Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties Chapter 28
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Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties Chapter 28
Warm up • Examine the picture on p. 352 • What feelings does the picture invoke? • What does this picture show about people during the 1920 s?
Warm up • This picture shows a woman flinging her arms and legs while doing a dance called the Charleston. • This shows that the people of that era had more free time to enjoy dance. Her short dress suggests women were more free to dress provocatively.
Essential Question • What social trends and innovations shaped popular culture during the 1920 s?
Vocabulary • Roaring Twenties • Popular culture • The Charleston • League of Women Voters • Equal rights amendment • Harlem Renaissance • Jazz Age • Lost Generation
Roaring Twenties • A nickname given to the 1920 s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom
Popular Culture • Culture of ordinary people • Includes music, art, literature and entertainment • The Jazz Singer was the first feature length “talkie”
The Charleston • A dance that originated as an African American folk dance in the South • Popularized in the Roaring Twenties
League of Women Voters • A grassroots organization created to educate women about public issues • Women gained the right to vote in 1920
Equal rights amendment • a bill proposed to guarantee equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender • Not approved by Congress
Harlem Renaissance • An era of heightened creativity among African American writers, artists, and musicians who gathered in Harlem during the 1920 s • Langston Hughes published poems to call for greater racial equality
Jazz Age • the era during the 1920 s in which jazz became increasingly popular in the United States • Louis Armstrong was famous for his trumpet solos
Lost Generation • a group of young Americans writers who were disillusioned by WWI and the growing consumer culture • F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. E. Cummings
Reflection • What social trends and innovations shaped popular culture during the 1920 s?
Points • Defines the 1920 s (1 pt) • Defines popular culture (1 pt) • Use of supporting details/vocabulary (1 pt) • Commentary (1 pt) • Conclusion (1 pt)
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