Further Training, Gr 1

Dr. Rhoades
Date
Cultural Workshop

TATTOOS

Presenters:

The Outline
 Introduction

I/ Historical Background

1) In USA

2) In Morocco

II/ Categories of people who wear tattoos

1) In Morocco

• Elderly women

• Prisoners

2) In USA

• Celebrities

• Prisoners

III/ Purpose behind Wearing Tattoos

IV/ Meanings of some Tattoos

Conclusion

Date : Wednesday Level: 3rd year Cultural Workshop Topic: Tattoos

Materials Needed :

• PowerPoint

• Pictures
 • Printed activities

Workshop Procedures Time Mode of

work

• Greet Audience

Introduction • Projection of a picture of a famous 10 min

celebrity character wearing very
apparent tattoos.
► Q1: Can you identify this character?
► Q2: Based on this picture, can you Individual

guess what the workshop will be about?

• Warm up activity:
►Q1: What do you know about
Group
Tattoos? work
►Q2: Can you give a definition of
Tattoos?
• Activity 1* + Discussion
Historical • Brief presentation about the Historical 10 min
Background background of tattoos
Group
• Activity 2* + Discussion work

Categories of • Reflection questions: 10 min

People and ►What categories of people wear
Purposes of each tattoos in your culture?
Category Group
►Do you know which category of work
people wear tattoos in USA?

• Brief presentation about the categories of

people who wear tattoos both in Morocco
(Elderly women and Prisoners) and in the
USA (Celebrities and Prisoners), in
addition to the important purposes behind
wearing them for each category.
• Activity 3* + Discussion
Group
 work

Meanings of some • Presentation + Instant interaction 10 min

Tattoos ►Meanings of a number of tattoos worn
by each category of people.

►Askingstudents to guess which

Individual
category may wear those tattoos (instant
questions)

Conclusion • Recapitulation of the whole presentation 5 min T+S

with the help of students

• Activity 4: (fun activity)

►Projection of a number of celebrity

Individua
pictures with tattoos
l
►Ask students to say the name of the
celebrity as fast as possible

• Thank students

* See activities below

Activity 1:

Fill in the blanks with these words: skin, tattoo, popular, permanently, social, art

A……….. is a design which is……………carved in the skin with the help of needles and ink.
The word came from the Tahitian term "tatua" which means "to mark." This form of……….
has been used by people of all cultures & countries, for centuries. Even in ancient times
decorating the………… with beautiful tattoos was a…………….practice; but in the United
States, tattoos have recently gained………….. acceptance.

Activity 2:

As a group, and according to your personal point of view, choose one of these definitions
to define the word tattoo:

1. It is drawings, images and marks in the skin

 2. It is coloured signs in the skin as a means of self-expression
3. It is meaningless figures upon the body
4. It is a form of communication within the same culture

Activity 3:
Match each tattoo with the corresponding category of people in the table below:

1 2 3

4 5 6

M.A.T
7 8 9

10 11
 12 13

Elderly Moroccan Celebrities* American

Women Prisoners Prisoners

* Try to guess which celebrity wears which tattoo:

Angelina Jolie: …….
David Beckham: ……..
Mike Tyson: ……