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Choose ONE of the two sets of activities: (a) Cartoons      (b) Photos

Note: For extra activities - see (c)

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(a) Cartoons 

See the following generation Gap cartoons (links are provided)

The Generation Gap Cartoon  number 1 - (Google Photos) by  Yaakov Kirschen - Dry Bones

The Generation Gap cartoon number 2 - cartoon by Dave Walker

The Generation Gap cartoon number 3 - (read more: Radio Ralf - Jack Wilson

The Generation Gap cartoon number 4 - source: Forbidden Planet

The Generation Gap cartoon number 5 - source: Cartoons for Tech Geeks

Answer as many of he following questions as you want on "Blogger: The Generation Gap Blog" (click here).

1. Which cartoon did you like best? Which one has made the most impression on you? Why?

2. Choose ONE of the five cartoons and answer the following questions:.

a) What is the central message that the cartoonist is trying to get across? (In other words, what point is the cartoonist trying to make?)

b) What techniques does the cartoonist use to reinforce his message? (In other words,, what techniques does he use to make the point?)

c) What stereotypes does he use?

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 (b) Photos

Pictures that tell a Generation Gap story

Answer the following questions on "Blogger: The Generation Gap Blog"

Which picture did you like best? Which one has made the most impression on you? Why?

What story does the picture / do the pictures you chose tell?

The Generation Gap picture number 1 

The Generation Gap picture number 2

The Generation Gap picture number 3  

• Read a blog post to which the picture was attached.
• Read one teen's MySpace page, view her Facebook, scan her IM messages, visit her personal website, and more. 
• Read a New York Magazine feature article by Emily Nussbaum on Kids, the Internet and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll.  (" Say Everything - As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited.")

The Generation Gap picture number 4 (note: this is a drawing)

• Read the article to which the drawing was attached

The Generation Gap picture number 5

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(c) Extra activities

The Generation Gap Power Point Presentations

Video Clip

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