1. Today’s Topic: The Beginnings of Pop Culture Turn of the “Modern Century” 1900s 1.) When & How did we become a nation consumed by Popular Culture? 2.) Who is the Father of Pop Culture?

2. In order to create Popular Culture…. People need: More Free-Time! TO PARTICIPATE IN POP CULTURE More Money! TO SPEND CONSUMING POP CULTURE

3. Late 1800s America:

4. In order for something to be popular, lots of people have to know about it. At the Turn of the 20 th Century (1900s): Q: What are some things preventing people from taking part in pop culture? Long work hours = don’t have time for it Low pay = can’t afford to be part of it Uneducated = can’t read about it, can’t learn about it Lack of movement = hard to spread ideas

5. True or False: Henry Ford invented the car. False! 1672 = Ferdinand Verbiest created the first steam powered “vehicle” Designed a steam propelled trolley as a toy for the emperor

6. 1769 = Nicolas Cugnot designed the world’s first working self-propelled vehicle Weighed 2.5 tons 2 rear tires, 1 front Seated 4 passengers Speed: 2 mph

7. David Dunbar Buick Karl BenzWalter Chrysler Ransom E. Olds

8. July 30, 1863 -- April 7, 1947 Did not invent automobile, but developed the first automobile that Americans could afford Helped to develop the assembly line technique of mass production In 1914, sales passed 250,000. By 1916, sales reached 472,000. By 1918, half of all cars in America were Model T's. Henry Ford: The Father of Pop Culture

9. Mass Production Henry Ford’s Assembly Line!

10. Long work hours = don’t have time for it Low pay = can’t afford to be part of it Uneducated = can’t read about it, learn about it Lack of movement = hard to spread ideas 8 hour work day = more leisure time Paid $5/day; provided housing Hello, he invented the car Better Pay = kids don’t work and go to school

12. Detroit = Motor City

15. The “Sunday Drive”

18. 96 people died in 1900 from car accidents

19. Cars influenced fashion:

20. Pre-1900s ideal woman: “Gibson Girl” (personification of the feminine ideal of beauty) Before Cars

21. Hobble Skirt Before Cars After Cars

23. The 1 st Motion Pictures (Turn of the 20 th Century) Obj: Describe early films of the 1900s

24. Pop Quiz! 1.) Who is Pop Culture’s Daddy? 2.) Explain why this person can be called the Dad of Pop Culture. 3.) How did the popularity of the car change women’s fashion? 4.) Name 1 other car manufacture in existence during the early 1900s. 5.) Define pop culture.

25. More Free-Time! Turn of the century people now had… More Money!

26. FACTS 1900-1919 Population : 92,407,000 Life : Male 48.4 Female: 51.8 Average Salary $750 / year Unemployed 2,150,000 Union Membership : 2.1 million Strikes 1,204 Attendance @ Movies 30 million per week Divorce : 1/1,000 Vacation : 12 day cruise $60 Whiskey $3.50 / gallon, Milk $.32 / gallon

27. Who made the first movie??

28. Early Films…Let’s Watch The First Motion Picture Ever Made? The Horse In Motion (1878) Eadweard Muybridge

29. Early Films…Let’s Watch Or was it… Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) Louis Le Prince

30. Early Films…Let’s Watch But undeniably the first popular moving picture show was The Great Train Robbery (1903) Edwin S. Porter

31. 1915: $110,000 to make Made $10 million D.W. Griffith

32. Early Films…Let’s Watch Or was it… Birth of a Nation (1915) Silent drama film based on the novel and play The Clansman Shows the relationship of two families in Civil War and Reconstruction-era America (pro-Union Northerners and pro-Confederacy Southerners) Released on February 8, 1915 and presented in two parts, separated by an intermission Film also shows the Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth NAACP protested at premieres and riots broke out when film was shown Basic message of the film: Reconstruction was a disaster Blacks could never be integrated into white society as equals Violent actions of the KKK were justified in order to reestablish an honest government Film also suggested that the KKK restored order to post-war South