Introduction
It can be said that the teenage brain is quite different from that of an adult or a child. There are characteristics of adolescents that influence every part of their lives, particularly the way they think. The two main characters in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet demonstrate this.
The purpose of this webquest is to look at various sources that discuss the teenage brain: development, decision making, and characteristics. Ultimately, you'll be chosing one of these sources to provide evidence for your argument/answer to the prompt you've been given: What is one characteristic of adolescent thinking?
Task
Read the following five articles.
- http://patwolfe.com/2011/09/the-adolescent-brain-a-work-in-progress/
- http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/09/the-teen-brain.html
- http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/3766
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53420/
- http://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-adolescent-brain-beyond-raging-hormones
1. Choose two articles that could support your preliminary thesis statement.
2. Use the two articles to properly fill in the chart that was provided for you. Closely follow the directions on the chart.