Youth Subcultures nowadays Subcultures are the

Youth Subcultures nowadays

¬ Subcultures are the groupings, that have interests different from those of the mainstream culture. ¬ But in a most specific sense, a subculture is a group with a distinct style and identity. ¬ Different subcultures have their own beliefs, value systems, fashion and favorite music. A particular cultural grouping is a way for young people to express their individuality.

Warming-up AGREE or DISAGREE ¬Youth cultures are connected with fashion and music. ¬Youth cultures don’t influence the society. ¬Ukrainian teenagers know nothing about youth cultures (subcultures).

Different Subcultures ¬Mods ¬Punks ¬ Skinheads ¬ Hippies ¬Goths ¬Emos ¬Rappers ¬Rockers ¬ Freestylers ¬ Ravers ¬ Hackers

Name the representatives of different subcultures Mods

Name the representatives of different subcultures Punks

Name the representatives of different subcultures Ravers

Name the representatives of different subcultures Hippies

Name the representatives of different subcultures Rockers

Name the representatives of different subcultures Emos

Name the representatives of different subcultures Goths

Name the representatives of different subcultures Hackers

Name the representatives of different subcultures Skinheads

Name the representatives of different subcultures Rappers

Name the representatives of different subcultures Freestylers

Complete the idea. 1. The term culture can be defined as… 2. The concept of youth culture appeared in… 3. The improvement of Western economics brought the development of… 4. Mods were dressed in… 5. Hippies were against the materialistic… 6. Hippies were wearing….

Complete the idea. 7. Hippies liked to say… 8. Punks appeared in … 9. Punks were wearing… 10. Rappers wear… 11. Many rap songs make teenagers believe that… 12. Youth cultures….

Answer the questions 1. How can the word ‘culture’ be defined? 2. When and where did the term ’youth culture’ appear? 3. Why did youth cultures appear? 4. Who were Mods? Describe their lifestyle. 5. Who were Hippies? Describe their lifestyle. 6. Who were Punks? Describe their lifestyle. 7. Who are Rappers? Describe their lifestyle. 8. Why are youth cultures good? 9. Why are youth cultures bad?

MODS Fill in the gaps scooters dancing interest jazz food magazines ¬ The Mods were based in london who were modernists as they listened to modern 1) ____. Fashion, music and motorscooters were significant in this subculture as well as 2) _____in clubs. ¬ Mods were originally a set of working-class men who had a high 3)______ in the Italian clothes and shoes. A lot of their styles were influenced by Italian films and 4)________. ¬ Mods hung out at coffee bars which stayed opened till the morning. These bars played jazz music. ¬ Fashion was so important to them that they could go without 5)________ in order to buy clothes. ¬ 6)_______in the 1960 s were affordable and popular for the Mods since public transport stopped early at night and therefore the Mods needed a transport to go to clubs and come back home.

PUNKS Fill in the gaps simple shocking aggressive the weak indifferent useless ¬ In the English dictionary the word ‘punk’ means something worthless and 1)______. ¬ The ideology of punks is quite 2)_____: “Say “NO” to everything”. They are politically 3)______. They only want to express their individuality in a 4)_____way – brightly colored hair, metal chains. They always wear dirty clothes and never wash themselves. They use vulgar language. Usually punks are drugs consumers. But what makes punks be so 5)________? Generally punks are people with low self-respect and intelligence. Also drugs make their minds change. They are dissatisfied with their place in society. They behave aggressively to show that they don’t want to be treated only as 6)________. Nowadays punks tend to disappear. If that weren’t so, punks would be a great problem to the society.

SKINHEADS Fill in the gaps ¬ Skinheads are always 1)_______, they wear black clothes and 2)_____ boots. Skinheads’ ideology is to beat all foreigners heavy living in any country. They always say something like “Russia for Russians”, “England for English”, “Germany for Germans”. fan ¬ The music, skins listen to, is Trash-Metal with racist words. non- ¬ The main trouble about skins is that lots of them are extremely aggressive and 3)_______. educated¬ Skinheads consider themselves to be real patriots. But none of them is eager to join the army. They prefer to demonstrate their power to easy people who can’t resist them. They are mostly 4)_______ people. That’s why they are rather 5)____ to be ruled by their leaders. And their music is really aggressive. violent ¬ Also an important thing about them is that they never take drugs (as punks do). bolded ¬ Very often skins are football fans. They form 6)_______organizations.

