1. The Jazz Age Section 9.2

2. Define materialism Placing high value on the purchasing of material things

3. Boom Times

4. What was the Lost Generation? Expatriate writers and artists who left the country and criticized its materialism Said America was “enemy of the artist, of the man who cannot produce something tangible…” Hemmingway –The Sun Also Rises –Novels portray lost innocence of post war generation F. Scott Fitzgerald –The Great Gatsby –Discusses the empty lives of wealthy Americans

5. e.e. cummings Presentation

6. F. Scot Fitzgerald Presentation

7. How did Americans entertain themselves during the 1920s? Movies Opened 1-11 PM everyday Muncie, Indiana –9 theaters for population of 35 thousand –$.10 per seat Glamorous to lower classes Criticized for corrupting youth Cult of Stardom born –Hairstyles, fashion –Gossip columns written about stars lives

8. The Silver Screen

9. Rudolph Valentino Presentation

10. Spectator Sports –Tennis and golf popular even for working class –Baseball Babe Ruth –Boxing Jack Dempsey –“Manassas Mauler” –World Heavyweight Champion (1919 and 1926) –WASP Fight with Gene Tunney viewed as battle between Modernists and Traditionalists How did Americans entertain themselves during the 1920s?

11. Sports Heroes

12. How did music change during the 1920s? Blues and jazz Blues –Derived from work songs of slaves Jazz –Born in New Orleans –No written notes –Lois Armstrong –Danced the Charleston Crossing hands, knocking knees Radios began to become popular

13. Jazz

14. Radio

15. What did people read during the 20s? High literacy rate Reader’s Digest, Time created Tabloids –Published scandals, fads, dance marathons Advertisements –Spawned from the Committee of Public Safety –Told Americans what they needed, wanted

16. Creature Comforts & Consumerism

17. Who was Langston Hughes? Novelist & Poet during of the Harlem Renaissance –flowering of African American art, literature, music and culture in Harlem Unashamedly black Major Themes –“black is beautiful” –Struggle of African Americans to reach their American Dream The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people Beautiful, also, is the sun. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.

18. “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?”

19. Harlem Renaissance

20. Conclusion The Jazz Age was viewed by traditionalists as an attack on traditional American values This era featured a rebellion against the forms of art and music that dominated prior to 1920