Transcript The Jazz Age PPT with Textbook Reading

 The war to
was over.
 The war to end all wars was over.
 Americans felt great pride in their nation due to their
victory in _______________,
 Americans felt great pride in their nation due to their
victory in World War 1,
 Describe three or more trends and/or fads of the
1920’s:
 Raccoon coats, flagpole sitting contests, new dances
such as the Charleston.
 What helped to spread these new fads?
 Movies, newspapers, radio and magazines.
 How did the older generation feel about this?
 They were shocked, BUT they even began to accept it.
 What kind of music did white Americans fall in love
with?
 Jazz
 Who else loved this exciting new sound?
 Europe
 What did this music help to break down?
 The huge walls that racism had built
 What secret weapon did former enslaved African
Americans have to help them?
 Music!
 What were some of the types of music that helped
them survive?
 Soaring Spirituals, gospel, mournful blues, and
ragtime.
 What is another name for the 1920’s?
 The Jazz Age
 Name the famous musicians, writers and artists of the
1920’s and 1930’s:
Music:
Writers:
Copland and
Fitzgerald and
Gershwin
Steinbeck
Artist:
O’Keeffe
 Georgia O’Keeffe was a
artist known for
scenes and, later,
of the
.
 Georgia O’Keeffe was a female artist know for her
urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest.
 According to Georgia O’Keeffe, what was her one
desire as a painter?
 “To paint what I see, as I, see it, in my own way,
without regard for the desires or taste of the
professional dealer or the professional collector”
 Where was O’Keeffe originally from?
 Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
 Where did O’Keeffe call home?
 New Mexico
 F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
 Describe some similarities between
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Aaron Copland and George Gershwin.
Both wrote uniquely American music.
Both had immigrant parents.
Both were born in the U.S.
Both were born in Brooklyn.
 Describe the Harlem Renaissance.
 A period of immense African American pride that was
expressed through culture, heritage, literature, music,
and the arts.
 Where did the influence of these
artists spread?
 The influence of these artists spread
throughout the rest of society.
 What influenced the art of the Harlem
Renaissance?
 The leaders of the Harlem Renaissance
drew upon the heritage of black culture to
establish themselves as powerful forces of
change.
Music:
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Artist:
Jacob Lawrence
Writer:
Langston Hughes
From Langston Hughes’ poem
“A Dream Deferred”:
“What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load
Or does it explode?”