1. Education – Popular Culture CHAPTER 13 SECTION 3

2. Education 1914 = 1 million Americans attended school 1926 = 4 million Americans attended school ◦Immigrants - challenge Educated students in vocational training ◦Industrial jobs

3. Multimedia Newspaper circulation rose ◦Sensational stories – tabloids Mass-circulation = magazines ◦Readers Digest ◦Time Radio = Most powerful communication ◦Hearing news as it happened

4. Baseball Americans - Spending money on entertainment Babe Ruth ◦Baseball = Babe Ruth ◦Yankees ◦“House that Ruth Built”

5. Heroes Charles A. Lindbergh Charles A. Lindbergh ◦1 st non-stop flight across Atlantic ◦May 20, 1927 ◦“Spirit of St. Louis” ◦33 hours and 29 minutes ◦$25,000 prize

6. Entertainment First movie with sound ◦The Jazz Singer – 1927 First animated film with sound ◦Walt Disney’s = Steamboat Willie - 1928 ◦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq0e4WjL7G0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq0e4WjL7G0 F. Scott Fitzgerald ◦Coined the term “Jazz Age” ◦A new sound ◦Great Gatsby African Americans began to voice pride in their heritage ◦Richness in culture

7. Harlem Renaissance CHAPTER 13 SECTION 4

8. African Americans Great Migration ◦Move North - Employment ◦40% lived in cities NAACP ◦Protest racial violence ◦Fought legislation to protect rights ◦New more militant voice of African Americans

9. Harlem Renaissance Harlem ◦Neighborhood on the Upper West Side of New York’s = Manhattan Island ◦Worlds largest black urban community Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance ◦Literary and artistic movement celebrating African- American culture ◦Led by educated / middle class African Americans ◦Resist prejudice / discrimination

10. Literature Langston Hughes ◦Movement’s best known poet ◦Described difficult lives of working-class ◦Some moved to the tempo of Jazz and the blues ◦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cKDOGhghMU

11. Jazz Originated = New Orleans Blended instrumental ragtime / vocal blues Louis Armstrong ◦Trumpet player ◦Most important / influential musician in history of jazz ◦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE ◦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iJdXWY7JRohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iJdXWY7JRo

12. Musicians “Duke” Ellington” ◦Jazz pianist ◦Composer ◦10-piece orchestra ◦One of America’s greatest composers ◦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPVlxa2kgjghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPVlxa2kgjg Bessie Smith ◦Female Blues singer ◦Outstanding vocalist of the decade ◦Highest paid African American artist ◦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNWs0LsimFshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNWs0LsimFs

13. Jazz Music – 1920’s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgcJyZA-rrE\

14. Artists Jungle Nights in Harlem ◦Duke Ellington Deadman Blues ◦Jelly Roll Morton Charleston ◦James P. Johnson ◦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJWdUFzL0Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJWdUFzL0Y West End Blues, What a Wonderful World ◦Louis Armstrong St. Louis Blues ◦Bessie Smith St. Louis Blues ◦W.C. Handy