1. Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties
Chapter 28

2. Warm up Examine the picture on p.352
What feelings does the picture invoke?
What does this picture show about people during the 1920s?

3. Warm up
This picture shows a woman flinging her arms and legs while doing a dance called the Charleston.
This shows that the people of that era had more free time to enjoy dance. Her short dress suggests women were more free to dress provocatively.

4. Essential Question
What social trends and innovations shaped popular culture during the 1920s?

5. Vocabulary Roaring Twenties Popular culture The Charleston
League of Women Voters
Equal rights amendment
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz Age
Lost Generation

6. Roaring Twenties
A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom

7. Popular Culture Culture of ordinary people
Includes music, art, literature and entertainment
The Jazz Singer was the first feature length “talkie”

8. The Charleston
A dance that originated as an African American folk dance in the South
Popularized in the Roaring Twenties

9. League of Women Voters
A grassroots organization created to educate women about public issues
Women gained the right to vote in 1920

10. Equal rights amendment
a bill proposed to guarantee equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender
Not approved by Congress

11. Harlem Renaissance
An era of heightened creativity among African American writers, artists, and musicians who gathered in Harlem during the 1920s
Langston Hughes published poems to call for greater racial equality

12. Jazz Age
the era during the 1920s in which jazz became increasingly popular in the United States
Louis Armstrong was famous for his trumpet solos

13. Lost Generation
a group of young Americans writers who were disillusioned by WWI and the growing consumer culture
F. Scott Fitzgerald, E.E. Cummings

14. Reflection
What social trends and innovations shaped popular culture during the 1920s?

15. Points Defines the 1920s (1 pt) Defines popular culture (1 pt)
Use of supporting details/vocabulary (1 pt)
Commentary (1 pt)
Conclusion (1 pt)