Subcultures
The aim is to answer the question
“ Is there an ideal subculture ?”
What shall we do to answer this question?
- Do exercises
- Work in pairs
- Compare subcultures
- Answer the questions
What is a subculture?
- A SUBCULTURE is a group with a distinct style and identity. Different subcultures have their own believes, value systems, fashion, and favourite music.
What subcultures do you know?
- Rockers
- Hippies
- Hackers
- Punks
- Mods
- Ravers
- Goths
- Skinheads
Why do young people join the group?
- To the change the world for the best
- To show off
- To try out all sort of options
- To know who they are
- To identify with a particular group
- To protest against the parents
- To express themselves
- To express their identity
- To develop their own style distinct from others
- To rebel against society
- To differ from other people
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the American ex-president
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Main features of subcultures
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music
ideas
lifestyle
Young people
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music
hobbies
clothes
appearance
behaviour
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Can you identify them?
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Find the answer to the questions.
In which text can you find the description of the:
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He is a wizard of the computer community, he knows how his computer works. He can do things with it that seem “magical”.
- goth?
- mod?
- skinhead?
- raver?
- hacker?
- biker?
He is one of a gang of white boys characterized by closely cropped hair, heavy boots, and braces and a nationalist and racist agenda.
He is a person who leads a wild or uninhibited social life, especially attending “Rave” parties.
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Elements of the lifestyle include music, clothes (often tailor-made), dancing and motor scooters.
He is characterized by black clothes and deathly white make-up.
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He is a member of a motorcycle gang.
Answers
Use the words from the right column in the correct form.
I have never supposed that there are so many music styles and so many 1) _____ around us. I have only known something about 2) ____, they are the people who like to wear the 3) ____ black and lots of silver jewellery. It seems to me, that I begin to 4) ____ why this subculture is so 5) _____ among teenagers and young people. They start to analyze their 6) ___ and become 7) _______ with it.
Model
- many … (culture) cultures
- about… whom? (gothical) goth+ s, they….
- the ( black) black est
- to (misunderstand-не понимать) understand (понимать)
- (popularity-популярность) popular (популярный)
- (live- жить) their (их) lives
- become (satisfy-удовлетворять) satisfied
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IDEAL SUBCULTURE
IS THERE ANY IDEAL SUBCULTURE?
subculture
Mods
positive
Hackers
negative
Rockers
Wizards of computer
Use or change the information in other people’s computer system
Hippies
Skinheads
Ravers
Goths
Punks
Синквейн – это стихотворение из 5 строк.
1 строка – существительное.
2 строка – 2 прилагательных или причастия.
3 строка – 3 глагола по теме синквейна.
4 строка – фраза из 4 слов, выражающая личное
отношение к теме.
5 строка – слово-синоним, новая интерпретация
темы.
СИНКВЕЙН.
Subculture
Aggressive and shocking
To help, to protest, to reject everything
Can be violent, can hurt, can be dangerous
Different cultural grouping.
Homework:
Write a cinquain.
Teens.
What are your impressions?
OK!
So – so.
Not bad.
People are born to be happy!
Everything that brings people together is
good. Everything that draws them apart is evil.
Love is the most powerful thing that brings
people together.
Thank you for your work!