Keep It Real

Keep It Real is a TV and Web project for teens produced to help educate them about the consequences of inappropriate risk-taking behavior. The TV show provides teens with Realistic Education About Dying Young, based on Palmetto Health Richland’s Project READY program in Columbia, South Carolina. In an effort to stay true to the hospital’s reality-based education, we have included graphic images and footage of real trauma in the productions. Keep It Real is rated TV-14 and viewer discretion is advised.

Grades 9-12

Keep It Real is a TV and Web project for teens produced to help educate them about the consequences of inappropriate risk-taking behavior. The TV show provides teens with Realistic Education About Dying Young, based on Palmetto Health Richland’s Project READY program in Columbia, South Carolina. In an effort to stay true to the hospital’s reality-based education, we have included graphic images and footage of real trauma in the productions.

Keep It Real is rated TV-14 and viewer discretion is advised.

Part 1, Introduction | Keep it Real

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised. Teens learn about the real-life consequences of trauma-related incidents and how they can be avoided.

Part 2, Emergency Room | Keep It Real

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised. Young people are shown exactly what happens to a patient during a visit to the ER after a trauma-related incident.

Part 3, Wimberly's Story | Keep It Real

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised. The Keep It Real team meets a teen, Wimberly, and her family, who have had first-hand experience with a trauma-related incident...

Part 4, Consequences | Keep It Real

Episode 4

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised. Keep It Real shows teens the after-effects and consequences of a reckless trauma-related incident.

Part 5, Morgue | Keep It Real

Episode 5

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised. The Keep It Real team is taken to the morgue, where they learn that many teens who are involved in trauma related accidents...

Part 6, Homicide and Reactions | Keep It Real

Episode 6

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised. Keep It Real looks at shootings and homicides in relation to teenagers, and the Keep It Real teens begin to discuss their...

Part 7, Conclusion | Keep It Real

Episode 7

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised. The Keep It Real teens discuss their final thoughts after the Keep It Real experience.

Student Video

Episode 8

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Produced and Hosted by Joshua and Brandon Our video gives teenagers a brief look at the legal consequences of risky behavior. We show the DUI booking process at the Lexington County Sheriff’s...

Student Video

Episode 9

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised. Written and Directed by Mary Katherine I decided to make my film about the consequences of actions that some teens make. It...

Reality Check

Episode 10

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Video Production and Article by Amanda Alpert When entering middle and high school one does not typically think of violence as a feature in South Carolina public schools. Most recently there has been...

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