Were Romeo and Juliet typical teenagers?

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?

Read the following four articles.  Choose two that could support your preliminary thesis statement. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/magazine/mag-27Riffsidebar-t.html

http://patwolfe.com/2011/09/the-adolescent-brain-a-work-in-progress/

http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=17048

http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/09/the-teen-brain.html

Once you have chosen your two articles, reread them and take notes on the content of each article.  Carefully note which notes go with which article. Your teacher will give you the forms you need to record your research and will explain in more detail this research project. 

Go to www.easybib.com to generate a citation for the sources you choose.