WHY DO TEENS JOIN SUBCULTURES? TO IDENTIFY WITH A PARTICULAR SUBCULTURE TO IDENTIFY WITH A PARTICULAR SUBCULTURE TO REBEL AGAINST THE SOCIETY TO REBEL AGAINST THE SOCIETY TO PROTEST AGAINST THE OLDER GENERATION TO PROTEST AGAINST THE OLDER GENERATION TO REJECT EVERYTHING (NOT)TO CONFORM TO SOCIETY STANDARDS (NOT)TO CONFORM TO SOCIETY STANDARDS TO TRY OUT ALL SORT OF OPTIONS TO TRY OUT ALL SORT OF OPTIONS TO SHOW STRONG PHISICAL FORCE TO SHOW STRONG PHISICAL FORCE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, THEIR OWN IDENTITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, THEIR OWN IDENTITY

A subculture is a group of people with the same interests, the same style and they like the same music. Subculture Hacker Rocker Punk Raver Mod Hippie Goth Biker Skinhead

Hacker

Punk A young person who dresses in a shocking way to express his or her identity. He or she has brightly coloured hair and wears metal chains. The person is thought to rebel against the society. The music is aggressive. They reject everything.

Raver There are the folks who use computer – made, synthesized music, and drugs to create massive all-night dance parties in empty warehouses. They like to be in a collective. They want to try out all sort of options and are thought to be violent.

Goth The members of this subculture wear the blackest black, with a lot of silver jewellery and have very black hair and look as this and pale as possible. The members gather together to read Bram Stoker and talk about being vampires, and about the end of the world.

Mod There people developed their own style distinct from others. A person has college-style hair, a neat white shirt, a short jacket, or a short blazer jacket, and narrow trousers. The clothes are Italian by choice. Pale face, plenty of make-up. Scooters are the preferred means of transportation. He or she prefer soul music.

Music styles Acid rock - there free-form improvisations and light show appeared about Reggae - t Reggae - this is the most important form of West Indian popular music of the 1970s and 1980s. The lyrics often refer to Rastafarianism. Punk rock - this music begin in the UK and was thought to be aggressive. It was a rejection of everything that had gone before. It was designed to shock. Techno- this music is made on computers and performed mainly by deejays of old-fashioned bands. Rocknroll - it began in the early 1950s in the USA. Within a few years, it had become Americas newest and most popular kind of music. In the mid- 1950s it became the central part of teenage rebellion in the West.

What positive and negative features do youth subcultures have? shocking looks drug and alcohol addiction bad image communication with friends self-expression special way of life common interests rebellion against the society rejection of everything protest against the parents changing the world to the best new styles of music spending spare time teens violence and aggressiveness

Homework Give a 3 minute talk on youth subcultures. Remember to say: - what youth subcultures you know - why different subcultures appear - if subcultures help to express ones individuality - if you would like to belong to any teenage subculture (why/why not) Thank you for the work!