Read Chap 4, Sec 1-Making Responsible Decisions, pg 93-99.  Do the questions on page 99.

Abstinence                 Consequences

Contraception            Hormones

Peer Pressure             Sexuality

Values

Discuss Chap 4, Sec 1

Read Chap 4, Sec 2-Realities of Teen Pregnancy and Parenting, pg 99-109.  Do the questions on page 109.

Essential Questions:

1.  What are values?

2.  When teens are making decisions about sexual activity, with whom should they discuss their alternatives and the consequences of those alternatives?

3.  What are hormones?

4.  What is the only completely reliable method of preventing pregnancy?

5.  What special challenges do single teen parents face?

6.  What is the implication of the statistics about teen marriages?

7.  What additional problems must teens who marry because of a pregnancy face?

8.  What rights and responsibilities do biological parents give up when they allow another family to adopt their child?

9.  How do the responsibilities of raising a child limit the opportunities for teen parents?

10.  What are the special health risks that the baby of a teenage mother faces?

Objectives:

Discuss what sexuality does-and does not-involve.

Explain the relationship between values and sexuality.

List the six steps in the decision-making process.

Discuss how teens can approach decisions about sexual activity.

Explain how pregnancy can be prevented.

Define sexuality.

List three possible health consequences of having sexual intercourse.

Describe the decisions that pregnant teens must make.

List possible sources of help available to pregnant teens.

Discuss the alternatives available to pregnant teens.

Describe the consequences of teen parenthood.

List four sources of help to which a teenage girl might turn when she suspects she is pregnant.

List three statistics about teen marriages.