HIPPIES Fill in the gaps jeans beads drugs bag rings hair Hippy subculture went through 3 phases. The first phase was in 60’s 80’s. The 2’nd phase was in 80’s – 90’s. There were few hippies because of the popularity of other subcultures (skinheads, punks, goths and etc. ). But during the 3’rd phase (the middle of 90’s) hippies became more numerous. Neo-hippy has got long 1)______, wears _____, jeans’ jacket or loose overall, some 3)_____in ear or nose, bracelets made of glass 4)______and a tiny leather 5)______ on the neck. He listens to Rock music. Neo-hippy differs from the classical hippy. The main difference is in ideology. Classical hippy thinks that the world is beautiful and you should do nothing to improve. Neo-hippy is interested in global such as self-knowledge, natural science and etc. Neohippy is not a lazy young man that takes 6)______.

EMOS Fill in the gaps Emo is a social 1)_______used to describe teen behaviour that is different from normal teens’. They tend to statement be anti-social. The Emo 2)_____ has its root in punk music, Emos tend to like alternative or rock 3)_______. "Emo" was first used to describe hardcore punk bands. type There are some people who consider emos to be very emotional teenagers, who are very creative. ways To be or not to be, emo. It isn’t a fashion 4)______ , it’s a death wish. To be emo is more than just wearing black and purple all the time, it’s about hurting yourself in multiple people 5)_____ because you’re so ignorant and think that the world is completely against you even though it’s not. Emos experience like things that would probably scare most 6)_______. Emos are usually quiet and introverted. bands

FREESTYLERS Fill in the gaps extreme suitable healthy aggressive dangerous numerous ¬ Freestyle nowadays is the most 1)_____ subculture. Many boys and girls are freestylers: BMX-bikers, skaters, rollers – anybody doing 2)_____ sports. They do everything that is 3)_______for their life. Freestylers always wear wide breeches, caps or kerchiefs, sport boots and everything 4)______ for sports. ¬ There a lot of trends in music of freestylers: Drumm’n’Bass, Hip-Hop, Jungle, Breakbeat and some others. ¬ Freestylers’ ideology is a 5)_____ lifestyle. Thus they usually don’t smoke, don’t take drugs, don’t drink alcohol. ¬ Freestylers are not 6)_______but extreme in Sports – all the time trying something new. The main social problem about them is that they always break their arms, legs, necks.

GOTHS Fill in the gaps doesn’t fit¬ Most Goths become Goths because they have been spurned out by ‘normal’ society because the way they want to live their lives 1)_______ in with how most people are told to live theirs. focus Goths are free thinkers, people who 2)_____ the moral values of the society. stand out ¬ Goths 3)_______ on dark, sensual, mysterious world of gothic 4)_____ by Victorian literature. ¬ They wear black clothes, some have piercings and they definitely listen 5)________ from the crowd. ¬ Goths tend to be non-violent, pacifistic, passive, and tolerant. But created some goths can be really depressive. They follow anti-Christian ideas. don’t accept Goth music often deals with thought-provoking topics, ¬ concentrating on societal evils, like racism, war, hatred of groups, etc. Goths 6)_______ to a variety of music trends from death doom metal rock to gothic classical music.

RAVERS Fill in the gaps As a matter of fact ravers nowadays differ from what they were say 5 years ago. That time a raver was something like disco 1)______ Punk and he listened to Jungle music. Now raver is a man that likes 2)_____ parties in popular formal night clubs. Usually ravers wear 3)_____ clothes. Their idea is to do everything to enjoy the next party. special At ravers’ party there are 4)_____ effects, freak shows and 5)______ shows. Usually ravers take drugs and enjoyable drink alcohol. Now more and more young people begin visiting night clubs – it is fashionable and 6)______ lifestyle. In a night laser club there are no parents, who can punish you. Ravers are not aggressive. But ravers’ subculture can be dangerous for electronic young people because of AIDS and drugs.

HACKERS Fill in the gaps wear form crack show pay know Hackers nowadays 1)_______ one of the most high-tech subculture. Ordinary people 2)_____ little about them. Usually hackers 3)_____ black clothes and their hair is brightly colored. As you know, the main thing in the life of hackers is a computer. Thus, hackers 4)_______ hundreds and even thousands dollars to get the best PCs. Very often hackers are called “crackers”. Nothing is known about them as an organization. The real cracker doesn’t 5)_____ programs and banks for money, he always asks himself: “Can I do that? Am I tough enough to crack this site? ” You will never know their number; they do everything not to 6)____ themselves.

¬ There a lot of youth groupings nowadays. They may be different or alike in the manner of expressing themselves or showing off. One subculture may stop it’s existence or overgrow into some other youth division. They all are distinguished by their nonconformity and oppose position to the mainstream culture.

¬To prevent aggression in subcultures, people should follow very simple and well-known moral prescriptions: be tolerant to people around you, be kind, understanding and broad-minded, respect other individualities, be liberal to different opinions and friendly to your environment.