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Lesson Concepts:

Lesson Concepts: Describe the changing character of American society and culture during the 1920s. Summarize how roles of class, ethnicity, gender and age groups changed in 1920’s society, including the causes and effects. A National Culture. Culture / Leisure. Music Jazz

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Lesson Concepts:

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  1. Lesson Concepts: • Describe the changing character of American society and culture during the 1920s. • Summarize how roles of class, ethnicity, gender and age groups changed in 1920’s society, including the causes and effects.

  2. A National Culture

  3. Culture / Leisure • Music • Jazz • Enjoyed by both Whites and African Americans • Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington • Dance • Dance-a-thons, the Charleston • Literature: The Lost Generation • Attacked materialism • Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Lewis, etc.

  4. Harlem Renaissance / Attacking Northern Racism • Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Arna Bontemps, etc. • Movies and Radio • Silent movies until 1927 Jazz Singer; Charlie Chaplin • Radios homemade prior to 1920 / Westinghouse / 500 stations

  5. Newspapers / Magazines • Created common culture • Doubled in size and readers • Heroes • Sports • Baseball & Babe Ruth • Boxing & Jack Dempsey • Golf & Tennis Clubs • Football • Aviators • Charles Lindbergh &Amelia Earhart

  6. Aviation

  7. The Youth • War Loss • Special premium; idolized the young • Advertising • Sell products promising youthful vitality or style • Automobile • Independence/From the front porch to the back seat • Education • Longer school terms • Increasing numbers in attendance • Changes in facilities • Music

  8. The New National Culture • Millions of Americans shared the same experiences through: • Advertising and consumption • Leisure activities • Radio broadcasts • Newspapers and magazines • Sports and heroes

  9. Activity: • Pick one of the concepts from today’s notes about the society of the 1920s. Write a 10 sentence paragraph comparing that element to the same thing in today’s society.

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