Unprotected Sex Among Bronx Teens

Is Spreading Sexually Transmitted Disease

Theresa Pusateri

Walton High School

Miss 2930@aol.com

Teens who practice unsafe sex can spread sexually transmitted diseases. As a student at Walton High School, you have over three thousand peers. Unfortunately, some of them are practicing unsafe sex and this has impacted the number of sexually transmitted diseases being treated at Montefiore clinic and other medical facilities in the Bronx. As a member of Walton High School’s Safe Sex Committee, you will be researching the problem of unsafe sex practices at Walton and in the Bronx.

As a member of the Walton High School Safe Sex Committee, you have been asked to write an article for the school newspaper. You must use the PPA process to help you complete your editorial. Your point of view is valuable and should be very clear in the writing of this article.

Literature read in class, texts, internet resources will be used in the completion of your project. In your article for the Walton School newspaper, you will be addressing this question: How do unsafe sex practices impact the incidence of sexually transmitted disease.

You will be following the Public Policy Analyst procedure in helping you gather information to write your article. In order to guide you, there are worksheets available to help you in your task. Using the internet will help you in completing the TIPS worksheets. You will be working in groups on your choice of collage or bulletin board display.

Define the problem:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/select.html

Gather evidence:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/gather.html

Identify causes:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/identify.html

Evaluate a policy:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/existing.html

Develop solution:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/solutions.html

Select best solution:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/bestsol.html

You may use the following general search engines to assist you in gathering your research.

www.google.com

www.askjeeves.com

www.yahoo.com

www.altavista.com

www.lycos.com

Here are some interesting articles that deal with sexually transmitted diseases and teenagers:

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	Excellent	Very Good	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
Research Public Policy Analysis	Problem clearly identified and thoroughly researched All six steps of the PPA are clearly addressed and all worksheets correctly completed	Problem identified and reasonably well researched All six steps of the PPA are addressed and most worksheets correctly completed	Problem identified with limited research. All steps of the PPA are addressed, but worksheets could be improved on.	Problem identified but research is lacking Incomplete worksheets.
Article	Well organized, demonstrates logical sequencing and sentence structure	Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing or sentence structure.	Well organized, but illogical sequencing and sentence structure.	Poorly organized

English Standards:

v Students select information appropriate to the purpose of their investigation and relate ideas from one text to another

v Students select and use strategies they have been taught for note taking, organizing, and categorizing information

v Students gather and interpret information from children's reference books, magazines, textbooks, electronic bulletin boards, audio and media presentations, oral interviews, and from such forms as charts, graphs, maps and diagrams.

v Students compare and synthesize information from different sources.

Social Studies Standards:

*Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas and themes. *Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to understand the roles and responsibilities of good citizenship.

You have now researched the social problem of unprotected sex and how it leads to the spread of sexually transmitted disease. You have learned about the consequences and solutions for teenagers who practice unsafe sex. You are now an expert, and ready to select another social problem to research for class.