PPT-1920s Literary Culture

Cultural Liberation Literature and the arts Most of earlier genteel writers had died by 1920s New Yorker Edith Wharton and Virginiaborn Willa Cather continued to be popular Now new modernists becoming popular see Thinking Globally section. The United States between WWI and the Great Depression . Postwar Adjustments. As a result of WWI, USA was world’s largest CREDITOR nation.. In 1922, European nations owed the US $11.5 BILLION. Britain and mainland Europe were completely destroyed by . The New Era: 1920s. The business of America and the consumer economy.. Republican politics: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. The culture of Modernism: science, the arts, and entertainment. Responses to Modernism: religious fundamentalism, nativism, and Prohibition. Themes. ,Advertising and Attitudes towards Consumerism/Mass Media. Characteristics of the Twenties. Mass-Produced consumer goods. Consolidation of Companies. Electrification. Automobile. Rising Stock Prices. THE ROARING TWENTIES. Americans on the Move. Urbanization still accelerating.. More Americans lived in cities than in rural areas. 1920:. New York 5 million. Chicago 3 million. URBAN VS. RURAL. Farms started to struggle post-WWI.. Movies. An era of black-and-white silent films. Some well known titles are:. Metropolis (1927). Ben-. Hur. (1925 film). Nosferatu. : A Symphony of Horror (1922. ). (the original vampire movie). Music. Chapter 20: . The Roaring Twenties. Main Idea:. The United States experienced many social changes during the 1920s.. Chapter 20 . Section . 1: American Life Changes. New Roles for Women. New Opportunities. Warmup: Answer the following using . the handout. . The 1920s are often perceived as a period of great wealth. What evidence does the author present that America during the 1920s was increasingly prosperous? . The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. EQ – How did the U.S. . experience both economic . growth and social change . in the decade after WWI?. Intro. Video. http://. www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?SearchText=jazz age&lid=18565842&ID=640103&player=12. Literary Analysis = Argument. Make a claim about the work, then support it. Purpose: persuade readers your analysis interpretation is reasonable/logical. NOT your opinion about the work, but your interpretation analysis. How would new products make life easier for stay at home wives?. Answer both “Thinking Critically” questions. . Chapter 20 Section 4. A New Mass Culture. New Trends in Popular Culture. Farms: people worked dawn to dusk, with little time to spare. Week 16 : December 12-16, 2016 Sacco & Vanzetti Clemency Hearing, plus Ch. 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s Homework : READ Americans Ch. 13 section & record 5+ notes by Wednesday (2 Chapter 22 Cultural Conflict, Bubble, and Bust 1919-1932 Obstarczyk.weebly.com Conflicted Legacies of World War I Racial Strife Great Migration - mass movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities Sacco & Vanzetti Clemency Hearing, plus Ch. 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s. Homework. : . READ . Americans. Ch. 13 section & record 5+ notes by Wednesday . (2. nd. of four collaborative, open-notes . Communism-. Socialism- . Nativism- . Red Scare- . Communism and Socialism. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new political ideology called communism grew out of the more moderate socialism. . . Communism .