Generation Gap Discussion

Issue 1 Allow each section to present what they researched 1-minute

Section 1 1-Flappers as a group conflicting with and challenging social norms 2-1920 technology changes for the home 3-Sexuality in 1920 music and dance 4-Silent Generation 5-Vamps of the 1920s 6-Mass culture of the 1920s 7-The invention of the teenager 8-1920s movies 9-Eternal Return Eliade 10-Watch the video 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins and read the comments

Section 2 11- The invention of the teenager 12-Hiro Nakamura 13-Robert Frost Nothing Gold Can Stay 14-1920 consumerism vs. Black Friday 15- Eternal Return Eliade 16-Golden Age of Islam and ISIS 17-Decline of Germany and the Third Reich 18-Movies vs. Blockbuster video vs. Netflix 19-Silent Generation vs. Baby Boomers 20-Watch the video 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins and read the comments

Section 3 21-Atari 2600 and the golden age of video games 22- Myspace vs. passing notes or directly speaking to someone 23- Eternal Return Eliade 24-Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles 25-Golden age of shopping malls 26-Golden age of comics 27-Golden age of hot rod cars 28-Golden age of being a teenager 29-Golden age of Disco 30- Watch the video 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins and read the comments

What is your teacher trying to get you to realize section

A-What is the connecting issue in items 1-30?

B-What is your teacher trying to get you to realize?

C-Connect items 1-30 to the culture clash of the Roaring 20’s C-Connect items 1-30 to the culture clash of the Roaring 20’s. Think about the generation gap during that period. Think about the generation gap that exists at home when you are listening to music in your room. Ooooops! I forget that your generation listens to ipods while playing online

The Generation List 20s Begins the Generation Debate in the USA

Connect the Generation Debate to

Food speech patterns Dance (Lindy Hop) Style of dress Music (Jazz) Language

Specific Items from the List Section

What is lost? Blockbuster vs. Netlix-End of an era or the birth of a golden age?

Comics Golden Age The precise era of the Golden Age is disputed, though most agree that it was born with the launch of Superman in 1938. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman is possibly the most recognizable comic book character to this day. The success of Superman spawned a series of spin-offs and created a whole new genre of characters with secret identities, superhuman powers and colorful outfits

Atari 2600

Do the following scenarios express jealousy? Having to record a mix tape of 90 minutes vs 500 songs on ipod Using microfilm vs. JSTOR What aspects of the new generation disgust you? Does that make you a traditionalist?

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

They took the credit for your second symphony They took the credit for your second symphony. Rewritten by machine and new technology, and now I understand the problems you can see. What did you tell them? Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. Pictures came and broke your heart. Oh-a-a-a oh

8 Reasons Millennials Seem To Be Lazy At Work 1. They no longer value the traditional workplace rules 2. They believe in life, not work-life balance 3. They don’t want to be just another cog in the wheel 4. They value intangible work benefits more 5. They are used to being flexible and doing things on the go 6. They are autonomous 7. They want transparency

Generation Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7HiQxnLMyo&app=desktop

The Golden Age is a Powerful Force

What Should Happen to Germany? World Power The rise and fall of Germany chart World War I New Nation

Nostalgia is powerful, something Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, aka Caliph Ibrahim, clearly gets. He heads the Islamic extremist group that’s conquered big chunks of Iraq and Syria. Al-Baghdadi declared the creation of a new Islamic caliphate earlier this month, evoking the medieval golden age of the Muslim world

Does Everything have a Golden Age?

The Golden Age and change Why so much resistance?

Generations What changes? What stays the same?

If there is a golden age for Islam and the belief is that the Cold War altered that golden age, then what would that make bin laden?

What do you make about this conversation What do you make about this conversation? Your overall conclusion as a class.