1. Unit 6 Day 8 (Pop Culture 2) Quote: “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” - Earnest Hemmingway Focus Question(s): How did consumerism transform the American economy in the 1920’s? Justify. Specified Content: Lindbergh, Hollywood, music/Gershwin, Literature (Sinclair Lewis, Fitzgerald, Hemmingway, Millay) State Standards: Strand 1, Concept 7, PO 2. d., f.

2. Pop Culture 2 Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927, becoming a national hero. His flight from New York to Paris lasted 33 hours and 29 minutes.

3. During the 1920s the movie industry became the 4 th largest industry in America and Hollywood became the movie capital of the world.

4. American artists began breaking away from European traditions. George Gershwin, an American, was one of the most famous composers of the period.

5. Some of the famous writers of the 1920’s included Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Edna St. Vincent Millay.