Sally Kanu 9 February 2014 English 1102 Professor Camargo

English 1102 Extended Inquiry Project (EIP) The Proposal 1. What is your Inquiry uestion! Why is teenage pregnancy becoming a growing issue

in the United States? 2. What is your pri"ary purpose! To explore! My primary purpose is to identify the

growing epidemic of teenage pregnancy in the United States, and also comparing with other nations rates of teenage pregnancy. I want to do a cause and effect outline of Teenage Pregnancy. I want to e plore se!eral pre!ention theories for teenage pregnancy" and also go more in depth of specific causes such as lac# of se education !ersus self$esteem issues !ersus social class. What are additional questions (# "ini"u") that "ost interest you and "ight help you disco$er the ans%ers to your research question! What is being done to handle the issue of teenage pregnancy? What are the causes of teenage pregnancy? What are the effects of teenage pregnancy? Which region in the United States has the highest teenage pregnancy rate? Which racial group has the highest teenage pregnancy rate? Which social class has the highest teenage pregnancy rate? The comparison of teenage pregnancy in the United States and other nations in the World.

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To argue! What theory& hypothesis& or position a'out your topic are you testing! What is your tentati$e "ain clai" or thesis! The main claim%thesis is addressing the issue of teenage pregnancy in &merica, and stating the cause of lac# of education, media, news, social class also the effect of teenage parents that may result in dropping out of school, being in po!erty themsel!es, failed relationships and lac# of care and support for the child. The wor#ing #nowledge so far has concluded that the rates are much higher in low income areas, so I will research further to e plain that statistic. What additional questions (# "ini"u") help lay out the argu"ent in "ore speci(ic %ays! What are the conse'uences of teenage pregnancy? Why are there so many unplanned pregnancies? (ow to pre!ent teenage pregnancy? What are some ways to bring awareness? What are some ways for pre!ention? Is the media a big cause factor, i.e.) Teen Mom? ). What& i( any& prior 'elie(s& assu"ptions& preconceptions& ideas& or prejudices do you 'ring

to this project! What personal experiences "ay ha$e shaped the %ay you (eel a'out it! My personal e perience as a teen parent has shaped the way I feel about this topic, which is why I*m interested in informing the world the cause and effect and how ad!ocating against

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teenage pregnancy can lead towards a brighter and bigger future for teenagers and their future children) when they are mature and financially secure to handle the responsibility+ *e(ore you 'egan de$eloping a %or+ing +no%ledge on the topic& %hat %ere you thin+ing a'out it! What are you thin+ing a'out it no%! I was thin#ing of more of the effects within the &frican$&merican community and those in po!erty or low$income areas. ,. -escri'e your .%or+ing +no%ledge/ o( your topic so (ar. &fter researching the topic of

teenage pregnancy I learned that issue widespread a lot of indi!iduals are aware and se!eral campaigns in local cities ha!e begun to bring upon awareness and pre!ention. & great article that I came upon on ,--) Poor girls arent condemned to pregnancy which will most li#ely began my discussion on addressing the issue about some of the causes of teenage pregnancy and some brief solutions that was stated in the article. &nother informati!e article What are the Consequence of Teenage Pregnancy brings up a great main point of the effect of teenage pregnancy being that life as a teenage will ne!er be the same, you are gi!ing up your childhood to raise a child. 0. What do you plan to do (or your pri"ary research! Who do you hope to inter$ie% or

sur$ey! What do you plan on o'ser$ing! What do you hope to learn! I plan on using the statistics and information of the causes and effects to address the in'uiry 'uestion about Teenage Pregnancy being a growing epidemic in the United States. I want to obser!e what is being done to handle the issue, and learn the results of it. I will also state my personal e periences as a teenage parent.