No Warm Up: VPP Lesson 9 Quiz Have your warm up journals on your desk for a warm up check during the vocab quiz. Periods 1, 3, 5, and 7 will have 8 entries. Periods 2 and 6 will have 7 entries. If you borrowed a copy of Huckleberry Finn, place that on your desk to be collected.

The Roaring Twenties

Annotation Steps As you read the novel, here are elements to consider marking within your novel: Characterization Figurative Language/Literary Devices Symbolism Conflict Themes Historical Connection Create a key/legend in the front cover of your book with sticky notes to show these: Red=characters Purple=Fig. Lang. Blue=symbolism Green=Conflict Pink=Themes Orange=Historical Connection Use whatever colors you have. This is just an example. If you have your own copy of the novel, you can do this with highlighter colors, too.

Timeline of Events 1905 Einstein forms the Theory of Relativity 1910 Sigmund Freud lectures on psychoanalysis 1912 The Titanic sinks 1914-1918 World War I 1919 World Series (White Sox vs. Reds)

1920 19th Amendment grants women the right to vote 1925 Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby 1927 Charles Lindbergh’s 1st trans-Atlantic flight; The Jazz Singer, 1st talking picture 1929 Stock Market Crash

A Decade of Reaction World War I, the “war to end all wars,” shook the world to its foundations. Millions dead on the battlefields of Europe Unknown countless numbers dead on desolate foreign battlefields 30 million dead from influenza And then there were the living “dead”. . . . . The beginning of plastic surgery to fix horrible injuries sustained during the war.

Consumer Society Mass production Easy credit Advertising Hollywood vs. Wall Street

Role of the Automobile Representation of: a) urban life b) Independence c) social class

“New Morality” Rebellion against Victorian ideals Flappers and style of dress Prohibition: 18th Amendment Speakeasies & bootlegging Organized crime-Al Capone

The Flapper A new type of independent American woman, the flapper, burst upon the scene. They could be identified by: A plunging neckline A scandalously high hemline A rail-thin figure Tight clothing A short, “bobbed” hair cut And either a drink, a cigarette, or both in hand. And one heckuva attitude.

What do these photos tell you about the origins of prohibition?

SPEAKEASIES Yep, booze was illegal, but if you had the right connections you could still find a place to kick back and enjoy a cool one. These illegal drinking establishments were called “speakeasies.” Obviously, they were not well-kept secrets . . . Speakeasies got their name from the tone you had to use to gain entrance and order alcohol . . . you had to be careful, and “speak easy.”

“The American Dream” America as the “New Eden” The shifting role of the middle class Optimism Triumph of the individual