Canada in the 1920s

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!

7. The Charleston Dance Clip Dance Steps!

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

9. 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

10. Mary Pickford

11. Charlie Chaplin

12. 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.

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. Percy Williams

19. Lionel Conacher

20. Edmonton Grads

21. 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

22. Traditional European Painting Group of Seven Work