UrBaN TrIbEs







Grado:
Area: 

Social studies, Ethic and English.

Competence:

Sharing information about different urban tribes which can be found in my city in an oral and written way.

Key words: 

Urban tribe, style, diversity, likes, dislikes behavior.

Challenging questions: 

Throughout these years,  many things have changed and evolved: one example of this is the way young people dress, talk and behave. All this is part of something called "culture" which can be defined as the group of features and characteritics that represent a society in the world.
What effects have caused in young people the different changes in the society?

Learning situation

Have you seen the way some young people dress recently?
                                          Why do they dress in this way?
                                          What do they want to express with it?
                                          How are they called?




ACTIVITIES
1) Visit the links below and learn about the different urban tribes and their characteristics. It will help you understand those types of cultures and make your own concept of them and post it.








2) Students are asked to get in trios and choose one of the urban tribes studied in class and bring clothes that represent it for the next class. Later, the students have 15 minutes to get into the groups and get dressed with the clothes they brought. After that, each group has 10 minutes to describe their clothing style, the urban tribe they represent and mention the most remarkable aspects about it.


















3) In the groups already formed, students are going to perform a role play based on the TV program called “The Suso’s show” and the topic of the show is going to be urban tribes. 
For this activity, students are asked to design 10 questions and the answers that they are going to give while performing the role play. One student is going to be the host (Suso) and the other two are going to be the special guests of the show. Before presenting the activity, students have to show the questions and the answer to the teacher for him/her to correct them if necessary.






ASSESSING CRITERIA
Guys, this is the criteria to assess your presentation.


Recursos

  •  Computador.
  • Ayudas audiovisuales.
  • Conexión a Internet.
  • Ropa alusiva a una tribu urbana.


CYBERGRAPHY


  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xILjCwvu9OM
  • http://blogdebaxter.blogspot.com/2010/04/urban-tribes.html