Subculture-A subculture is a culture within a broader mainstream culture, with its own separate values, practices, and beliefs. In sociology, the concept of subculture explains the behavior of some social groups.

Q’s: -How that subculture came to be in America? -What was going on in America that led to the subculture being started here? -How is the subculture misrepresented or misunderstood in society?(People view them one way when they are actually another way) -What was the reason it became mainstream if it became mainstream?(If not, why didn’t it become mainstream?) -What have been the outcomes of the subculture being in America? -What have sociologists said about the subculture?(Not just one sociologist)

-Examples: Bodybuilding, Flappers, Hippies, Yuppies, Black Panthers, Sports, Waves of Feminism, Anorexia, Drugs(Weed, coke, heroin), gamers, hackers, vegans -Minimum of 5 pages, double spaced, 12 font -Separate page of bibliography -Minimum of 3 sources(one has to be academic entry/journal) -Every source has to show up in the article with a direct quote -Any format -Direct Quote(author last name, page #)