Rita
S. Levin
Human Body and Disease
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SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BASED TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS |
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Teen pregnancy has a direct effect on many social issues including health care, poverty,
Welfare, education, jobs and fatherhood. This
social problem must be defined and policies
That address this issue must be evaluated.
You are part of a panel chosen to respond to requests from Congressional offices for technical
Assistance on legislative ideas to prevent teen pregnancy.
Founded in 1996, the National
Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy’s goal is to reduce the
teen pregnancy rate by one third by 2005.
You are on its Youth Leadership Team (YLT).
You are in the tenth grade in a
Second period.
A.
Working in groups of three you will use the Public Policy Analyst to:
1.First determine
the contributing factors that lead to teen pregnancy.
2.You must determine if teen pregnancy is a real problem in
our society.
3.How does teen pregnancy affect your community ie.healthcare and health costs.
4.Research what has been done so far to address this
problem.
5.Propose legislation to furthur
correct the problem
B.
Create a campaign based on your research aimed at
sharing the consequences of
Unprotected sex.
C.
Create, administer and evaluate a survey aimed at
determining the factors that affect,
Influence
and determine teenagers’ behaviors.
D.
Create a six slide color power point presentation
with grapics summarizing the findings of your
analysis.
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E.
Each group will prepare a 10 page research paper that
will include completed worksheets,
Surveys and data gathered in items 1-4, organized
and presented in PPA format.
1.Working in groups of three, first determine the
contributing factors that lead to teen pregnancy
- Working
in your group, use the websites to gather
information Worksheet # 2
You must develop a policy statement and
then present evidence to support your position.
- How
does teen pregnancy affect our communities- ie.
Healthcare costs? Worksheet # 3
- Research
what has been done so far to address the problem. Worksheet # 4
5.
Propose legislation to furthur correct the
problem. Worksheet #5
6
Present the evidence to the class in the form of a power point
presentation and
Convince them that teen pregnancy is real and that your solutions will work.Worksheet # 6
. 7.
Create and distribute surveys addressing the following questions:
Do teens influence each other?
What are the challenges of
contraceptive use?
Evaluate abstinence education
programs
What is the role of boys and men?
At what age should parents begin
talking with their kids about sex,love
and relationships?
Do you think your parents can do or say more to
help you avoid pregnancy and/or
making bad
decisions about sex?
What do you and don’t you like when
your parents talk with you about sex?
What role does the entertainment
media play in the lives of teens today?I
Is it reasonable to ask teens to wait
until marriage to have sex?
8. Each member of each group will
participate in the Power Point Presentation.
One will prepare slides, one will
organize the information and one will present to the class.
9. The cover page of your paper must
include the names of the members in your group, proper
school
heading, teacher name and course name.
10.Double space
using font size 12 or 14.
11.Cite
websites- the sites provided plus two new ones of your own.
12.Your typed
report is due in six weeks.
13.Your Power
Point presentation is due two weeks later.
14.This project
is equal to a test grade.
15.The campaign
involves using the media,creating public service
announcements and incorporating
your
policies into T.V. situation shows and documentaries.
1.http://www.Maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppaw2.html.
4.http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/teen/intro.htm
8.Search
engines: www.google.com
, www.yahoo.com, www.Lycos.com
Paper Fewer than 10 10
pages with 10
pages Beautiful
Pages
correct cover,
Completed
Wonderful
Worksheets and almost all work surveys and I’m kvelling
Surveys not sheets are
complete worksheets
Presentation/ Not well prepared Complete with too few Complete with Complete
Campaign but follows PPA analyses of the
PPA sufficient analysis with a super-
Format format for this topic of the PPA format ior under-
Too few links
to Adequate
campaign Effective,
innovative Created
Proposed
policy
creative use of media and per-
Slides Fewer than 6 slides 6 slides 6 or more
slides Creative
Not clear Some graphics Color graphics with anima-
No graphics Slides too
busy Clear and
annotated and sound
This Webquest meets the following NY State English andScience Standards
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E1c: Read and
comprehend informational materials.
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E2a: Produce a
report of information.
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E2e: Produce a
persuasive essay.
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E4b: Analyze
and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity
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S8a: Demonstrates scientific competence by completing
secondary
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S7b: Argues from evidence.
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S7e: Communications in a form suited to the purpose
and the
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S5c: Uses evidence from reliable sources to develop
descriptions,
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explanations, and models; and makes
appropriate
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adjustments and improvements.
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S5d: Proposes, recognizes, analyzes, considers, and
critiques
alternative explanations; and distinguishes between fact
and
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S5f: Works
individually and in teams to collect and share
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S6c: Collects
and analyzes data using concepts and techniques in
By completing this
activity students will learn how to use the Internet for research and
analysis. They will
use critical thinking skills to make decisions on what policies would be most
effective. They will
become familiar with Powerpoint presentations. They
will use the power of the
media in all its
applications to shape, convince and persuade teens to stop and think before
they
make important
life decisions. They will be able to draw conclusions on public opinions
derived from
interested audience. Based
on this knowledge, they will know exactly what the targeted audience
thinks and can
approach policy makers with accurate information whose goal is to replace
noneffective policies with better formulated,
relevant and implementable new policies.