English 15a

Who Belongs?
Generation Y Ranges from the Mid 70s to the Early 2000s The most common range reflects births from 19801999 giving a child born in 1980 time to grow into adulthood and be able to reproduce their own offspring at the turn of the millennium

Traits of the Generation

Confident, self-expressive,

liberal, upbeat and open to change Less religious, less likely to serve in military, more diverse Most educated Obamas strongest supporters Respect elders, majority agree that elders have stronger work ethic and morals

Traits cont.
A great escalation of the use of technology and

communication
i.e. Facebook, Twitter, and Cell Phones

The New Face of America

As the graph shows, the population of Americas Generation Y is showing increases in the minorities and is decreasing in the population of Caucasians

How do they see themselves?

View themselves as unique
Different through technology, music, pop culture, and

style. The also view themselves as smarter, as do most other recent generations

Who do they associate with?

Authority Figures Barack Obama Celebrities Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston Influential People Steve Jobs, Tim Tebow, Lionel Messi

The Arts that define them

Movies The Notebook, Harry Potter, Twilight Books The Hunger Games, The Da Vinci Code, Eat Pray Love Music Eminem, Beyonce, Cold Play, Dave Matthews Band

Religious or Not
The Millennial generation

is likely to be less religious than the older generations currently are

Why we are the Good News Generation

We are the good news generation because Most educated Hard-working More technology savvy and forward thinking Think more worldly

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Thanks for a GREAT semester in class, easily my favorite english class that I have http://www.google.com/imgres?q=facebook ever taken, have a wonderful summer

Annotations

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=GenerationY http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/10/millennials-confident-

connected-open-to-change.pdf

Huntley, Rebecca. The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult

Generation. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2006. Print.

Tulgan, Bruce. Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage Generation

Y. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2009. Print.