1. Vocabulary/Identification
Charles A. Lindbergh
George Gershwin
Georgia O’Keefe
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Ernest Hemmingway

2. Education and Popular Culture
Chapter 13 – 3
Education and Popular Culture

3. 13 – 3 Objectives
Identify and describe the popular culture of the 1920’s.
Describe and give examples of why the decade of the 1920’s was called the “Roaring 20’s”.

4. Education High school for many was a luxury.
Many of the countries youth had to work.
High School enrollment before 1920 was about 1 million students.
In the decade of the 20’s, that soared to 4 million students.

5. Education
Curriculum
Before the 1920’s, high school primary focus was for those going on to college.
Since the rich/elite were the ones who could afford college, their children were the ones attending high school.
Beginning in the 20’s
Offered a broader range of classes.
Looked at a well ‘rounded’ student.
Included vocational and home economics

6. Education Children of Immigrants
Before the 1920’s there were few immigrant students who spoke English and therefore were excluded from schools until they learned enough of the language.
During the 20’s, schools opened up classes for those immigrant students whose English was not proficient to teach them the language.

7. Education The cost of college
The cost of college doubled from 1913 to 1920.
During the 20’s, college tuition doubled again.
The cost of getting a college diploma reached $2.7 billion a year by 1926.

8. High School Enrollment 1910 - 1940
Looking at the graph, what conclusions can you make from the data?
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9. Popular Culture
Many popular magazines began hitting the news stands as people demanded more information.
Time, Reader’s Digest
Radio also becomes an important household item, in 40% of households.
Provides both news and entertainment for people.
Radio signals begin to be broadcasted to the masses.

10. Popular Culture Sports
Baseball becomes America’s pastime with heroes like;
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Baseball stadiums filled up as many Americans looked for sports entertainment.

11. Popular Culture Talking movies begin to emerge…
Steamboat Willie – Walt Disney (1928)

12. Theater, Music, and Art
Plays by Eugene O’Neill coupled with music by George Gershwin capture people’s imagination.
Gershwin merges traditional classics with jazz, creating a new, American sound.
O’Neill broke away from European traditions and created a truly American plays that portrayed themes of isolationism, confusion, and family conflict.

13. Theater, Music, and Art
Artists such as Georgia O’Keefe produce vividly colored paintings that captured the splendor of such American cities as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis wrote about American life.
Fitzgerald – negative side of the 20’s.
Lewis – ridiculed Americans for conforming and materialism.

14. American Seek Heroes
Still, through it all, American’s wanted, and really needed heroes.
Charles A. Lindbergh – made the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
Took off May 20, 1927 – landed 33 hours, 29 minutes later outside Paris, France.
Claimed the $25,000 prize.
Lindbergh was celebrated worldwide for his accomplishment.

15. American Seek Heroes
Charles A. Lindbergh – made the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
The President invited Lindbergh to the White House.
America made him its idol.
In an age of sensationalism, excesses, and crime, Lindbergh stood for honesty and bravery.
America had its champion….

16. Historic Flights
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What paved the way for Lindbergh to make his historic flight?