies

S6d: Acquires information from multiple sources.

S7 Scientific Communication

S7a: Represents data and results in multiple ways.

Communicates in a form suited the purpose and the audience.

English Standards

E1c: Read and comprehend informational materials.

E2a: Produce a report of information.

E3c: Prepare and deliver an oral presentation.

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

Social Studies Standards

Standard 5 Explore how citizens influence public policy in a representative democracy.

Conclusion

At the completion of your Web Quest, you will have

Ø Learned how to use the PPA to create a public policy that addresses the problem of Teenage Pregnancy in the Bronx.

Ø Used multiple sources, conducted collective team discussions, and chosen your position on teenage pregnancy to support your policy.

Ø Presented a cost effective policy that demonstrates a strong understanding of the social problems with teenage pregnancy.

Ø You will have seen that teenage pregnancy is a major problem in our society. It is not easy to create viable public policy for this social problem.

Ø A possible future web quest might be to examine teenage pregnancy around the world and compare the public policies of foreign countries to your ideas and the current public polices in existence.

Ø Have funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Teenage Pregnancy

Written by Evelyn Otero

Guidelines for Power Point Presentation

Causes of Teen Pregnancy

The menstrual Cycle

Teenage pregnancy risks

NEW YORK STATE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS