Popular Culture in the

Roaring TwentiesChapter 28

Warm up

• Examine the picture on p.352

• What feelings does the picture invoke?

• What does this picture show about people during the 1920s?

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 1920s?

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

1920s 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 1920s

• Langston Hughes published poems to call for greater racial equality

Jazz Age

• the era during the 1920s 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 1920s?

Points

• Defines the 1920s (1 pt)

• Defines popular culture (1 pt)

• Use of supporting details/vocabulary (1 pt)

• Commentary (1 pt)

• Conclusion (1 pt)