A new dramatic web series about teen pregnancy on the Public Internet Channel
9INEThe National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, in cooperation with the Public Internet Channel, has created a comprehensive discussion guide that continues exploring the themes in 9INE. With the guide, parents, educators, peer advocates and students are encouraged to engage each other on character choices and basic facts around teen pregnancy. We also give suggestions on how to use this guide in the classroom and at home.
Question 5. Can you imagine what it would be like if you had a pregnancy scare? How would you tell your parents? How do you think they would react? Go to Discussion Question 6 for Episode 2 – October
(more…)Question 6. Can you imagine telling someone you might be pregnant or hearing from someone that you may have gotten her pregnant? What do you think it would feel like to be in that situation? How do you think the conversation would go? Would it be embarrassing? Sad? Scary? Go to Discussion Question 7 for [...]
(more…)Question 7. Lonnie had condoms in his room, but it doesn’t seem like he and Tye used them. Why do you think that is? Is it embarrassing to bring up the topic of protection with someone? Whose responsibility is it to bring it up? Whose responsibility is it to prevent pregnancy? How does this get [...]
(more…)Question 8. Do you think anyone has ever talked to Tye or Lonnie about preventing pregnancy? Who would have had those conversations with them? What do you think they talked about? Go to Discussion Question 9 for Episode 2 – October
(more…)Question 9. In the interview at the end of the episode, a teen boy talks about how he got someone pregnant at age 13. How do you think his life would have changed if he had become a father then? Do you think a 13-year-old would be able to handle that kind of responsibility? At [...]
(more…)Question 10. What do you think the conversation was like in the car when Lonnie, Tye, and her dad were on their way to the health clinic? Go to Discussion Question 1 for Episode 3 – November
(more…)Since last time… Lonnie and Tye have had more conversations within their own families about the pregnancy. What do you think those conversations were like? How do you think each character feels about the situation now, compared to how they felt when they first found out? Question 1. The doctor who talks to Tye seems [...]
(more…)Question 2. One of the things the doctor tells Tye is that about one-third of all girls in the U.S. get pregnant as teenagers. Did that number surprise you? Was it higher than you expected? Lower? In the African-American community, the rates are even higher than that. About half—or 1 out of every 2—African American [...]
(more…)Question 3. Lonnie’s friend tells him he has no options: “She makes the decision [to keep the baby] on her own but she didn’t get pregnant on her own.” What do you think about that? Didn’t Lonnie already make his decision when he had unprotected sex with Tye? Go to Discussion Question 4 for Episode [...]
(more…)Question 4. Lonnie’s friend also suggests that Lonnie check out a teen dad support group, and the episode ends with him at a meeting. How do you think he felt in that room? Do you think he’ll return for more meetings? What kind of help might he get from that group? Go to Discussion Question [...]
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