Education and Pop Culture in the 1920

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Education and Pop Culture in the 1920s
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Education

• Throughout the decade, mass media and schools
  shape US public opinion
• High school must adapt to prep all, some for
  college and others for work
• Problems/challenges faced by educators and
  politicians rising costs, language barriers, new
  course loads

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MEDIA

• More educated people led to increased media
  coverage
• Magazines and newspapers flourish, while radio
  emerges as new form of mass media
• Radio provides a shared experience

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MEDIA

• Many see an increase in leisure time and have
  money to spend, so new forms of entertainment are
  sought
• Mass media portrays athletes as super human
  heroes, 1920s will be the Golden Age of Sports

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FAMOUS ATHLETES

• Babe Ruth - Baseball

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• Red Grange
• College
• Football

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Knute Rockne - Norte Dame college football coach
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Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney boxing match
where 2 million dollars were collected in total
for admissions
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Gert Ederle first woman to swim the English
Channel
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• Bobby Jones
• Golfer

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Helen Willis - tennis 
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Bill Tilden - Tennis
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John Weismuller Olympic swimmer first American
to parlay athletics into film success
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1924 Winter Olympics

• Due to the popularity of sports at the time the
  people wanted more than just the summer games so
  the winter games were created
• Ice hockey
• Figure skating
• Speed skating
• Bob sledding 
• Downhill skiing 

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SPORTS

• Sports re-establish the idea that an individual
  can work hard and improve their lives and inspire
  
• Biggest hero of the day was Charles Lindbergh
  for flying Atlantic solo
• Took 33.5 hours

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Fads of the 1920s

• Flag pole sitting
• King Tut/Egyptian style jewelry
• Dance marathons
• Raccoon Skin Hats

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Fort LeE, NJ Original Capital of HOllywood
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Charlie Chaplin Silent Movie Star
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• Jazz Singer First talkie or motion picture
  with sound

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STEAMBOAT WILLIE - eventually morphs into Mickey
Mouse 
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EUGENE O'NEILL  - playwright GEORGE GERSWHIN  -
musical composer
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FRANK LlOYD WRIGHT- architect Art Deco popular
style of the 20s and 30s -  use of big geometric
shapes
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American Writers of the 20s

• Many writers became frustrated with the US and
  became ex-patriots (many moved to France)
• ERNEST HEMINGWAY- A FAREWELL TO ARMS - the
  glorification of war
• F. Scott Fitzgerald - the Great Gatsby
• Sinclair Lewis -  first author to win the noble
  peace price for the book BABBITT- middle class
  culture clash

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• In what ways do you think the mass media and mass
  culture helped Americans create a sense of
  community in the 1920s? Support your answer with
  details!