Welcome! Read the text below and open every link you see.
When you finish, turn to the Opening Task and start working on the unit. Enjoy!
Text Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ks/barteldes/generation.html
[Note: I have added a few words and / or sentences. Additions appear using a Times New Roman font between brackets [ ... ] - Eduardo Lina (E.L.) Incidentally, you really need loudspeakers / earphones to get the most out this unit. Enjoy yourself.]
"We all know that most parents love their children, although they don't quite understand them. Our
grandparents'genereation never understood Elvis (read more )and The Beatles (read more), frequently
opposed to them, relating rock as "the devil's music". They did all they could to ban rock and
contraceptives, mostly because they couldn't understand what was going on.
Then came flower power and the hippie generation, who were smoking pot [Pot, a colloquial term for
the drug cannabis (marijuana )], protesting against Vietnam [ see more on the Vietnam War], taking
acid [drug] and going to rock festivals, such as Woodstock [here is more on the Vietnam War -
Woodstock connection]. With it came the Sex Revolution and Women's lib.
The seventies bring the punks (read more) and the disco generation [disco music definition; brilliant
disco music 51 mix ---- 70's 80's fav video clip], leaving parents' hairs prematurely whitened.
AIDS came in the eighties, and we are the children of a generation in which, contrary to all others,
pleasure leads to death. Even so, many parents don't understand their children, and often neglect
them. How will [we ] be able to comprehend the next millenium's generation? "
(See group and whole class activity related to the text)
See "the generation gap represented by these two music mediums."
Source: The Joke is on You.
Note suggested dialogue between the two (roll down the page)
Note: I have requested and obtained permisson to link both blog and cartoon. See request and authorization
See "Thank you reply":
See a text aimed at israeli high school students.
If you live in or come from a country other than Israel, can you create a sinilar text about your country?
I'd like to link it if you upload it. Remember: "Sharing is growing." Forget: Competing is growing."
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