By

Tameka Skinner

CIS 166X

A strange new kids game is going

around our middle school children. The game, consist of girls as young as ten wearing

colored rubber bracelets that signify sexual favors or preference. Many parents and

teachers do not know that the rubber bracelets, signifies a different sex act. Some

symbolize an invitation to kinky sex favors. The students are playing a game called

“snap” associated with wearing these bracelets. The game consists of the girls wearing

these colored bracelets around their wrists. If a boy comes up to the girl and rips the

bracelet off, the girl must perform the sexual act that the color of the bracelet stands for.

A black bracelet signifies sexual intercourse, blue is oral sex, red is a lap dance or French

kiss, clear is whatever you want, gold glitter is make out and the glow in the dark is using

sex toys, orange is a kiss, yellow is a hug, pink is flashing and white signifies a gay kiss.

This sexual innuendo is becoming so popular that many schools are banning students

from wearing the bracelets to school.

Your task in this WebQuest is to do a two-page report (typewritten, double-spaced) on the problem of sex bracelets, as well as prepare an 3-minute oral presentation on the most important points in your report. In your report and oral presentation, you are to take a position for or against the banning of the colored sexual bracelets being worn to school. In your report you will answer the following question: Do you feel the student rights are being violated or is it the duty of the school and administration to protect our students from in appropriate conduct within school grounds. You have to do a survey to see who are for or against sex bracelets and do an oral presentation.

1. Using the websites provided below, summarize your research and original positions on the following TIPS six-step Public Policy Analyst worksheet:

a. TIPS Worksheet #1 (Defining the problem)

b. TIPS Worksheet #2 (Gathering evidence for the problem)

c. TIPS Worksheet #3 (Determining the causes of the problem)

d. TIPS Worksheet #4 (Evaluating existing public policy solutions)

e. TIPS Worksheet #5 (Developing original public policy solutions)

f. TIPS Worksheet #6 (Choosing the best public policy solution)

2. Use your six TIPS worksheets to prepare a 3-5-page report (typewritten, double-spaced) on the problem of sex bracelets.

3. Prepare a 3-5-minute oral presentation based on your report.

4. In your paper and oral presentation, be sure to:

· List the points that support your position.

· List points that will go against your position, and create a defense against these points.

· Be prepared to debate you stand against someone who has taken the opposite stand.

· You should also poll your classmates for views they have that will support your stand

Use the following websites to help you in your research:

http://www.sex-bracelets.com/

http://www.nbc10.com/news/2619696/detail.html

http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/12/10/sex.bracelet.ap/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105490,00.html

You should be prepared to argue your point against a classmate who took the opposite

point. You should also hand a copy of your paper to me for approval. To earn the

appropriate grade please refer to the chart below.

A. Seven points that support your position, and a paper free of grammatical errors.

B. No less than six points that support your position, and some grammatical errors.

C. Five points that support your position, with grammatical errors.

D/F. Less than five points that support your position, points that do not clearly support

your position one way or the other. Many grammatical errors, and clear evidence no

proof reading occurred.

The following English Language Art Performance Standards are addressed in this WebQuest:

English Language Arts Performance Standards

E1c: Read and comprehend informational materials.

E2a: Produce a report of information.

E3b: Participate in-group meetings.

E3c: Prepare and deliver an individual presentation.

Having completed this WebQuest, you are now an expert on this strange social problem: sex bracelets. You have learned that, even though the first seven amendments gives us the rights to freedom of speech and to wear and do what ever we want, sex bracelets have to do with young children. You have learned that sex bracelets are a way to introduce our young children to sex, which will cause an increase in teen pregnancy, an epidemic problem in our society today. You have also learned that we need to educate our children about sex, pregnancy, and sexual diseases in the hopes that they would wait to have sex.