1. LIFE & CULTURE IN AMERICA IN THE 1920S
THE ROARING TWENTIES
LIFE & CULTURE IN AMERICA IN THE 1920S

2. Think & Write (3 min)
How did the flapper embody the changing attitudes of many young women in the 1920’s?

3. THE FLAPPER
A Flapper was an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes
Spoke of things & did things considered “inappropriate” by some

4. NEW ROLES FOR WOMEN
Early 20th Century teachers
More women enter the workplace : nurses, teachers, librarians, & secretaries
Women earned less than men and were kept out of many traditional male jobs; discrimination

5. Teacher Contract, Ohio, 1923

6. Changes in Education
During the 1920s, developments in education changed the nation
Enrollment in high schools quadrupled between 1914 and 1926
Immigrants education?

7. THE CHANGING FAMILY 1920’s birth control: available AND accessible
BIRTHRATE?
Birth control clinics opened;
the American Birth Control League was founded in 1921
Margaret Sanger and other founders of the American Birth Control League

8. Women’s Suffrage:
19th Amendment ratified Aug. 1920, gave women the right to vote
Women’s perspective on national policy

9. Expanding News Coverage
Literacy increases, newspaper circulation rose and mass-circulation magazines flourished
By the end of the 1920s, ten American magazines -- including Reader’s Digest and Time – circulations of over 2 million

10. Radio – Advancements in Technology
Radio : most powerful communication tool to emerge in the 1920s
More people - faster
Listen Live! Sports, politics, entertainment

11. AMERICAN HEROES OF THE 20s
In 1929, Americans spent $4.5 billion on entertainment (includes sports)
Babe Ruth was a larger than life American hero; Yankees
Hit 60 homers in 1927

12. On the anniversary of Babe Ruth’s 60th homer; a look at records the Yankees legend still holds
NY Daily News – September 30, 2015 (88 years)

13. LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT
America’s most beloved hero of the the time:Charles Lindbergh (pilot)
first nonstop solo trans-atlantic flight
He took off from NYC in the Spirit of St. Louis and arrived in Paris 33 hours later to a hero’s welcome

14. MUSIC, ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Famed composer George Gershwin merged traditional elements with American Jazz
Painters like Edward Hopper depicted the loneliness of American life
Movies, music, literature
Gershwin
Hopper’s famous “Nighthawks”

15. Daily Warm Up (3 min) What is a “Renaissance”?
Complete the organizer on your own with details / examples

16. The Harlem Renaissance

17. Defining American Culture in Harlem – The Harlem Renaissance
Cooperative Learning Groups of 5
Use the Defining American Culture / Harlem Renaissance reading in order to complete the graphic organizer together
Define the period
Economic, Social, Political and Geographical Characteristics

18. Let’s Discuss

19. “Dream Variation” by Langston Hughes

20. Free Write
Read the poem, Dream Variation, by Langston Hughes – written during the period of Harlem Renaissance
Free write your opinions, ideas, questions you might have about how it reflects the cultural “rebirth” of African Americans during the 1920’s

21. “Orchestra” 1927 How does this piece of art reflect the African American cultural “rebirth” during the American 1920’s?

22. 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"

23. Create a Venn Diagram- Jazz Song Compared to One of Your Choice