The New Woman Women played an important role in jobs in WWI but they are forced out of their jobs after Flappers represented changes in values Short hair short skirts heavier makeup listened to jazz music openly drank and smoked cigarettes ID: 725785
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Slide1
Aim
:
W
hy were the 1920’s an era of conflicting values?Slide2
“
The New Woman”
Women played an important role in jobs in WWI – but they are forced out of their jobs after“Flappers” represented changes in values Short hair, short skirts, heavier makeup, listened to jazz music, openly drank and smoked cigarettes
Flappers danceSlide3
Women’s changing identity
…
“Flappers” rebelled against traditional customs Divorce rates doubled
Many women still looked forward to lives as a mother and a wife
…
“I have been kissed by dozens of men. I suppose I’ll kiss dozens more.”
— character in F. Scott Fitzgerald novelSlide4
DISCUSSION:
“The New Woman”
Turn and Talk to the person next to you about the following: How do you think flappers defined the “New Woman
”? Were flappers really very different from the women before them? Discuss the term
“double standard”. How was there a double standard in the 1920’s? Explain.
Double standard = a rule or principle that is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups.
Is there a double standard in today
’
s times? Explain.Slide5
City Life in the 20’s
The 1920 census revealed for the 1
st
time that more Americans lived in cities than the countryside
The New York City skyline in 1930: Skyscrapers gave cities a unique architectural style
The shift in focus from the rural countryside revealed that urban life was
very different
, and the traditional ways of home, church, schools were absent
…Slide6
Traditionalists/Fundamentalists
vs. Modernists
A CULTURAL WAR!
Traditionalists/ Fundamentalists
Modernists
Fear that the “new” culture of the 1920s is
corrupting Americas youth & society
as a whole
Young people should turn back to the Bible, God, and traditional family values
Mostly
RURAL
areas
Education = BIBLE
Excited by the new music, cars, movies, dancing, and literature
Women/girls are especially fond of the 1920s as make-up, clothing, style are radically different from before.
Education = SCIENCE/SECULAR VALUES
TAKE A PIC!Slide7
Section 1.
Be it enacted
…
That it shall be unlawful for any teacher in any of the Universities and all other public schools of the State which are supported in whole or in part by the public school funds of the State, to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.
Section 2.
Be it further enacted
…
any teacher found guilty of the violation of this Act, Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than One Hundred $ (100.00) Dollars nor more than Five Hundred ($ 500.00) Dollars for each offense.
The Butler Law
–
State of TennesseeMarch 13, 1925In your notebook: What do you think is the PURPOSE of the document above?Slide8
A New Education?
Protestant Fundamentalism growing
1925 – Tennessee passed a law making it a crime to teach evolution in schoolsScopes “Monkey” Trial – puts religion against scienceSlide9
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
“THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY”
John Scopes (TN school science teacher) taught the theory of evolution to his studentsScopes was found guilty, but conviction was overturned by a higher court…
VIDEO
While you watch
: What were the causes and results of the Scopes Monkey Trial? Slide10
Clash of the Titans
Clarence
Darrow
Agnostic
Wm. Jennings
Bryan
FundamentalistSlide11
What do you think is the purpose of this cartoon?
Dayton reveled in the publicity that came with the “trial of the century.”
Charles Darwin had theorized only that man and apes had a common ancestor, not that man had descended from apes.
This popular misconception gave rise to a flurry of monkey-themed songs, dolls, and souvenirs. The Dayton Hotel placed a gorilla display in its lobby, and a trained chimpanzee named Joe Mendi entertained spectators around town. Book, food, and souvenir vendors vied with local clergy and itinerant preachers for space outside the courthouse.Slide12
Scopes Trial
The trial put religion against science and tested the notion of
“separation of church and state.” (this idea is NOT written in the Constitution but has been a general principle that has existed throughout the history of the USA. Thomas Jefferson first coined the idea.)Discuss the following questions with the person next to you:
Are there any present issues that challenge “separation of church and state” in our country?
Evaluate the role, if any, that you believe religion should play in American politics/government. Support your answer with as many reasons that you can think of .Slide13
The law strikes back in the citiesSlide14
A New Wave of Crime
Prohibition begins 1920
Speakeasies
and BootleggersOrganized crime (mafia) grows (and grows MORE!)
VIDEOSlide15Slide16
Per capita consumption of alcohol (1910-1929)
Was prohibition really working??Slide17Slide18
Prohibition
Discuss the following questions with your pair partner:
What were the goals of Prohibition? Did the 18th Amendment solve more problems than it created? Why or why not? Why do you think Prohibition was so difficult to enforce?