AXE 3: Art et Pouvoir REBEL, REBEL

KEY QUESTION: From punk to hip-hop: is art the voice of teenage rebellion?

MISSION 1 : Look at the photo

a. What can you guess from the men’s clothes and attitude?b. How do you feel about them: threatened, disgusted,

amused?

*a skip (UK) / a dumpster (US) = a large refuse container

MISSION 2: Watch the trailer then react

THE PUNK MOVEMENT:

ORIGIN:

REACTION:

FEED 1: THE ROOTS OF PUNKHow punk was Shakespeare?

Mission 1: Look at the paintinga. Who is this man? What do you know about him? Could you

name some of his works?

b. Why is he represented with tattoos?What is the artist trying to suggest?

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“We’re the flowers in the dustbin.” Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols makes faces while the group poses in a skip*, London 1977

Tattooed Shakespeare, Mathew McFarren

Mission 2: Now read the texts. WHO SAID IT BEST? SHAKESPEARE or JOHNNY ROTTEN?(texts on the blog)

a. What topics do Shakespeare and Rotten address?b. Find lines with similar meanings in both texts. What do they both reject or condemn?c. What advice do they both give to young people?d. Shakespeare died 360 years before the punk movement- but does that mean he isn’t punk? Justify

your answer.

FEED 2: Punk, pop and countercultureHow new was the new wave of 76-77?

Mission 1: Paul McCartney

Watch the video on the blog and read the script.

What is Paul saying? How do “regular people” feel about “weirdos” (= les gens bizarres) according to McCartney. Why is that?

Mission 2: David Bowie

Watch the video on the blog and read the script.

a. Why did David Bowie come across as “different” to the public? Pick out adjectives and expressions.b. What made David Bowie’s Ziggy so successful? Why did he leave such a big impact on young

people?

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CONCLUDE: Would you say Bowie and McCartney had the same goal? Did their actions or words change things?

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