How do teens express themselves ?

Subculture- (the behaviour, beliefs, and customs of) a particular group of people within a society, often a group whose behaviour is disaproved of by most people.

Subculture is any group within a larger complex culture who have interests that vary from those of the mainstream culture.
Subculture is a group with a distinct style and identity.

What are the ways of expressing the individuality?
Why do young people join the group?
What groups are there in the world?

Teenagers have a particular relationship with the world. They always try to express their individuality.
To express it they try to
show off;
show a rebellion against the parents, the regime, society;
reject everything;
join the group or the organization.

One of the most popular way of expressing the individuality is to join the group or the organization.
Teenagers join the group because they want:
To achieve something
To change the world for the best
To try out all sorts of options
To be in a collective
What other reasons can you suggest?

Scouts
Hippies
Join organisations
(officially registered)
Join cultural grouping /subculture (have
Interests that vary from those of the
Mainstream (dominant) culture)
Political
organisations
YOUNG PEOPLE
Express themthelf in…
clothes
music
hobbies

Scouts
Environmentalists
Punks
Bikers
Hippies
Join organisations
(officially registered)
Join cultural grouping /subculture (have
Interests that vary from those of the
Mainstream (dominant) culture)
Political
organisations
YOUNG PEOPLE
Express themselves in…
clothes
music
sports
hobbies

There are different groups and organizations in the world. They are:
Bikers;
Hippies;
Environmentalists;
Hackers;
Punks;
Ravers;
Scouts;
Volunteers.
What other groups do you know?

BIKERS
2 or 3 wheeled bike
leather jackets
army boots

PUNKS
brightly coloured hair
metal chains
aggressive music

GOTS
Long black clothes
Interests about the life beyond the grave

Hackers
Deep understanding of computers
Sit at the computer from morning till night

FOOTBALL FANS
Symbols of the favourite sport team
The anthem of the team
Follow the favourite team

MUSICAL FANS
Collect information
Listen to music
Visit concerts

RAPPERS
Wear wide clothes
Wear caps
Wear metal chains
Listen to rap
( or read rap)

Your opinion

ENVIRONMENTALISTS
GOOD points:
Want to protect nature
Solve ecological problems
Improve the ecological situation BAD points:
?

HACKERS
GOOD points:
?
BAD points:
1.Can use computer to crack something’s system
2.Forget everything because can sit at the computer from morning till night

PUNKS
GOOD points:
1. Can express themselves
BAD points:
?

But you can express your individuality in other way. You can choose the other style of life!

Great sportsmen

Andrei Arshavin
He is fond of football from his childhood
He is 26 years old
He is the forward
of “ ZENIT”

Maria Sharapova
She is fond of tennis from her childhood
She is 20 years old
She is the highest
tennisplayer in the world (1.88m)

How do you express your
individuality?

Now its up to you to decide what to choose!