1. Good Day and Good Friday! Please find your homework and trade your work with a partner. The assignment is worth 10 points. Thinking Pair-Share Activity 10 Minutes 1.Using the words from the “Slang of the 1920s”` handout, write a poem or story about Indian Woods Middle School as if we are living in the Roaring 20s Era. Your poem/story should be time (1920s) appropriate. 2.Your team should use 5 to 10 words in your poem/story Attempt to write for the entire 10 minutes 3. Highlight or Underline each slang word used. 4. Create an answer key for the slang words used - 5 Minutes Ex. 1. bunk nonsense! 2. flick movie 3. bug wash hair oil

2. "The only thing better than singing is more singing." --Ella Fitzgerald The Jazz Age – An American Sound

3. Fads and Heroes The 20s was the decade of __________ optimism (positive outlook) “Ev’ry morning, ev’ry evening, ain’t we got fun?” This popular song epitomized the _____ of the nation – war is replaced with a strong _________ and cultural expression through song and dance Popular dances: The _________, the Lindy Hop, the Black Bottom, and the Breakaway

4. Fads and Heroes The 20s is the decade of enthusiasm and optimism (positive outlook) “Ev’ry morning, ev’ry evening, ain’t we got fun?” This popular song epitomizes the mood of the nation – war is replaced with a strong economy and cultural expression through song and dance Popular dances: The Charleston, the Lindy Hop, the Black Bottom, and the Breakaway

5. ______ (something currently popular) include flag pole sitting, dance marathons, and the Chinese game of mahjong dance marathonsdance marathons ____ ____, The Sultan of Swat, hits 60 homeruns – record lasts 30 years Sultan of SwatSultan of Swat Red Grange, “The Galloping Ghost,” is a football hero from U. of Illinois Mass Media of _____ and _____ promote celebrity fame

6. Fads (something currently popular) include flag pole sitting, dance marathons, and the Chinese game of mahjong dance marathonsdance marathons Babe Ruth, The Sultan of Swat, hits 60 homeruns – record lasts 30 years Sultan of SwatSultan of Swat Red Grange, “The Galloping Ghost,” is a football hero from U. of Illinois Mass Media of radio and papers promote celebrity fame

7. “The Galloping Ghost” A streak of fire, a breath of flame Eluding all who reach and clutch; A gray ghost thrown into the game That rival hands may never touch; A rubber bounding, blasting soul Whose destination is the goal — Red Grange of Illinois!

8. “Lucky Lindy” _______ Lindbergh, a handsome young ____, was first to fly across ______ (1927) - Lindbergh symbolized America’s energy and optimism Lindbergh

9. “Lucky Lindy” Charles Lindbergh, a handsome young pilot, was first to fly across Atlantic (1927) - Lindbergh symbolized America’s energy and optimism Lindbergh

10. Jazz – Purely American ____ was created by ________-________ musicians in nightclubs and dance halls of New Orleans The music’s popularity spread to other cities including Kansas City – artists included singers ___ _____ (“Satchmo”), Bessie Smith, and band leader Duke Ellington all had roots in the South Rhythms from West Africa and Carribean, combined chants from rural South, and harmonies from ______ created this new sound

11. Jazz – Purely American Jazz was created by African-American musicians in nightclubs and dance halls of New Orleans The music’s popularity spread to other cities including Kansas City – artists included singers Louis Armstrong (“Satchmo”), Bessie Smith, and band leader Duke Ellington all had roots in the South Rhythms from West Africa and Carribean, combined chants from rural South, and harmonies from Europe created this new sound

12. Literature & Social Critics Writers express exuberance of era, but also _______ excesses (change from international idealism to greedy selfishness) of postwar generation “Expatriates (left the U.S.),” like F. Scott Fitzgerald (__ ____ _____) and Earnest Hemingway (A Farewell to Arms), left the U.S. and wrote about the “emptiness of the rich” and captured the growing ___-___ sentiments of their generation

13. Literature & Social Critics Writers express exuberance of era, but also criticize excesses (change from international idealism to greedy selfishness) of postwar generation d “Expatriates (left the U.S.),” like F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) and Earnest Hemingway (A Farewell to Arms), left the U.S. and wrote about the “emptiness of the rich” and captured the growing anti-war sentiments of their generation

14. The Harlem Renaissance African-American culture grew in ______, New York City attracting migrants from the South grew in ______, New York City attracting migrants from the South Writers, poets, musicians react against ________ faced expressing racial pride Langston Hughes is renown African American ___ – wanted poems to sound like Jazz music

15. The Harlem Renaissance African-American culture grew in Harlem, New York City attracting migrants from the South grew in Harlem, New York City attracting migrants from the South Writers, poets, musicians react against prejudice faced and express racial pride with work Langston Hughes is renown African American Poet – wanted poems to sound like Jazz music

16. Booker T. Was a practical man. He said, Till the soil And learn from the land. Let down your bucket Where you are. Your fate is here And not afar. To help yourself And your fellow man, Train your head, Your heart, and your hand. For smartness alone's Surely not meet- If you haven't at the same time Got something to eat. Booker T. Was a practical man. He said, Till the soil And learn from the land. Let down your bucket Where you are. Your fate is here And not afar. To help yourself And your fellow man, Train your head, Your heart, and your hand. For smartness alone's Surely not meet- If you haven't at the same time Got something to eat. Langston Hughes Poem about Booker T. Washington

17. to be alive. But Booker T. Was nobody's fool; You may carve a dream with a humble tool. The tallest tower Can tumble down If it be not rooted In solid ground, So, being a far-seeing practical man, He said, Train your head, Your heart, and your hand -

18. Your fate is here And not afar, So let down your bucket Where you are.