WARM UP 4/22 Drop off your warm-up sheet from last week and pick up a new warm-up sheet for this week. Predict what life will be like in the year 2113 by answering these questions: What is the #1 most spoken language in the world? Most populated country? Biggest ethnic group in United States? (i.e. Caucasian? African-American? Hispanic? Multi- Racial?) What will transportation look like?

Life at the turn of the 20 th Century

Transportation Majority of Americans still use horse for transportation 8,000 cars 10 miles of paved roads 96 auto deaths (in 1900) No air travel—use steam ships to travel int’l

Fashion  Fashion is formal and romantic  Women still wear corsets to make the waist as small as possible  Hats were very large  Men wear button-up shirts and trousers  “Proper” men wear a vest and tie, even in the summer!

Social  Antiquities Act of 1906: authorized the president to declare nat’l monuments and historic landmarks  The Wonderful World of Oz, Call of the Wild, and other works of fiction become bestsellers among young women.  Sears Catalogs were read more than any other book other than the Bible  1905: Teddy Bears become a popular fad

Prices  1900: $1 = $26.40 today  Median family income per year = $490  ½ gallon of milk = 13 cents  Eggs = 20 cents  Bread (in 1915) = 7 cents

Let’s look at some statistics to compare and contrast life in 1900 vs. today

Closer  What are two differences between life in the early 1900s and today that stood out to you the most?