Life at the Turn of the Century

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Life at the Turn of the Century

• Chapter 16 Section 2
• New Forms of Entertainment

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Objectives

• Students will be able to
• Understand the new types of performances and
  recreation that Americans enjoyed at this time

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Question of the Day

• What forms of entertainment do you participate in
  during your free time?
• Does it require money?
• How has entertainment changed since you were
  little?

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Vaudeville

• Inexpensive variety show
• Included
• Ethnic or racial humor
• Song and dance
• Magic, jugglers, animals
• Blackface

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Movies

• Nickelodeons
• Charlie Chaplin
• Silent movies with piano music
• movie clip

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Circus/Amusement Parks

• Circus Train Circus Parade
• Big Top
• Young boys helped to set up
• Amusement Parks
• Trolleys
• Inspired mechanical rides
• Trolley parks were made at the end of the line
• Offered music, games, vaudeville, beaches and
  rides

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Sports

• Baseball
• Clubs were formed all over the U.S.
• 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings by 1870 players
  were paid
• Football
• Adaptation of Rugby in 1880s
• Basketball
• Invented in 1891 in Mass to keep athletes fit in
  the winter
• Women
• Cycled, ice skated, and played basketball

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Reading

• Newspapers
• Included comics, sports, womens pages, and hot
  stories
• To sell more papers Yellow Journalism appeared.
  Journalist looked for fraud, evils, private
  affairs often exaggerated.
• Magazines
• Lower postage rates pushed out more periodicals
• Helpful articles, advertisement, etc
• Fiction
• Dime novels
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Music

• Spiritual
• African American religious folk songs enjoyed by
  white audiences
• Ragtime
• Melodies with marching band beats
• Jazz
• Began in New Orleans
• Included African, Spanish, French, and Latin
  American influences
• music clip

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Homework

• Develop an Amusement Park idea with a historical
  theme.
• You must include Title, rides and
• A movie area what movies would you show
• A reading area what types of books, mags, would
  you sell
• A music area What type of artists would you
  invite? What music would you play throughout the
  park?
• Sports area What sports go along with your
  theme?
• Theater What plays would you perform?
• Extra Credit Draw a picture of your park for 10
  extra points must be detailed and in color