Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)  Ex: Twilight	Everything You Need to Know About Teen Pregnancy
Author(s) or Editor Ex: Stephanie Meyer	Tracy Hughes
Publisher  Ex: Little, Brown and Company	The Maple Distribution Center
Year of Publication  Ex: 2003	1997
City of Publication Ex: New York	New York
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):  Ex: Print	Print
Eddition if indicated:

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: After having known Edward for just a few short months, Bella admits that “it would cause [her] physical pain to be separated from him now" (Meyer 283).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

EX: Twilight follows the life of Bella Swan, outcast and wallflower, as she moves from her home in Arizona to Forks. Here she meets, falls in love with, and risks her life for a vampire named Edward. Throughout the story, Edward places her life in danger, and she continually latches onto him. It ends with Edward almost killing her in an attempt to save her life from the danger of another vampire. 


Credibility of Source: 
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor. 


EX for Author: This is the first book that Stephanie Meyer has written, and according to many interviews given, she claims it is a reflection of her own life growing up, and of "vivid dreams" she has. 

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? 


EX: The book was written for entertainment value, and meant to garner a profit. 


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

EX: The author is clearly biased toward Bella's love of Edward, as she wrote the book. 


References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

EX: There are no references, as this is a work of fiction. 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

EX: I plan to use this source as a primary reference, and apply psychology to different quotes within the text, bringing out the ridiculousness of Bella's attachment to a vampire.

Interview Questions

1. What does this topic mean to you?

Teens these days are not careful about having sex. They are not aware about the obstacles and challenges in being a teen parent. 

  

     2.How are you connected to this topic?

I am to be a soon teen mom

     3.Do you have first-hand experience with the topic?

yes

     4.How long have you been connected with/affected by this topic?

Almost 7 months

     5.Do you think this is a serious problem, or something that can be put off?

Yes i believe this is a serious problem to all teen moms because I am in a situation that my parents wont support me in anyway. Teen moms need support because they cant take care of a child when they cant even take care of themselves yet.

   6.What are your thoughts on how to improve the problem?

My thoughts on how to improve this problem is have there parents have that one on one talk about sex and how its important to use protection. At schools they should teach the students also.

   7.What are your thoughts on the opposing views?

Soon to be a teen mom, I wish my parents would have the "talk" to me. I dont blame my parents for not talking to me about it but i feel like if they did have that talk to me i would think twice and it would prevent me from it.

8.Do you think being a teen mom will be hard without your parents support?
Yes i do believe it'll be hard without my parents support


9.Will you have the "talk" to your child when he/she is a teen?
yes


10. Was it hard telling you parents the news?
Yes it was hard and they were hurt and disappointed.

Online Source #5

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	Teens Pregnancy: The Price of Teen Pregnancy and the Influence of Reality TV
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	Shontel Stewart
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	The Price of Teen Pregnancy and the Influence of Reality TV
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	JJIE.org
Date Page was Last Revised	September 21,2011
Date You Read It	march 07, 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://petersams.articlealley.com/teen-pregnancy-and-its-effects-479589.html

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

Our society has a higher impact on issues today's. TV shores such as "jersey shows, teen mom,basketball wives" are all more high contributors influences teen pregnancy.

The top popular shows that have a huge impacts in teens pregnancy is MTV "Teen Mom..16 and pregnant." this shows have the average rates of viewer 4.5 to about 2.1 million viewers

Media has a very huge impacts on our society today. the MTV shows Teen Mom has been "spreading the message that its okay to get pregnant"

Shontel state that MTV Teen Moms show has make "getting pregnant in high school is just not shocking anymore"

The US has the Teenage birthrate ages of 15-19, the rate is "3,9percent in 2009"

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 
The article is about reality stars in the MTV TV shows about teen mothers.  The article talks about how MTV is taking this teen moms and giving them fame. but in real life it not what it seems like. The reality is teen moms worrying about a lots of things, like paying for baby formula and sleeping long enough to get through the day. 


Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 
The author for this article is Shontel Stewart. a writter for the jjie.org

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 
yes the author does have something to gain. the article is also informative. 

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 
There is Bias 

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 


Yes the cite has references and the references didn't take away from any credibility 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I plan to use this article to help support my writings of how society, have an influence on teens pregnancy.

Online Source #4

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	Teen Pregnancy: TV Sex Influences Teen Pregnancy
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	Rick Nauert
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	TV Sex Influences Teen Pregnancy
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	Psych Central News
Date Page was Last Revised	November 5, 2008
Date You Read It	February 4, 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://psychcentral.com/news/2008/11/05/tv-sex-influences-teen-pregnancy/3269.html

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

One of the biggest Contributor and influential on teen pregnancy is "Adolescents" it has the highest exposure to television programs that contains sexual contents.

To be proven this fact investigations has account and it has proven that adolescents "is the first to establish a link between teenagers’ exposure to sexual content on TV and either pregnancies among girls or responsibility for pregnancies among boys"

The adolescents receive "considerable amount of information about sex through television" and it doesn't "highlight the risks and responsibilities of sex"

As stated in this article Television "play a significant role in the high rates of teenage pregnancy in the United States.”

Researches have proven that "that exposure to sex on television may influence teen pregnancy by creating the perception that there is little risk to engaging in sex without using contraceptives and accelerating the initiation of sexual intercourse."

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

This article states that adolescents is a high contributor for teens pregnancy. The article also state that adolescent program the risk and responsibilities of sex. the article states that sex exposure on TV influences teen pregnancy by "creating the perception that there is little risk to engaging in sex without using contraceptives and accelerating the initiation of sexual intercourse. 

 

Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 

The author is Nick Nauert. he has a PHD in senior news editor. 

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?

The article is just simply informative. it has also of facts.  

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

No bias detected. 

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

Yes the author cites references in his work. Citing his work reference didn't take away from his work.  

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I plan to use this source to support on my opinion on how society contribute to the teen pregnancy rates 

Senior Projects Online Source # 3

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	Teens Pregnancy and It's Effects
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	Not specified
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	Teen Pregnancy and It's Effects
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	Article Alley
Date Page was Last Revised	February 22, 2008
Date You Read It	February 6, 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://petersams.articlealley.com/teen-pregnancy-and-its-effects-479589.html

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

Those the rate of  teen birth's is gradually slowing; "there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States alone."

Many teens pregnancy are unplanned, this increases the risks of problems for many young teens, "The biggest risk for teen mothers is delaying prenatal care or worse, 7.2% received no care at all."

Because teens mother are likely to gain sufficient weight during their pregnancy it leads to "Low birth weight which is associated with infant and childhood disorders and a high rate of infant mortality."

Problems of children born to teenage mother "are less likely to receive proper nutrition, health care, and cognitive and social stimulation. As a result, they may have an underdeveloped intellect and attain lower academic achievement."

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

This article talks about teen pregnancy and its problems and its effects it has on the teen and their infant, the article also talks about the cite effects of teens during their pregnancy that they are less likely to gain enough weight to support their infants.  the article also talks about how not having the right weight will cause a huge effects on the infant. 
Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 

Author not specified. the site is pettersamaritclealley.com the purpose of this site is inform those out their about the problems and effects that young teens mother faces. 
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 

This article is just very informative. 

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

No bias 
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

The site have references. No there is no credit or credibility taken away from the cite. 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

I plan to use this source to support my opinion about the effects that Television shows have on young teens mind and also use it as a jumping off point for other sources provided in the site.