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Fads, Fashion, Arts, and Entertainment
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Minds On... Learning Goals Fashion Movies Sports Music and Dancing Art American Influence Today's Agenda
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Minds On...
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Dance Time
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By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: explain the different forms of entertainment enjoyed by Canadians identify some of Canada's sport heroes of the 1920s examine the changes in the lifestyles of women Learning Goals
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Music and Dancing heard new music on the radio introduction of jazz music new music encouraged daring and energetic dances Charleston was the most popular dance lots of dance clubs were created and a variety of dance competitions
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The Big Screen very popular originally silent movies: actors used exaggerated gestures, accompanied by a piano, comedy was the most popular popular stars: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino the first "talkie" was the Jazz Singer in 1927 Charlie Chaplin
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the new style of women's dress, known as the "Flapper" was characterized by knee high skirts (dresses), high socks and open shoes/boots women also cut their hair short, consumed alcohol and smoked in public all revolutionary for the time Fashion
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Sports sport craze in the 1920s baseball was the most popular sport 1928 Olympics: great success for many Canadians like Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld
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Canadian Sport Heroes Edmonton Grads Ethel Catherwood Lionel Conacher Percy Williams
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Art Canadian art flourished in the 1920s artists: Group of Seven, Emily Carr, and Paraskeva Clark work was characterized by landscape ary wanted to paint Canada in a new and distinctive manner
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American Influence Canada flooded with US radio programs and films Canadians were reading more American books and magazines than Canadian publications Canadians following the trends and fads in the US (ex. jazz music and dances)
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