Lesson aims

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Lesson aims

• Brief recap on what weve learned so far about
  culture in the USA
• Test your own knowledge super fun quiz!
• Attempt an exam style question on Jazz

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The Roaring TwentiesThe image

• 1920s America One long, crazy party, with jazz
  music playing on the radio, young fashionable
  women known as flappers wildly dancing the
  Charleston, large quantities of illegal alcohol
  being consumed, and everyone behaving in a
  scandalous manner.

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Roaring 20s

• The 1920s were a period of great turmoil and
  contrast for the USA.
• There was liberation and rebellion against
  traditional values for some
• And great anxiety for others who felt that the
  American way of life was being destroyed.
• Hence the term roaring 20s

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The Roaring TwentiesThe reality

• In the aftermath of the war people were
  determined to have fun.
• They had more money and more leisure time.
• Women were freer than ever
• The entertainment industry boomed.
• The 1920s were the golden age for Hollywood
  films.
• It was also the Jazz Age with its crazes for new
  music and dances.

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Entertainment

• During the 1920s the entertainment industry
  blossomed.
• The average working week dropped from 47.4 to
  44.2 hours so people had more leisure time.
• Average wages rose by 11
• A lot of this spare time and money was channelled
  towards entertainment.

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Music/Radio The Jazz-Age
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Radio/jazz

• Almost everyone in the USA listened to the radio.
• In August 1921 there was only one licensed radio
  station in America.
• By the end of 1922 there were 508 of them.
• The radio enabled people to listen to JAZZ music.

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Jazz

• Jazz music became an obsession
• among young people.
• Black people moved from the countryside and
  brought jazz and blues music with them.

Jazz was played on the radio with dance marathons
and dance crazes like the charleston. The 1920s
became known as the JAZZ AGE. The older
generation saw Jazz as a corrupting influence on
the young people of America.
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Super Fun Quiz!!!!

• What type of music became popular in the 1920s?
  (1)
• Where did it originate from? (1)
• Name three dances popular in the twenties (3)
• Name two musicians famous at this time
  (2)
• 5. Name a famous black female singer who died
  because she wasnt allowed to go to a white
  hospital (1)

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• 6. How did people listen to this new music at
  home? (2)
• 7. Why did some dance halls ban Jazz music from
  playing? (1)
• 8. Did this make Jazz music more or less exciting
  to young people? (1)
• 9. Which types of establishments did Jazz music
  flourish in? (1)
• 10. Why did so many people have radios at home?
  (2)
• Lets check the answers! Score out of 15

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Second Lesson

• Set up homework on fads, games and crazes
• To understand why sport and other leisure
  activities became so popular during 1920-1929
• To practice an exam style question

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TASK
You must carry out detailed research on ALL of
the following to be presented on Monday
23rd January either through a power point
presentation, website, Windows Movie Maker, or a
leaflet. Possible to do this in pairs if you can
meet up in your spare time. It is vital that
you do this properly as there is no room for us
to make notes in the booklets and there will be
exam questions on this topic
Crazes and Fads Heroes
Dance Marathons Crosswords Flagpole Sitting Newspapers and Magazines Beauty Contests Charles Lindbergh Gertrude Ederle Amelia Earhart
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Fads, Crazes and Popular Language In the 1920s
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Dance Marathons
Dance Marathons became very popular in the 1920s.
They gained popularity because it was suppose to
be quick easy money for out of work people. Most
people went for the money, but other went to gain
stardom. The music was played slow to hopefully
lull you to sleep, but twice an hour it would be
picked up, these were called sprints. The only
real rule was, no falling asleep. Some contests
would have breaks, but usually only a half hour
for the first week, and it would go down until
there were none left. There was the occasional
staged contestants, to help cause fights and to
entertain onlookers. The longest dance marathon
recorded was twenty-two weeks and three and a
half days. Dancers would do anything to win, one
woman would even pickle her feet. Dance marathons
were later outlawed due to the hard physical
strain.
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Games
Games started to gain popularity in the
1920s. Whether you were playing with your family
or friends, it was a guaranteed good time. Some
popular game were, Mahjong, Ouija boards, and
Crossword puzzles. Mahjong - is a game similar
to Dominos. Ouija boards - a game where you
supposable talk to spirits. Crossword puzzles -
a word game where you fill in the blanks, with
the information they give you.
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Popular Language/Slang
In the 1920s, slang started to gain
popularity. Morals were now being questioned, and
youth culture was on the rise because of
urbanization. Prohibition was causing people to
use slang to hide bootlegging, and to help keep
speakeasies hidden. Other people just wanted to
be unique. Some slang popular back in the 1920s
are the following
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1. baloney
2. cheaters
3. darb
4. dumb Dora
5. flat tire
6. gaga
7. gam
8. hard-boiled
9. hotsy-totsy
10. Jake
11. ritzy
12. Sheba
13. Sheik
14. spifflicated
15. white cow

