Juno Critical Thought Questions

Juno Critical Thought Questions-Health Through Film & Fiction

1. Is unwanted teenage pregnancy an issue with high school kids?

2. What can be done to prevent it from happening?

3. What's your opinion about aborting a teenager's unwanted pregnancy? Would you consider it under any circumstances?

4. What about giving the child away for adoption? What do you think about it?

5. What should children be taught about conception and pregnancy?

6. Is it better that teenagers remain celibate/abstinant or that they become sexually active, using condoms? Explain it?

7. What should parents do when it happens?

8. What about the future father? What should he do under the circumstances below?

      a. What would happen if the father told his parents his girlfriend was pregnant?

      b. What would his mother's reaction be?

      c. How about his father's reaction?

      d. What about his friends reactions?

      e. What did Juno say she was going to do? Do you like her idea?  Would the father like this idea?
      f.  Is there a double standard on expectations of the father vs expectations of a mother?

What would you do if this happened to you? 

- You were Juno?

- You were Juno's best friend?

- You were Juno's parents?

- You were the father of the baby?

- You were the foster parents to whom Juno promised to give the baby away.



COURSE EVALUATION:
Please write a short sentence about the class.  Did you enjoy the format (film and questions as opposed to unit/test).  Were classroom discussions helpful?  Anything else that you think I should know or suggestions for course improvements?   Thanks!  I hope you have a FANTASTIC summer!