This document outlines learning objectives and tasks related to analyzing differences between French culture and the sub-culture represented in the film La Haine. Students are asked to research key elements of French culture, identify which do not apply to the sub-culture, and analyze scenes from the film that demonstrate these cultural differences. They are also tasked with determining whether the film's main characters can be considered members of the French underclass based on their findings.

2. Learning Objectives
• Identify Key Terms:
– Culture
– Sub-Culture
– Underclass
• Research French culture and create a list of the key elements
• Analyse your information and create a definitive list of cultural
elements that do not apply, or are not accessible by the
characters of La Haine
• Evaluate your evidence by analysing key scenes that
demonstrate these differences

3. Culture Vs. Sub-Culture
Write down your own definition for the
following terms:
Culture
the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a
particular people or society
By definition, a culture also refers to the largest
or most dominant group within a society
How do these ideas, customs etc become dominant?
Sub-Culture
a cultural group within a larger culture, often
having beliefs or interests at variance with
those of the larger culture

4. Culture Vs. Sub-Culture
Write down your own definition for the
following terms:
Under-class
The lowest social stratum in a country or
community, consisting of the poor and
unemployed.
Original meaning: “undeserving poor”

5. Log on to a computer and research French Culture. Task
You must create a list detailing French rules on the
following: Culture Clash
– Religion (James & Danielle)
– Education (Adam & Danny)
– Immigration (Stephen & Tom)
– Segregation of classes / races (Henry & Matthew)
Analyse your list and note down the elements of French
culture that:
• Do not apply to the sub-culture and the effect this may have
• Do apply to the culture and the effects this may have
• Scenes from La Haine that demonstrate these differences
Using your notes from previous lessons, your knowledge of
immigration in France and your the representations of race,
immigrant communities and culture, create a list of elements
that make up the French sub-culture

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• What do your findings tell us about the divisions in
French society?
• Do you think we can define the characters from La
Haine as members of the Under-class?
• Explain your answer using your research, knowledge
of French culture/history and the key scenes from the
film

7. Key Scene
• Key Scene
The trio take in a late-night exhibition in a high-class art
gallery
&
Vinz attends a boxing match

8. Key Scene
• Key Scene
The three central characters sitting in a child’s play area filmed and
edited in such a way as to convey the sense of utter boredom being
experiences