Unit15 Popular Youth Culture教案精选.doc

Unit 15 Popular youth culture ▲Talk?about?youth?culture?and?interests?of?young?people ▲Read?about?voluntary?work▲Practice?presenting?ideas▲Integrative?language?practice▲Conduct?a?survey?and?write?a?report Period 1: warming up 一、单元文化背景知识导读 American Popular Youth Culture：Hip-Hop Culture Hip—Hop culture is American’s dominant(统治的)youth popular culture today．This is the reason why adults who target (把……作目标)youth must he clear about it Hip—Hop is a cultural phenomenon in the American mainstream(主流；主要倾向)．Famous writer of popular music culture，Nelson George，suggests that we all exist in what can lawfully be called a “Hip--Hop” America．While some may argue that other youth cultures(eg：Rock and Punk youth cultures)are Just as popular in the lives of youth，we at the Institute declare that the majority of young people are enthusiastic about Hip Hop and that other popular youth cultures have embraced(拥抱)its vastness(广泛)，creating an interchange(互换)of styles for popularity． The name Hip-- Hop also has a distinct origin According to R. T .Perkins and the nationally and internationally acclaimed(公认)founder of the“Universal Zulu Nation Movement”and“God, father of Hip Hop and Rap”Africa Bambata： Flip Hop is an“all encompassing(a包含，包括)”culture for many of America youth It includes forces that affect and influence the choices these youth make in their everyday lives．Hip—Hop represents a strong and unified(一致的)youth consciousness．It is a powerful and popular movement among youth worldwide Youth，regardless of who they are or where they come from，very likely will identify with at least some aspect of Hip—Hop culture． Today，the formal features of Hip-Hop fire successfully used to communicate a large amount of messages and to sell products which target most of young people．The understanding of Hip—Hop and its influence within popular culture has proven to be very effective for influencing behavioral choices and drawing the ttention of young people to various subject area