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Changing Schools Mass media Magazines, Radio & Movies Sports & American Heroes Literature, Theater, Music and Art
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Enrollments increases Types of courses change from only college- prep to vocational training Immigrants entering schools speak little or no English Coast of Educating more youth increases dramatically
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Defined Mass Media: media that reaches a very large audience. Popular Culture: culture driven by the media and in masses ▪ Examples ▪ Magazines, Radio, Movies: “Talkies” What are some examples of today’s forms of mass media?
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Millions flocked to their radios to listen to popular shows such as this one. Avon Comedy Four- Clancys Minstrels 1924 Most powerful media tool at the time: Source of entertainment and news
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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse : Steamboat Willie (1928) Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse : Steamboat Willie (1928)
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Babe Ruth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB1Z- 7yDSAY&feature=fvw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB1Z- 7yDSAY&feature=fvw How are sports similar/different today? Andrew “Rub” Foster Segregation of sports “Father of Black Baseball”
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Phog Allen- Coach from 1920s-1950s
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Becomes the hero that America needs in a time of corruption, excess and crime. Inspires Amelia Earhart
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George Gershwin- blends traditional music with jazz to create a distinctive American sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6Dc &feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6Dc &feature=related Georgia O’Keefe
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Sinclair Lewis Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rises A Farewell to Arms F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby This Side of Paradise Writers of the time criticized American culture because they thought it was shallow and materialistic
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