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The Jazz Age!

The Jazz Age!. Cultural Innovations. Learning Targets:. At the end of this lesson you will be able to… Describe the Bohemian lifestyle of the 1920s. Identify the “Sultan of Swat”. Know the accomplishments of Jack Dempsey.

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The Jazz Age!

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  1. The Jazz Age! Cultural Innovations

  2. Learning Targets: • At the end of this lesson you will be able to… • Describe the Bohemian lifestyle of the 1920s. • Identify the “Sultan of Swat”. • Know the accomplishments of Jack Dempsey. • Know how Warren G. Harding’s winning of the Presidential election was announced. • Tell what started the “Golden Age” of Hollywood. • Describe what mass media provided.

  3. Art and Literature • Greenwich Village and the West Side • Bohemian Lifestyles: artistic and unconventional • Modern American Art • European art movements greatly influenced the modernists of American Art. • Edward Hopper: revived realism

  4. Art and Literature • Poets and Writers • A wide variety of styles • Carl Sandburg: used common speech in his works • T.S. Elliot: described a world with empty dreams • Eugene O’Neill: bold artistry and modern themes, realistic characters • Ernest Hemingway: heroic antiheros • F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby a portrayal of empty and superficial society

  5. Popular Culture • Baseball, Boxing, and other sports • Babe Ruth: hit hundreds of homeruns “Sultan of Swat” • Jack Dempsey: heavyweight champion 1919-1926 • The Rise of Hollywood • The Jazz Singer: the first “talkie” motion picture • Started the “Golden Age” of Hollywood cism.

  6. Popular Culture • Popular Radio Shows and Music • People listened to radio shows much like people watch television today • Warren G. Harding’s winning of the Presidential election was announced on the radio for the first time • The Eveready Hour and Amos ‘n’ Andy were popular radio shows • Mass media: radio, movies, newspapers and magazines helped unite the nation and turn it away from provincialism

  7. Review Questions • Describe the Bohemian lifestyle of the 1920s. • Who was known as the “Sultan of Swat”? • What did Jack Dempsey accomplish?. • How was the Presidential election of Warren G. Harding announced? • What started the “Golden Age” of Hollywood? • What did mass media provide?

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