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Canada in the 1920s

Copy. Canada in the 1920s. Arts and Entertainment. Arts & Entertainment . Music and Dancing Movies and Film Radio Sports Group of Seven. Music. Copy. Jazz was the main music of the 1920s Originated in the southern United States and spread to Canada

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Canada in the 1920s

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  1. Copy Canada in the 1920s Arts and Entertainment

  2. Arts & Entertainment • Music and Dancing • Movies and Film • Radio • Sports • Group of Seven

  3. Music Copy • Jazz was the main music of the 1920s • Originated in the southern United States and spread to Canada • From Jazz came Blues and Swing, which became more popular in the 1930s • The Jazz Age encouraged daring and energetic dances • The Charleston became the most popular dance • These dances were considered indecent because of their suggestive movements • Some cities tried to have the dance banned!

  4. The Charleston Dance Clip Dance Steps!

  5. Movies and Film Copy • Silent movies- the actual film was silent, but most movies included subtitles, live pianos, orchestras and sound effects. Movie!

  6. Copy only the black font! • Talking films (talkies), were a great invention in the 1920s. • But “talkies” did not arrive in Canada until the late 1920s • Films provided excitement that ordinary people sometimes lacked in their ordinary lives. • Mary Pickford was a famous Canadian film star that made it big in Hollywood. • Charlie Chaplin was a very famous non-Canadian film start of the 1920s

  7. Mary Pickford

  8. Charlie Chaplin

  9. Radio Copy only the black font! • Radio made the world seem smaller • Radio provided inexpensive entertainment to Canadians and it ended isolation • It brought families together and created unity • Music, sports, dramas and advertisements became very popular because of the radio.

  10. Hockey Night in Canada was one of the first Canadian radio programs • It proved to be a traditional Canadian past time since the beginning of its time

  11. Copy only the black font! Sports • Canada was sports crazy in the 1920s • Through radio and newspapers Canadians were fascinated by North American athletes in sports such as: • Hockey, Baseball, Golf, Basketball, boxing. • The Canadian Olympic teams exceeded expectations during the decade • Many sports heroes were armatures: they came out of nowhere to grab headlines and establish world records

  12. Copy only the black font! • Percy Williams: • 20 year old sprinter • Won 2 gold medals at 1928 Amsterdam Olympics • Lionel Conacher: • Most famous athlete in the 1920s • Trophies and medals in: • Boxing, wrestling, lacrosse, hockey, football and baseball • Four of the original NHL teams were Canadian. Even though more teams were established in the U.S. most of the players were Canadian.

  13. Copy only the black font! • Women in sports: • Basketball was one of the first sports that women played and excelled at. • The Edmonton Grads were said to be the best basketball team to have ever stepped out on the floor • Golf was also a popular women's sport • The best woman athlete was Fanny “Bobby” Rosenfeld • Hockey, softball, tennis and track and field.

  14. Percy Williams

  15. Lionel Conacher

  16. Edmonton Grads

  17. Arts: Group of Seven • Seven young Canadian artists created a national artistic identity that allowed Canadians to discover the beauty of our landscape • The group challenged traditional European art • Used brilliant colours and thickly applied paint • They helped Canadians and the world see a new and different type of art that was truly Canadian

  18. Traditional European Painting Group of Seven Work

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