1. The Jazz Age & The Harlem Renaissance
The Roaring Twenties
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Chapter 25, Section 3

2. Essential Questions:
What makes someone a hero?

3. Jazz Music The “Jazz Age” is Another Name for the Roaring Twenties
Carefree, Lively, Upbeat Music
Developed by African Americans
New Orleans is the Birthplace of Jazz!

4. Louis Armstrong World’s Greatest Jazz Artist in the 1920’s (Trumpet)
Most Famous Song is “A Wonderful World”
Always Played at Christmas and at Weddings!

6. Louis Armstrong’s Most Famous Song?
Play Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World
Also Play “When the Saints Go Marching In”

7. More Leisure Time and $$$ For Americans!
Labor Saving Appliances
Shorter Working Hours (UNIONS!)
Higher Wages $$$ (UNIONS!)
Americans Spent Their Extra Time and $ on Entertainment!

8. Entertainment of the 1920’s

9. Entertainment of the 1920’s

10. Not So “Roaring” For Everyone!
African Americans and Hispanics Did NOT Share in the Prosperity of the 1920’s
Racism Prevented Them From Getting Good Jobs
Did Not Make the $$$ to Spend on Leisure Activities!!!

11. Mass Media (1920’s) Communications that Reach Large Audiences
Radio Programs and Movies Provided Entertainment & Spread Ideas About Fashion and Lifestyles
Radio Broadcast News, Sports, Music, Comedy, and Commercials
United the U.S. Together

13. Mass Media Today

14. Popular Culture
Movies Had the Biggest Influence on Popular Culture in the 1920’s
Visual – How People Dressed, Talk, Behave, Etc… (Today TV/ Internet/Movies)
“Pop Culture” Includes Songs, Dances, Fashions, Fads, Slang Expressions
Pop Culture is “What’s Going On” at the Time

15. Popular Culture Today!

19. 1920’s Celebrities
Charlie Chaplin: “The Great Comedian” Most Popular Male Actor During the 1920’s
Babe Ruth: 1st Player to Hit 60 Homeruns in 1 Year. Hit 714 Homeruns. Popularized Baseball
The “Curse of the Bambino”

20. 1920’s Celebrities Helen Wills: Dominated Women’s Tennis
Duke Ellington: World Famous Jazz Pianist and Composer
Steamboat Willie: Mickey Mouse

21. “Talkies” All Movies Up Until 1927 Were Silent
“The Jazz Singer” (1927) was 1st Movie Ever to Introduce Sound (Talkies)
“Steamboat Willie” (1928) was the Introduction of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse

23. Hayes and D’Ascoli: You Tube Steamboat Willie!

24. Sports of the 1920’s Popularized by the Radio
Baseball, Football, Hockey, Boxing, Golf and Tennis Became Widely Popular
Americans Started Going to Games More

25. Search for Heroes (1920’s)
Sports Figures Became Heroes During the 1920’s
Restored Americans Belief that Individuals Have the Power to Improve Their Lives
Babe Ruth was Once Asked Why His $80,000 Salary was More than President Coolidge’s Salary
“Well, I Had a Better Year!”

26. What Makes Someone a Hero?

27. Who Are Your Heroes? Why?

28. Heroes?

29. Charles Lindberg “Lucky Lindy”
1st Person Ever to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean (1927)
Flew From NY to Paris (33 ½ Hour Flight, 3,600 Miles, Won $25,000)
Is He a Hero?
Story of Uncle Tom

31. Amelia Earhart “Lady Lindy”
1st Woman Ever to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean Solo (1932)
NO Relations to Charles Lindberg!
Attempted to Fly Around The World in 1937
Disappeared – Never Found (Speculation of the Bermuda Triangle)

33. A New Sense of Respect
After WWI, African Americans Had a New Sense of Freedom
They Had Fought “To Make the World Safe for Democracy”
Served in the Military and Worked in Wartime Factories
The Great Migration

34. 369th Regiment

35. The Harlem Renaissance
During the 1920’s African Americans Expressed a New Hope for Equality Through Music, Dance, Poetry, Arts, Etc…
Harlem, NY Became the Capital of the Harlem Renaissance
Analyze the Painting!

37. Langston Hughes Most Famous Poet of the Harlem Renaissance!
Wrote About the Difficult Conditions African Americans Faced
YOU MUST KNOW HIM! (Winner’s Poems in Class!)

39. Extra Credit!!! Bring in YOUR Own Langston Hughes Poem Tomorrow!
5 Points Extra on Tomorrow’s Quiz!!!

40. Jazz Music The “Jazz Age” is Another Name for the Roaring Twenties
Jazz is a Combination of African Rhythms, Blues & Ragtime
New Orleans is the Birthplace of Jazz!
Jazz Spread Throughout the Country and World!

42. The Cotton Club The Most Popular Nightclub in Harlem
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Played There!
Only White Customers Could Get In to the Cotton Club

48. The Lost Generation
Some Artists and Writers HATED the Roaring Twenties!
They Wanted The Progressive Era Back!
They Saw Little Hope for the Future
Thought America Was Becoming too Materialistic! Moved to Paris!

49. Expatriates Americans Who Left the USA to Live in Paris
Ernest Hemingway Wrote, A Farewell to Arms & The Sun Also Rises
Told of the Horrors of WWI (Hemingway was an Ambulance Driver for Italy)

50. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Wrote The Great Gatsby
Tragic Story of Wealthy New Yorkers Who “Live It Up” and Lose it All
Criticizes the Materialism of the Roaring Twenties!

51. Babbitt Sinclair Lewis Wrote Babbitt
Made Fun of the American Middle Class for Becoming Materialistic
Criticized Social Values That Had Changed!

52. What Would the Expatriates Say About Your Generation?

53. Segregated Baseball
African American Baseball Teams Were Just About in Every Major City
African Americans Were NOT Accepted into MLB Until Jackie Robinson (1950’s)
Pittsburgh Crawfords Were the Most Successful Team!

54. Historic Flight of “Lucky Lindy”
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?

55. Essential Questions:
What makes someone a hero?