What Does It Look Like to Be an Adolescent

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What Does It Look Like to Be an Adolescent?
Featured PowerPoint Web-Quest
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Commercials

• Viewing commercials on MTV, these are some
  teenage concerns to keep in mind
• Sex
• Idleness
• Anti-stress
• Technology
• Party scene
• Drugs
• Social life
• Image

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MTV Gets It

• One step ahead of teen trends
• Appeal to what teens want
• Offer risky information and solutions
• Fight for your rights FFYR site
• Sex
• Drugs
• Discrimination
• Homosexuality
• Violence

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Understanding Teen?

• I cant understand the youth of today.
• Adolescence is universal
• Same issues
• Different generation
• Timely, to an extent
• Attempt to understand
• Not to be feared
• Watch a little MTV

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Your Turn WebQuest

• Go to the following site. Explain why and if
  this article has any relevance on how we view
  adolescence today.
• Adolescence Came Late in Human Evolution,...
• In this site, what are some of the main
  differences that set the millennium teenagers
  apart from this list?
• Top Ten
• Why should adults take these changes into
  consideration, and does this effect the
  parent/teen relationship help or hurt.
• Living with Your Teenager - Understanding
  Emotional Changes