List some of the most famous people in the U.S.
Country: 1. worked from dusk to dawn 2. Evenings would bring reading, playing games, singing around the piano. City: 1. Average work week went from 70hrs in 1850 to 45 by 2. Work week decreased from 7 days to 5 3. Salary and wages increased
With more free time and disposable income, urban people looked for new sources of entertainment: Nickelodeons – Name for movie theaters (because it only cost a nickel to get in. During the 1920s, million people went to movies each week.
Ideal entertainment (because immigrants didn’t speak English. Charlie Chaplin – Most famous of the silent movie starts om/watch?v=U9Binpcq WGM om/watch?v=U9Binpcq WGM The Jazz Singer – 1927 film that was the 1 st movie with sound. Movies with sound were called “talkies” be.com/watch?v=2 2NQuPrwbHA be.com/watch?v=2 2NQuPrwbHA
KDKA (Pittsburgh) was the 1 st radio station in the U.S. Americans listened to music, religious sermons, educational lectures, news and weather reports, etc.
Sports figures Dare Devils
- Organized sports became more popular, Americans made celebrities out of star athletes - Jim Thorpe was considered one of the greatest athletes of the 1920s - Babe Ruth would become one of baseball’s greatest homerun hitters.
Charles LindberghAmelia Earhart - May 1927: - Charles Lindbergh became the 1 st person to fly across the Atlantic (many died before him) - His plane was called “The Spirit of St. Louis ” - NY to France (33hrs) - Called “Lucky Lindy” One year later: Amelia Earhart became the 1 st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
A young woman with short skirts and rouged cheeks who had their hair cropped close in a style known as a bob.
Psychologist Sigmund Freud – argued that much of human behavior is driven not by rational thought but by unconscious desires.
Writers were known as “The Lost Generation” F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway Often wrote about the reality of the American Dream
- Something people follow with great excitement but only for a short period time.
Dance MarathonsOuija Boards
MonopolyDrive-in-Theater
SlinkySwallowing Goldfish
Ant FarmsHula Hoop
Car HopsPoodle Skirts
Bellbottom JeansFallout Shelters
Barbie DollsLava Lamps
8 Track Tape PlayerMexican Jumping Beans
Disco MusicMood Rings
Boom BoxesBreak Dancing
Rubrics CubeSlap Bracelets
Video ArcadesCabbage Patch Dolls
Hacky SackMiami Vice Fashion
Tickle Me ElmoBeanie Babies
Fanny PacksBoy Bands
Grunge LookHip Hop Fashion
Glitter Eye ShadowCrocs
Silly BandzFlash Mobs
DVDs and movie channels? Emojis ? Current social media (facebook,twitter,etc.)? Reality TV?