1. 1920s
The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly

2. 1920s
The decade of the 1920s is often characterized as a period of American prosperity and optimism. It was the "Roaring Twenties," the decade of bath tub gin, the Model-T, the $5 work day, the first transatlantic flight, and the movie. It is often seen as a period of great advancements as the nation became urban and commercial.

3. The Good

4. Harlem Renaissance
Between an unprecedented surge of creative activity among African Americans occurred in all fields of art. It was a celebration of African American culture in literature and art

5. Harlem Art
Aaron Douglas

6. Poets, Musicians, and Artists
Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

7. Music
Jazz was hot. It was exciting and fun, and it provoked all the wildness the youth in the 1920s strived for. Its off-beat rhythms and improvised melodies were a welcomed new beginning for music. New Orleans was the birthplace of jazz, but it quickly spread and became extremely popular in New York City’s Harlem district.

8. Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong http://www. youtube. com/watch

9. Bessie Smith http://www. youtube. com/watch

10. Dance Crazes Charleston Black Bottom Shimmy

11. Flappers
Now that women had the right to vote they became more independent and demanded more rights. Flappers were a "new breed" of young women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disregard for what was then considered acceptable behavior
Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise breaking social, sexual, and feminine norms

12. Fashion for Shebas Cloche Flapper Bob

13. Movies
The film industry bloomed in the 1920s. The first movies were filmed in New Jersey. Films of the 1920s were in major demand. Most of the productions were silent and theaters were packed every night. The Big 5 included MGM, Fox, and Warner Brothers. Smaller studios at the time were Universal, United Artists, and Columbia Pictures.

14. Clara Bow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxo_99eaEEA
Clara Bow starred in “It” and “Wings.” After starring in the movie “It” she was called the “It” Girl. Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson were also popular. When talkies became popular Clara lost her job…why?

15. Betty Boop
Banned now, this Betty Boop cartoon showed how racism existed in the 1920s

16. Charlie Chaplin
One of the greatest comedians of all time Rudolph Valentino-Lawrence of Arabia Douglas Fairbanks-Zorro Robin Hood

17. Fashion for Sheiks

18. Radio
When the radio was invented it became immensely popular, and a huge fad. (Remember: there is no TV at this time) Radio did everything the TV does for us. If you tuned in at the right time, you could catch comedy shows, news, live events, jazz, variety shows, drama, opera.
You name it, the radio had it!

19. Abbott and Costello http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_gSWTQKE-0

20. Fads Smoking in public Extreme dieting Bobbed hair Showing your knees
Marathons
Feats of endurance-Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earheart
Flagpole Sitters

21. Arts and Architecture
Skyscrapers were erected and hundreds of architects competed for the work. The first successful design was the Woolworth Building in New York.

22. Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was prolific during this period, designing homes in California and in Japan. 

25. Surrealism
Salvador Dali

26. Dadaism
Dadaism was an art movement. The Dadaists were mainly a group of ill-organized artists experimenting with bizarre art and literature. The artists wanted to take modern art into a direction that would broaden the meaning of "what art was and could be".

28. Culture
One of the biggest cultural developments of the 1920s was the rise of spectator sports.
Golf was at the height of its popularity in the 1920s
Olympics were extremely popular
But the number one sport of the 1920s was…

29. Baseball
The Babe

30. Harry Houdini

31. The first Mickey Mouse cartoon came out in 1928. Steamboat Willie

32. Inventions
We are still benefiting from many of the inventions of the twenties. The refrigerator was brought out of the dust. It changed the convenience of the world today. Can you imagine? Always having to run to a cellar, This could be a pain, especially in the middle of the winter.

33. Penicillin
Penicillin was discovered by accident in 1928 by Alexander Fleming.  Doctors used the first samples of this antibiotic for World War II soldiers. Penicillin is still used frequently to cure illness. 

34. Cars
Possibly the most significant change during the 20s was the mass production of the car started by Henry Ford, he had manufactured and sold some 15 million Model-Ts by 1927 Nicknamed Tin Lizzie Only available in black

35. 3/19 US II
Goal: Assess the impact of artists, writers, and musicians of the 1920s, including the Harlem Renaissance, on American culture and values.
QOD: How did the invention of the automobile impact American society?
Agenda: PowerPoint with notes and video
All essays not submitted are now a zero

36. The Bad Gangsters, Crime and Prohibition WCTU against drinking
Prohibition-18th amendment-Volstead Act
Illegal drinking establishments-speakeasies
Rise of bootlegging
Al Capone
Rise of the KKK

37. Ku Klux Klan
The decade is also seen as a period of rising intolerance and isolation. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, restrictive immigration laws, and prohibition are indications of this. The Klan gained political power in the South in the 1920s due to resentment of cultural change coming from Northern cities. Historians usually see the 1920s as a decade of serious cultural conflict. 

40. Can you guess what these slang terms mean?

41. Bees knees
Bump off
Cheaters
Dogs
Gams
Giggle water
Jake

42. That’s why it was called the Roaring Twenties

43. The Century: Boom to Bust

44. 20’s Mixer