Section 1
Physical and Sexual Development
What do menarche and spermarche have to do with physical development?
Create two flowcharts similar to the one below to characterize physical changes in a male and female adolescent and possible reactions to those changes.
According to Margaret Mead, how does one's culture influence adolescent development?
What are the problems with defining the start and end of adolescence? Why do these problems exist?
Think back over the stages of your life from childhood to the present. Which were the best and worst years of your life and why? Compare your responses to your classmates, and as a class debate whether adolescence is a time of "storm and stress."