The Jazz Age in the The Jazz Age in the 1920’s1920’s

Grade: 8thGrade: 8th

Unit: The Roaring TwentiesUnit: The Roaring Twenties

WARNING:WARNING: This unit may create an This unit may create an appreciation of jazz, art and appreciation of jazz, art and literature of the 1920’s.literature of the 1920’s.

Table of ContentsTable of Contents• Changing FashionsChanging Fashions - People in Societies - People in Societies

and Cultureand Culture

• New Music and MusiciansNew Music and Musicians-World -World Interactions, American HeritageInteractions, American Heritage

• New Generation of WritersNew Generation of Writers-American -American HeritageHeritage

• The Harlem Renaissance- The Harlem Renaissance- CultureCulture

– Art

Table of ContentsTable of ContentsHeroes of the Roaring TwentiesHeroes of the Roaring Twenties-Science and Technology-Science and Technology

– Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh

– Henry FordHenry Ford

Democratic PracticesDemocratic Practices

– Censorship? Censorship?

– Stock Market CrashStock Market Crash

– Nineteenth AmendmentNineteenth Amendment

Overview of the Jazz AgeOverview of the Jazz Age

Why were the 1920’s called the Why were the 1920’s called the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age?Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age?

Have student preview the answer to Have student preview the answer to this question by visiting the this question by visiting the following website:following website:

http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/ decade20.html#eventslrc/kc/ decade20.html#events

The Roaring Twenties: The Roaring Twenties: A Revolution? A Revolution? Student should watch video Student should watch video The Roaring The Roaring

TwentiesTwenties on the following concepts: on the following concepts:

• Consumer revolutionConsumer revolution

• Commercialization of leisureCommercialization of leisure

• Revolution in manners and moralsRevolution in manners and morals

• automobile cultureautomobile culture

• Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance

People in People in Societies/CultureSocieties/CultureChanging FashionsChanging FashionsPresenting Fast FactsPresenting Fast Facts

A New York City newspaper A New York City newspaper reported on 09/28/22 that a reported on 09/28/22 that a young woman wore young woman wore “knickerbockers and a coat of “knickerbockers and a coat of mannish cut, done in robin’s mannish cut, done in robin’s egg blue, and swung a egg blue, and swung a bamboo cane. Knee length bamboo cane. Knee length stockings, a masculine collar, stockings, a masculine collar, and a hat…..and a hat…..

-Frederick Schwarz, “The Time -Frederick Schwarz, “The Time Machine” Machine”

Fads, Knickers and Fads, Knickers and FlappersFlappers Learn more about this topic by Learn more about this topic by

viewing parts of several films and viewing parts of several films and hearing clips of radio broadcasts.hearing clips of radio broadcasts.

• Internet:www.sns.com/~rbotti/main.htm- Internet:www.sns.com/~rbotti/main.htm- Find “Boarding the Silver Screen” in the Find “Boarding the Silver Screen” in the Flapper StationFlapper Station..

• Interpret transparency of the Battle of Big Interpret transparency of the Battle of Big Horns p. D-57 in American Nation Horns p. D-57 in American Nation Resources.Resources.

• Recreate a radio show using findings in the Recreate a radio show using findings in the internet site. internet site.

Harlem Harlem RenaisssanceRenaisssance

Teachers and Students!Teachers and Students!

Duke Ellington Online Activities Duke Ellington Online Activities hhttp:http://dellington.org/lessons/lesson00.htmlttp:http://dellington.org/lessons/lesson00.html

http://www.harlem.org/ Students can form a http://www.harlem.org/ Students can form a complete biography on various artists by picking complete biography on various artists by picking and clicking on them in this photo.and clicking on them in this photo.

Musicians

Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance Activities: Map Mystery-Why Was it a Renaissance? Defines the word “Renaissance” and asks student to determine whether it had taken place according to a mapRead Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader. Viking, 1994.Complete reproducible pages in American Nation Resources p.57 “Roots of American Music” p.58 “Great Figures in American Music”Listen to audiocassette Take the A Train by Louis Armstrong

Writers and AuthorsWriters and Authors

• Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston Their Their Eyes Were Watching GodEyes Were Watching God

• Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway The Old The Old Man and the SeaMan and the Sea

• Langston Hughes Selected Langston Hughes Selected Poems of Langston Poems of Langston Hughes. New York, Alfred Hughes. New York, Alfred Knopf, 1954.Knopf, 1954.

Writers and AuthorsWriters and AuthorsActivities:Activities:

Biography Flashcard - Who Am I? Biography Flashcard - Who Am I?

Students are to guess which writer is being Students are to guess which writer is being described based off of information given.described based off of information given.

““The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes. Student can connect the rivers that Hughes. Student can connect the rivers that the author speaks of with a cultural heritage the author speaks of with a cultural heritage of African Americans.of African Americans.

Art and CultureArt and Culture

Writers and artist of the Writers and artist of the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance often stressed the often stressed the African Heritage of African Heritage of black Americans. black Americans. What point do you What point do you think this artist is think this artist is making?making?

The AutomobilesThe Automobiles

The 1920’s would not be the same The 1920’s would not be the same without the automobile. Students without the automobile. Students should visit the Henry Ford should visit the Henry Ford Website.Website.

*An actual visit would make a great *An actual visit would make a great field tripfield trip

http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf

Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh

Students should read “The Students should read “The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping” Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping” American HistoryAmerican History

Students can formulate a plan to Students can formulate a plan to survive in the Atlantic with no survive in the Atlantic with no map, no parachute, and no map, no parachute, and no radio.radio.

The Nineteenth The Nineteenth AmendmentAmendmentProposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women.

Visit this website to investigate further

http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/ decade20.html#events

The Stock Market CrashThe Stock Market Crash• During the 1920s, stocks and bonds were frequently sold

to investors on the basis of glittering promises of fantastic profits - without disclosure of any meaningful information. The securities laws of the United States were developed by Congress in the early 1930s as a direct response to these market abuses, which were blamed in large part for the disastrous Stock Market Crash of 1929, and the ensuing Great Depression. As a result, the regulation of investment securities is one of the few areas in American law that starts with a presumption that the regulated conduct is illegal.

Stock Market Activity-Stock Market Activity-Production/Consumption Production/Consumption

What caused the stock What caused the stock market to crash?market to crash?

Visit this website and Visit this website and identify two things that identify two things that could be linked to the could be linked to the boom and bust theory.boom and bust theory.

http://www.nyse.com/http://www.nyse.com/search/search.htmlsearch/search.html

DebatesDebates

• Was the Jazz Age a revolutionary Was the Jazz Age a revolutionary period?period?

• Is music a bad influence on people?Is music a bad influence on people?

• Should music and literature be Should music and literature be censored?censored?