Welcome Baltimore Polytechnic Institute December 21, 2011 U.S. History Mr. Green

Agenda/Topics To Be Covered The students will analyze to what extent schools and mass media influenced American culture in the 1920’s by identifying contributors to American pop culture in the 1920’s Announcement: Chapter 13 Test Next Year Due: Chapter 13 Vocabulary due today Drill: Read the excerpt from Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt on page 468 and answer the following 1. What tone does Lewis use to describe Babbitt? 2. What conclusions can you draw about Babbitt’s character from the excerpt? Motivation: What kinds of people do you consider heroes? Why do you admire these people?

Education and Popular Culture Ch. 13 Section 3 pgs. 464-469 Schools and the Mass Media Shape Culture School enrollments 1914-I million in high schools 1926-4 million in high schools Schools offered vocational training/home economics Teach English to foreigners Taxes increased to support schools Expanding News Coverage Newspaper circulation rose Mass-circulation magazines increased Radio comes of Age Invested in Market research “airwaves”, “radio audience”, “tune-in”

America Chases New Heroes and Old Dreams New games/pastimes helped Americans spend more money on leisure activities-$4.5 billion by 1929 Sports Heroes of the 1920’s Babe Ruth Negro National League Jack Dempsey Red Grange Knute Rockne Tennis

Lindbergh’s Flight 1st non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic on May 20, 1927 Movies 1925-filmmaking the 4th largest industry in the U.S. Hollywood, CA 1927-The Jazz Singer, first talkie movie 1928-Steamboat Willie Theater, Music, and Art Changing American styles that broke away from the European model “ashcan school” of painting-honest look at everyday realities

Writers of the 1920s Sinclair Lewis-challenged the conformity and strait-laced culture of small towns F. Scott Fitzgerald-Jazz Age revealed negative side of the period’s gaiety and freedom Ernest Hemingway- criticized the glorification of war

Independent Work Students will complete the Guided Reading sheet for Chapter 13 Section 3.

Homework 1. Read Chapter 13 Section 4 and prepare for 5 question quiz