1. Youth in the Roaring 20s
Roaring 20s

2. The Youth Rebel
During the 1920s, youth and its culture were celebrated.
For the first time, young people as a group rebelled against the values of the past and the authority of their _parents_________.

3. The under-25 generation wanted _fun_________ and ___danger______.
Many of them experimented with new fashions, attitudes, and ways of behavior.

4. Youth & School
Young people stayed in school longer and more went to ___college__________.
School became a place for socializing as well as learning.

5. Young people expressed their new freedom in daring new clothes, lively _hairstyles_ and dances, and silly fads.
Men wore extra-wide floppy pants and sported hair slicked down close to the head.
Oxford Bags

6. Knickerbockers

7. Women wore a shorter hairstyle called a ___bob_________ to match the shorter dresses of the period.

8. Dance and Music During the 20s, the Charleston was a favorite dance.
It involved wild, flailing movements of the arms and legs.
___Dance______ marathons became the rage. In these contests, couples would dance non-stop for days.

10. Many youth imitated the behavior of their favorite stars from ___Hollywood__.
Other fads included crossword puzzles and flagpole sitting (sitting on a platform on top of a flagpole for days).
Greta Garbo

11. “Shipwreck” Kelly

12. In what ways did the lives of young Americans change during the 1920s?