• About the film

Grease is a film but originally it was a ............................................

The film was released on ..............................................................................

The main actors were ............................................ and ..............................................

• About the musical
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_(musical)

1. Read the first five lines and complete the sentences:

Grease is about a love story between ...................................... and ..........................................

The story takes place in ....................................................................................

2. Answer the questions:

Which social problems are dealt with in Grease?

Which other topics are dealt with?

• About Greasers  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greaser_(subculture)

1. Read the introduction and the part entitled fashion. and complete the drawing with the appropriate vocabulary (taken from the text)

Greasers were also called ....................................

3. Right or wrong?(Be ready to justify your anwers)

Most of the Greasers were black people
They were young people
They belonged to street gangs
They came from the south of the United States
The fashion began in the sixties
The name « greaser » comes from the grease they used for their car engine.
Greasers were keen on respecting traditions.

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Create an online exhibition called « Youth subculture today »

Your exhibition will consist of a series of posters depicting today's youth subculture in France. Each poster should have a picture and a short explanatory text.

1/ Brainstorm different youth subcultures you can think of ...and choose one.

2/ Explain what makes them different (clothes, favourite music ...)

3/ How are they perceived by others.

2/ Select a picture (from the internet, or a picture of your own, or a drawing) to illustrate

4/ Create your poster using the online Poster wizard http://poster.4teachers.org/

Useful link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures