Transcript Jazz Age PowerPoint

SS5H4 The student will describe U.S. involvement
in World War I and post-World War I America.
b. Describe the cultural developments and individual
contributions in the 1920s of the Jazz Age (Louis Armstrong),
the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes), baseball (Babe
Ruth), the automobile (Henry Ford), and the airplane
(Charles Lindbergh).
The Jazz Age and Roaring
Twenties
Many people referred to the 1920’s as “roaring” because
developments were occurring so quickly. This was a time filled with
high energy, excitement for life, and returning to a life of normalcy
after WWI. America was moving forward with new inventions.
During this renaissance or rebirth, music, art, literature, and
inventions were evolving quickly. It was a time of optimism in
America.
Turn to your elbow partner and discuss the meaning of optimism
and pessimism. Do you know what each term means? If not, use a
dictionary to help you.
Many influential individuals made a mark on
American society during this decade.
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Jazz helps change America
After World War I, America was emerging as a great
world power. America was becoming more diverse
through immigration, yet much of American society was
strictly segregated. As jazz continued to develop, it
became enormously popular and became a uniting force
and a symbol of American identity and culture.
Louis Armstrong
Click on picture of Louis to
learn more about this famous
musician.
What does improvise mean?
Record the definition in your
notes.
What style of singing did
Armstrong make famous?
What makes this different than
singing as you know it? Turn a
partner a discuss.
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a period of great cultural activity and
innovation among African American artists, writers, and musicians.
After the Civil War, African Americans were moving in large
numbers to northern cities.
There they could find work and break away from the discrimination
of the Jim Crow laws. These young writers and musicians gathered
in areas of New York, specifically Harlem, and quickly gained
national attention with their work.
Langston Hughes
Children's Rhymes by Langston Hughes
By what sends
the white kids
I ain't sent:
I know I can't
be President.
What don't bug
them white kids
sure bugs me:
We know everybody
ain't free.
Click on picture of Langston
to learn more about this
Renaissance man.
Lies written down
for white folks
ain't for us a-tall:
Liberty And Justice-Huh!--For All?
Cross by Langston Hughes
My old man's a white old man
And my old mother's black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.
If ever I cursed my black old mother
And wished she were in hell,
I'm sorry for that evil wish
And now I wish her well
My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder where I'm going to die,
Being neither white nor black?
Langston Hughes
Daybreak in Alabama
By Langston Hughes
When I get to be a composer
I'm gonna write me some music about
Daybreak in Alabama
And I'm gonna put the purtiest songs in it
Rising out of the ground like a swamp mist
And falling out of heaven like soft dew.
I'm gonna put some tall tall trees in it
And the scent of pine needles
And the smell of red clay after rain
And long red necks
And poppy colored faces
And big brown arms
And the field daisy eyes
Of black and white black white black people
And I'm gonna put white hands
And black hands and brown and yellow hands
And red clay earth hands in it
Touching everybody with kind fingers
And touching each other natural as dew
In that dawn of music when I
Get to be a composer
And write about daybreak
In Alabama.
Answer these questions about Hughes’ poems
1. What does the poem tell you about what society was
like for this generation?
2. Why do you think he titled the second poem Cross?
Support your answer with knowledge you have gained
about Langston Hughes.
3. What is Langston trying to say in Daybreak in Alabama?
Explain your answer.
4. After reading these poems, how do you think Langston
would feel about President Barack Obama? Explain
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth began his baseball career with the Orioles and Red
Sox, but it was his trade to the New York Yankees on December
26, 1919 that made Babe the most recognizable and
dominant baseball player of the 1920s.
Throughout his career, Babe continued to break records, rewriting the record books and holding 56 major league records.
Babe enjoyed a popularity never before seen in baseball as he
and the Yankees became the most recognizable and dominant
team in the country.
The Babe and I
by David Adler
Record inferences you make as I read
aloud the book, The Babe and I.
Discuss with a partner or group how
Babe Ruth inspired and influenced
Americans during the Great
Depression.
Writing connection: Write a
persuasive letter from the
perspective of the main character in
the book. Write to dad convincing
him to tell mom about not having a
job. Use friendly letter format.
Henry Ford
With the invention of the assembly line, mass production of cars
helped Henry Ford sell more than 15 million of his new Model T.
New roads and highways, reasonably priced cars, and a yearning
for freedom led Americans on the road to greater economic
prosperity.
Click on the Model T for an interactive
assembly line activity for students.
Charles Lindbergh
On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh began the first non-stop
flight from New York to Paris and the first solo flight across the
Atlantic, taking off from Roosevelt Field in New York in his
plane, The Spirit of St. Louis. Thirty-three and a half hours later,
Lindbergh landed safely in Paris, France, becoming the first
person to fly solo across the Atlantic.
This transatlantic flight changed the way people traveled and
did business. It also brought the world closer together.
Click on photo at left to
hear brief audio of
Lindbergh’s landing in Paris
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