LIFE & CULTURE IN AMERICA IN THE 1920S THE ROARING TWENTIES LIFE & CULTURE IN AMERICA IN THE 1920S

Think & Write (3 min) How did the flapper embody the changing attitudes of many young women in the 1920’s?

THE FLAPPER A Flapper was an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes Spoke of things & did things considered “inappropriate” by some

NEW ROLES FOR WOMEN Early 20th Century teachers More women enter the workplace : nurses, teachers, librarians, & secretaries Women earned less than men and were kept out of many traditional male jobs; discrimination

Teacher Contract, Ohio, 1923

Changes in Education During the 1920s, developments in education changed the nation Enrollment in high schools quadrupled between 1914 and 1926 Immigrants education?

THE CHANGING FAMILY 1920’s birth control: available AND accessible BIRTHRATE? Birth control clinics opened; the American Birth Control League was founded in 1921 Margaret Sanger and other founders of the American Birth Control League - 1921

Women’s Suffrage: 19th Amendment ratified Aug. 1920, gave women the right to vote Women’s perspective on national policy

Expanding News Coverage Literacy increases, newspaper circulation rose and mass-circulation magazines flourished By the end of the 1920s, ten American magazines -- including Reader’s Digest and Time – circulations of over 2 million

Radio – Advancements in Technology Radio : most powerful communication tool to emerge in the 1920s More people - faster Listen Live! Sports, politics, entertainment

AMERICAN HEROES OF THE 20s In 1929, Americans spent $4.5 billion on entertainment (includes sports) Babe Ruth was a larger than life American hero; Yankees Hit 60 homers in 1927

On the anniversary of Babe Ruth’s 60th homer; a look at records the Yankees legend still holds NY Daily News – September 30, 2015 (88 years)

LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT America’s most beloved hero of the the time:Charles Lindbergh (pilot) first nonstop solo trans-atlantic flight He took off from NYC in the Spirit of St. Louis and arrived in Paris 33 hours later to a hero’s welcome

MUSIC, ART & ENTERTAINMENT Famed composer George Gershwin merged traditional elements with American Jazz Painters like Edward Hopper depicted the loneliness of American life Movies, music, literature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NQyzcDnMdE Gershwin Hopper’s famous “Nighthawks”

Daily Warm Up (3 min) What is a “Renaissance”? Complete the organizer on your own with details / examples

The Harlem Renaissance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ozfYC9CZE

Defining American Culture in Harlem – The Harlem Renaissance Cooperative Learning Groups of 5 Use the Defining American Culture / Harlem Renaissance reading in order to complete the graphic organizer together Define the period Economic, Social, Political and Geographical Characteristics

Let’s Discuss

“Dream Variation” by Langston Hughes http://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313

Free Write Read the poem, Dream Variation, by Langston Hughes – written during the period of Harlem Renaissance Free write your opinions, ideas, questions you might have about how it reflects the cultural “rebirth” of African Americans during the 1920’s

“Orchestra” 1927 How does this piece of art reflect the African American cultural “rebirth” during the American 1920’s?

1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"

Create a Venn Diagram- Jazz Song Compared to One of Your Choice