Slang
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1. baloney - nonsense
2. cheaters - glasses
3. darb - excellent person or thing
4. dumb Dora - stupid girl
5. flat tire - dull, boring person
6. gaga - crazy/silly
7. gam - girls leg
8. hard-boiled - tough
9. hotsy-totsy - pleasing
10. Jake - okay
11. ritzy - elegant
12. Sheba - young woman with sex appeal
13. Sheik - young man with sex appeal
14. spifflicated - drunk
15. white cow - vanilla milkshake

Slang
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Sport
Sport was another area that boomed in the 1920s
, Baseball became a big money sport with teams
like the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.
Prominent figures such as Al Capone were Baseball
fans.
The greatest sports hero of the 1920s was George
Herman Ruth-Babe Ruth. He was the star of the
NYY.
Another great sportsperson was Oscar Charleston
who played in the Negro League. He, too is
regarded as one of the best players of all time
but because of the colour of his skin he wasnt
allowed to play in the major leagues
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Boxing
Spectators flocked to see all big sporting
events, especially boxing matches.
The countrys most famous boxing star was Jack
Demsey. A fearsome world heavyweight champion
known as the Manassa Mauler.
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American Football
In American Football Red Grange and Knute Rockne
were the two stars of the time. At a time when
the average salary was 100 per game, Grange
earned 100,000 for the 19 game schedule
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Tennis
Bill Tilden and Helen Wills were the two stars of
tennis and their success helped to foster the
growth of the sport. As a result, participation
in tennis increased dramatically. By the end of
the decade there were more than 1000 tennis clubs
and enough municipal courts to accommodate more
than 1 million players across the USA
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Sporting Icons

• As a result of this growth in sporting activity a
  fascination developed with sporting records and
  sports stars. Matches and results were analysed
  players technique discussed. The 1920s
  witnessed an emergence of sporting icons, whose
  activites and lifestyles received constant media
  attention. This in turn helped to popularise and
  increase participation in sporting events amongst
  the population at large

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Overview
-The 1920s brought on the rise of youth
culture. -Popular Language - Used to seem
unique, urbanization played a big
role. -Clothing Trends - Also used for
uniqueness, to get away from tradition, to be
risqué. -Dance Marathons - Big way to make quick
money, something to do in spare time. -Games -
Help to kill time, Mahjong, Ouija boards,
Crossword Puzzle. -Music - Jazz was popular,
mainly among youth, blamed for everything, if you
danced to Jazz you were considered morally
loose. -Flappers - Modern woman of the 1920s,
short hair, short skirts, sleeveless baggy
dresses, rolled down hose, powdered knees, lots
of makeup, thought to be morally loose, offended
older generations.
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Cars

• During the 1920s the car became a fundamental
  feature of American life.
• It was a factor that made all the other features
  of the roaring 20s possible.
• Cars helped the cities to grow by opening up the
  suburbs.
• Cars carried their owners to and from the
  entertainment.
• The biggest retailer of cars in 1920s America
  was Henry Ford who was producing the Model T Ford
  at only 290.

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Model T Ford