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Postwar Uncertainty

Explore how postwar changes in science, art, and society challenged traditional beliefs, ushering in a new era of invention and creativity.

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Postwar Uncertainty

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  1. Postwar Uncertainty Disillusionment and Progress

  2. Question 1 • The postwar period is one of loss and uncertainty but also one of invention, creativity, and new ideas. • How did changes in science and art challenge deeply held beliefs?

  3. Albert Einstein The Absent-minded Professor Offers radically new ideas in field of physics Theory of Relativity Idea that space and time are not constant Makes the world seem more uncertain than before Freudian Psychology Sigmund Freud Austrian doctor with new ideas about the mind Claims that human behavior is not based on reason Id, ego, super-ego Changes in Science

  4. Futurists Futurism. Early 20th-century artistic movement that centred in Italy and emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life in general. The most significant results of the movement were in the visual arts and poetry. Changes in the Arts

  5. Modern concerns

  6. Cubism: transforms shapes into geometric forms

  7. Surrealists

  8. …and beyond…

  9. Literature • Suffering caused by WWI leads many to doubt old beliefs • Existentialists • Man has free will • Life is a series of choices creating stress • Few decisions are without any consequences • Some things are irrational or absurd, without explanation • If one makes a decision he or she must follow through • Fredrich Nietchze • http://www.iep.utm.edu/n/nihilism.htm#H3 • The “Lost Generation” • F. Scott Fitzgerald

  10. Question 2 • How do Jazz and the women’s movement demonstrate the individualism of the time?

  11. Jazz • Individual performance • New Orleans • Louis Armstrong • St. Louis • New York • Duke Ellington • Chicago

  12. Question 3 • How did changes in technology alter daily life? • The Automobile • The Airplane • The Radio • The Movies

  13. Automobile Travel

  14. A Worldwide Depression Chapter 15, section 2

  15. Postwar Economy • Germany • United States • Europe

  16. Stock Market Fails • What is the stock market? • Worksheets on buying stocks • Simulation

  17. Depression • Library of Congress • View Photos with Partner

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