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Ch. 20-3 Changing Culture. Miranda Manley. Culture - the way of life of a group of people As simila te - becoming part of a culture Education: Most states require school attendance Progressive education- goal to shape students
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Ch. 20-3 Changing Culture Miranda Manley
Culture- the way of life of a group of people • Assimilate- becoming part of a culture • Education: • Most states require school attendance • Progressive education- goal to shape students • John Dewey- relate learning to student interests, problems and concerns
Higher Education • Expansion of colleges and univ. • Morrill Act- (money) gives states federal land that can be sold to raise $$ for education Land- grant colleges • Women: # in college grows! 40% of college students =women • Minorities: some colleges open to educate minorities • Booker T. Washington- African American educator; opens Tuskegee Institute • George Washington Carver- faculty @ Tuskegee dvlps. Hundreds of uses for peanuts and developed products such as plastic
Native Americans- schools set up on reservations see pic pg. 600 - ASSIMILATION! • Reading: • Andrew Carnegie- sets up libraries • Newspapers: Joseph Pulitzer & William Hearst • Yellow journalism- sensational reporting • Literature: • Realism: describes real life! • Regionalism: focuses on an area of the country
Mark Twain: Realist & Regionalist ex) Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn • Stephen Crane- city slums & Civil War – The Red Badge of Courage • Jack London- The Call of the Wild • See pg. 601 for more
Artists: • Ex) Winslow Homer, Mary Cassat • Music: see p. 601 for examples • John Philip Sousa- Jazz! • Ragtime- Scott Joplin • Leisure Time: • Spectator sports! • Basketball- James Naismith @ YMCA • Vaudeville- variety show w/ dancing, singing, comedy • Motion pictures – by Thomas Edison • Nickelodeon– 5cent films in theaters, starts film industry