Our Generation and our Parents’ GenerationShannonMyP1Humanities

Introduction• A lot can change in a

generation, the environment, the technology, the development. All this affects a teenagers life.

• Comparing our teenage lives with our parents’ teenage lives, it will be very different.

• A lot depends on where you live because that influences what kind of environment you are in and how fast things get out.

Contents

• Technology• TV shows• Sports• Music• Outside activities• Hang out Spots

Technology

Our Generation• Well in our generation we rely

a lot on technology and computers for saving files and communicating, one of the most mainstream thing to have is Facebook and/or Skype. Usually we get home, do homework and go on Facebook or a social networking site. Instead of CDs and VCRs we are mostly doing everything electronically, downloading onto computers, no hard copy at all.

Our Parents’ Generation

• In our parents’ generation, there was not very much technology, They had just came out with VCR tapes. CDs were also a big development. They barely ever spent their time on the computer and my mom didn’t even have a laptop.

Technology

Our Generation Parents’ Generation

TV Shows

Our Generation• Nowadays we have flat screen

TVs, that are big and very thin.• There are many channels and

many teen shows such as:• iCarly• Drake and Josh• SpongeBob• Phineas and Ferb• Wizards of Waverly Place• Vampire Diaries• America’s Next Top Model• (and many more)

Our Parents’ Generation

• Cable didn’t exist, only an antenna.

• Some of the shows they watched:

• Brady Bunch• Batman• Mr. ED• G.I. Joe• 8 is Enough• Tom and Jerry

TV Shows

Our GenerationOur Parents’ Generation

Sports

Our Generation• In Our generation it seems that

we don’t spend as much time playing sports as our parents did because usually we are indoors in on the computer.

• When we do play sports we play a lot of the same sports as our parents like soccer, basketball, gymnastics, volleyball, track almost anything.

• Since we live in Barbados a lot of us know how to surf and/or sail but that just depends on where you live.

Our Parents’ Generation

• Our parents were mostly out side playing sports more than inside and they played many of the same sports as we do these days.

• Soccer, basketball, gymnastics, volleyball, track, maybe the only difference is that they sometimes went roller blading, but that just depends on where you live and what opportunities you have, My Parents lived in California and Oregon when they were teens.

Sports

Both GenerationsOur Parents’ Generation

Music

Our Generation• Pop is really taking off

and Hip hop and rap are pretty new and popular.

• There are countless artists and styles in our generation.

Our Parents’ Generation

• Disco was really popular when my mom and dad were in school.

• Also Saturday Night Fever was very mainstream.

Outside Activities

Our Generation• There is so much

technology nowadays we don’t really get outside.

• If we do its usually to play a sport or swim.

• Boy scouts and Girl Scouts are dying nowadays.

Our Parents’ Generation

• My Parents spent a lot of their time outside, camping our making hide outs or clubs in nature.

• In that time their was also a lot of camping, my mom was a girl scout and my dad was a boy scout.

Outside Activities

Hang Out Spots

Our Generation• We have a lot of meet out

spots:• Movie theater• Mall• School Dances• Beaches• Yacht Club• (we don’t have that many

because we hang out a lot online; skype and facebook and twitter.)

Our Parents’ Generation

• They had a lot of the same ones as we do:

• Movie Theater• Malls• School Dances• Bowling Allies• Roller Skating rinks

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