Senior Projects Online Source # 2

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	Babies are having babies: teenage pregnancy on the raise.
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	author: LaQuesha James and Yanet Aviles
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	The Torch Leuzinger High school- Babies are having Babies: Teenage Pregnancy on the Rise
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	The Torch
Date Page was Last Revised	Januaury 12, 2012
Date You Read It	February 4, 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/schoolid/4581/articleid /489482/newspaperid/4888/Babies_are_Having_Babies_Teenage_Pregnancy_on_the_Rise.aspx

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

searches has shown that in "the United States teenage pregnancy rate is nine times higher compared to 13 developing countries."

In comparison with all other countries around the world the United States have the highest percentage of teen pregnancy, about "More than 46% of high school students are sexually active"

Teen pregnancy rate is increasing tremendously, about  " 34% of American women become pregnant before the age of twenty."

Mas media, such as "Pop Music, reality television, and provocative music videos, negatively influence many teens to prematurely engage in sexual activity before their minds and bodies have fully developed." help influence contribute to the rate of teen pregnancy.

The issue of teens today is that they "become sexually active without fully understanding the risks or consequences. "

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

the article talks about teens pregnancy.it also about mass media and it contribution  to teens birth rate today. the article also talk about how the U.S is in the top of the list for having the highest rate of teen pregnancy. the articles stated that many woman today get pregnant before the age twenty 

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 of the article is aQuesha James and Yanet Aviles.  Training not specified 


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. 
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? 


No there no references citing. 
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 


I plan to use this source to support my opinion about teens pregnancy of how mass media help to contribute to the tremendous increase teen birth 

Senior Project Online Source

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	"Teenage Birth Rate Rises For the First Time Since 91"
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	Author: Gardiner Harris
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	The New York Times Crimes: Health
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	The New York Times Crimes
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	Published December 6, 2007
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	January 30, 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/health/06birth.html?ref=teenpregnancy

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

.in recent years teens birth rate has been raising tremendously over the years. "The birth rate among teenagers 15 to 19 in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, according to a report issued Wednesday, the first such increase since 1991."

.to help the rates of teen birth to decrease, the government gets involve to help fund programs to help teens; "President Bush noted the long decline in teenage pregnancyrates in his 2006 State of the Union address, saying, “Wise policies such as welfare reform, drug education and support for abstinence and adoption have made a difference in the character of our country.”

"Teenage birth rates are driven by rates of sex, contraception and abortion." teens birth rate is effecting the abortion rates. many teens are aborting because for some issue that they don't want to face...

."In the 1990s, teenage sex rates dropped and condom use rose because teenagers were scared of AIDS." many teens are using protection fearing the consequences of having an unsafe sex.

in previous years the rate of using protection when having sex has decreases, many teens have realizes that the chances of having the diseases for having an unsafe sex is 50-50% chances. "teenage sex rates have risen since 2001 and condom use has dropped since 2003. Abortion rates have held steady for a decade, although numbers from 2005 and 2006 are not available."

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


This article talks bout the teenage pregnancy. the percentage rage of teen births rate has gone up to 15 to 19 in the U. S. according to researchers they rate has increased three percent in the year 2006 since 1991. millions of dollars is been spend by the federal government on programs regarding teens pregnancy. the cause of teenage birth rate is been driven by rates of sex, contraception and abortion. in the year of 1990s the teenage sex rate dropped and the use of condom roses because many teenagers were scare of getting diseases. 

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 of this article is Gardiner Harris. she is a author of The New York Crimes New Papers Articles. 


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 i believe so. for the publicity and for people to know about the issues going on regarding young teens. the author is being very informative. pining in every main point of the article, by providing evidence for are article. 



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 of the article cite a lot of references in her written. no her citing references didn't take away from her credibility it was well done. 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 
i plan to use this source to back up some evidence on my written section of my senior project. i also plan to use this article to go onto other link that will help me with my projects. the article have a lots of accurate links that i am for sure going to use.

Senior Project Proposal

Proposed Topic in the form of an  Essential Question:
Is the show Teen Mom on MTV affect the mind of young teens into thinking of having children in a young age?

Rationale for Choice:

1.What about this topic appeals to you? Why did you choose it?

This topic appeals to me because of all the shows and news talking about teen pregnancy. So it gave me interest into writing about this topic. I believe showing this type of show on t.v is wrong for young teens because it gives them an idea of getting pregnant and being on t.v. So teens think that getting pregnant will get them famous. It also shows violence and abuse towards there spouses and family members which is wrong and can give them consequences. Teens probably think that getting pregnant will be fun but in the end they will finally realize that it was a mistake. I chose this topic because it gave me great interest in learning more about why teens get pregnant in a young age.

2.What do you already know about this subject?
What I already know about this topic is that each year teen pregnancy has been increasing.

3.What are you hoping to learn about the subject?

What I am hoping to learn about this topic is to personally talk to teen moms and get some feedback in why get pregnant this young. And also to learn more about how much there lives change after getting pregnant and how there relationship between theres haas changed.

4.What are you most interested in regarding the topic?
What I am interested in regarding this topic is just to learn how there lives and relationship with others have changed.

                                                                                                                                                
5.What potential risks or challenges do you foresee for your project?

My potential risk or challenges I foresee for my project is that if the teens will get offended when I ask them questions. It will be hard to find teen moms that would be comfortable to answer my questions.

I Believe..

1. I believe tv shows with drug use shows a bad example to teens.
2. I believe children shouldn't be around with parents that smoke.
3. I believe teens should always use protection when having sexual interactions with other teens.
4. I believe parents should not feed there children with junk food.
5.I believe too much t.v for children can cause problems in the future.

5. Children watching t.v with shows that aare meant for adults only show a horrible example and leads to problems in the future. T.v shows such as " Thats 70's Show" have alot of drug issues that people use. It shows a bad example and teaches them what the wrong thing to do. Kids shouldnt be around parents that smoke because one it is second hand smoking and can cause diffrent health problem for the child. Teens that are sexually active should always use protction and get checked for any diseases. Parents that feed there own children and stuff them with junk food such as Mcdonalds, Burger King, and KFC are horrible things to do because it cause diffremt health problems for example obesity, diabetes, and also even death.