1. Objective: To examine the cultural changes brought about by the Jazz Age. Do Now: Define the term fad, then make a list of fads that you know of. Fad – activity or fashion that is very popular for a short time

3. Ex.) dance marathons, flagpole sitting 1920’s: Fads and Fashions Fads caught on quickly during the 1920’s.Fads

4. Exercise Your Brain Seat partner 1 tell seat partner 2 your reaction to the fad pole sitting. Could you do it? What would be most challenging? Why do you think people actually did it? Listen for the Switch Seat partner 2 tell seat partner 1 your reaction to the fad marathon dancing. Could you do it? What would be most challenging? Why do you think people actually did it?

5. Flapper – young woman in the 1920’s who declared her independence from traditional rules.Flapper

6. How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking? 1) short, bobbed hair 2) bright-red lipstick

7. How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking? 3) short skirts

8. How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking? 4) smoked cigarettes in public

9. How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking? 5) Drinking alcohol in speakeasies

10. How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking? 6) danced at jazz clubs

11. Exercise Your Brain Seat Partner 1 tell seat partner 2 the 6 ways the 1920’s women known as flappers rebelled against the traditional way women dressed and acted. Be ready for the switch Seat Partner 2 tell seat partner 1 the 6 ways the 1920’s women known as flappers rebelled against the traditional way women dressed and acted.

12. · Jazz music was created by African-Americans by combining African rhythms and European harmonies. Jazz Age Ex.) Louis Armstrong was one of the first famous jazz musicians of the 1920’s.Louis Armstrong

13. Ex.) the Charleston and the shimmythe Charleston · Jazz music brought new forms of dancing.

15. Your Turn! HUGE Bonus at stake!!!!!! Your choice! 1.10 points on your next unit test!!!! 2.3 homework passes for automatic 100’s!!!! (not to be put toward project grades) Must give a REAL effort during the dance or you get NOTHING. (Must at least participate and try today but be ready to show your talents on Tuesday) The how to video will be posted on my website under tonight's homework.

16. How to Charleston

17. Exit Pass 1.On a scrap sheet of paper explain at least 3 ways flappers rebelled against the way traditional women dressed and acted. 2.Name at least one fad from the 1920’s

18. · Older Americans worried that jazz music was a bad influence on the nation’s young people. The Jazz Age, 1929 movie poster Audio: Roll ‘em Girls, Roll ‘em (1925)

19. Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance – flowering of African American culture in the 1920’s Examples: Countee Cullen – writer/poetCountee Cullen “Incident” by, Countee Cullen Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a Baltimorean Keep looking straight at me. Now I was eight and very small, And he was no whit bigger, And so I smiled, but he poked out His tongue, and called me, "Nigger." I saw the whole of Baltimore From May until December; Of all the things that happened there That's all that I remember.

20. Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance – flowering of African American culture in the 1920’s Examples: Langston Hughes – writer / poetLangston Hughes “Harlem” by, 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?

21. Examples: Zora Neale Hurston – writer / poetZora Neale Hurston Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance – flowering of African American culture in the 1920’s “The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody to associate with me who does not wish me near them?” - Zora Neale Hurston (1955)

22. Into Bondage (1936) Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance – flowering of African American culture in the 1920’s Examples: Aaron Douglas - painterAaron Douglas