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Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties

Explore the picture on page 352 and delve into the emotions it evokes and what it reveals about people during the 1920s. This picture depicts a woman dancing the Charleston, symbolizing the era's increased free time for recreational activities. Her short dress signifies the newfound freedom for women to dress provocatively.

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Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties

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  1. Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties Chapter 28

  2. Warm up • Examine the picture on p.352 • What feelings does the picture invoke? • What does this picture show about people during the 1920s?

  3. Warm up • This picture shows a woman flinging her arms and legs while doing a dance called the Charleston. • This shows that the people of that era had more free time to enjoy dance. Her short dress suggests women were more free to dress provocatively.

  4. Essential Question • What social trends and innovations shaped popular culture during the 1920s?

  5. Vocabulary • Roaring Twenties • Popular culture • The Charleston • League of Women Voters • Equal rights amendment • Harlem Renaissance • Jazz Age • Lost Generation

  6. Roaring Twenties • A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom

  7. Popular Culture • Culture of ordinary people • Includes music, art, literature and entertainment • The Jazz Singer was the first feature length “talkie”

  8. The Charleston • A dance that originated as an African American folk dance in the South • Popularized in the Roaring Twenties

  9. League of Women Voters • A grassroots organization created to educate women about public issues • Women gained the right to vote in 1920

  10. Equal rights amendment • a bill proposed to guarantee equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender • Not approved by Congress

  11. Harlem Renaissance • An era of heightened creativity among African American writers, artists, and musicians who gathered in Harlem during the 1920s • Langston Hughes published poems to call for greater racial equality

  12. Jazz Age • the era during the 1920s in which jazz became increasingly popular in the United States • Louis Armstrong was famous for his trumpet solos

  13. Lost Generation • a group of young Americans writers who were disillusioned by WWI and the growing consumer culture • F. Scott Fitzgerald, E.E. Cummings

  14. Reflection • What social trends and innovations shaped popular culture during the 1920s?

  15. Points • Defines the 1920s (1 pt) • Defines popular culture (1 pt) • Use of supporting details/vocabulary (1 pt) • Commentary (1 pt) • Conclusion (1 pt)

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