Lifestyle Choices and Challenging Stereotypes

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Lifestyle Choices and Challenging Stereotypes

• I will
• Understand what tribes are and why young people
  decide to become members of them.
• Discuss how stereotyping can cause problems.

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Chav

• Draw a picture of a Chav!

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Tribes

• It has become increasingly common for teenagers
  to form themselves in to tribes.
• Tribes have their own
• Territory or meeting place
• Rituals or patterns of activity
• Special objects
• Language or code words
• Code of behaviour that reflects the tribes values
  and attitudes.
• Dress
• Music choice

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Tribes in School

• Work in pairs. Complete the thought shower.

Tribes in School
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Tribes in School

• Chavs
• Hippies
• Punks
• Goths
• Skaters
• Bikers
• Moshers
• Skin heads
• Gangster

• How many of these tribes are you familiar with?
• I know of the following tribes
• 2. At the side of each tribe write down one way
  in which you would recognise one of its members.
• 3. Do you belong to one of these tribes? Why?
• New tribes are created all of the time.

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Rocker
Chav
Hippie
Skinhead
Mosher
Gangster
Biker
Punk
Skater

1. Copy the table
2. Put each tribe in the appropriate column.
3. Write a brief explanation why you have put them
   in each column.

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Table
You quite like them but would not want to be one
or be seen with one
You dont like them at all
You are uncertain about if you would want to be
them
You like them
Attraction Embarrassment Wariness Fear/ dislike
E.g. Hippies I like hippies because they are normally happy but I think they look silly.
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Why people join tribes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Work in pairs to complete the list.
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Hot Seat A Tribe Member

• A person comes to the front of the class (they
  can either be a real member of one of the tribes
  or they can pretend to be).
• The class ask questions about why the person
  joined the tribe etc.

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Rocker
Chav
Hippie
Skinhead
Mosher
Gangster
Biker
Punk
Skater
What judgements do we make about members of these
tribes? Is it fair to make such
judgements? What problems can judging people by
the way they look cause?
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Stereotyping Assuming things about a large
group of people whose beliefs, habits, and
realities often disagree with the imposed image.
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Equality for Tribes

• Create a poster asking for equality for one of
  the tribes.
• Explain why it is unfair to judge the members of
  the tribes?

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Chavs Are People Too!
We dont all sell drugs!
Not all Chavs steal cars!
Wearing Burberry does not make you a real Chav!
Give Chavs a chance. Dont judge us cause of how
we look!