1920s Society and Culture Assignment by Gina Perkins https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8 by Zoe Snead, Megan Sanders, and Gina Perkins en-us 2017-11-15 15:12:00 UTC 2025-10-28 14:17:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Mass Media and Popular American Culture glperkins https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207243548 Hollywood’s biggest movies and stars became nearly as
popular in far corners of the globe as they were at home.

This image shows the enthusiasm of the American public for the theater. Movies were a new form of entertainment and this was a way for Americans to spend their leisure time and disposable income. This is similar to the enthusiastic views Americans today have of the movies. When a new movie comes out, people swarm to the movie theaters to watch the film, as they did in the 1920s. 
]]> 2017-11-15 15:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207243548 Harlem Renaissance zoe_snead8 https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207249786 No longer would African Americans silently endure the
old ways of exploitation and discrimination. These artists
and writers explored the pains and joys of being black in
America, leaving a legacy that spoke to all Americans of
all times.

Brotherhood

Georgia Douglas Johnson, 1880 - 1966
Come, brothers all!
Shall we not wend
The blind-way of our prison-world
By sympathy entwined?
Shall we not make
The bleak way for each other’s sake
Less rugged and unkind?
O let each throbbing heart repeat
The faint note of another’s beat
To lift a chanson for the feet
That stumble down life’s checkered street. 

The author asks that her fellow African Americans band together to face strife and racism of the 1920s. It speaks out against the pressure from white people and the desire to cower alone. This sentiment is also present in modern society, as it is becoming harder to stay together against an issue as conflicts between sides rise.
]]> 2017-11-15 15:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207249786 Changing Role of Women meg_sandy2001 https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207256640 Not all women aspired to be flappers, but many wanted
more control over their lives- and got it.
Women were able to seize new jobs and therefore be self-sufficient. This created new push for suffragettes.

This image shows that during and directly after WWI women were needed for labor. This allowed women to progress in American society and grab hold of their lives.
]]> 2017-11-15 15:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207256640 Jazz Age meg_sandy2001 https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207267390 The jazz movement was a reflection of an evolving African American identity born of shared historical
experience, including the contemporary experiences of
the Great Migration and continuing troubled race relations.

This image shows that African Americans paved the way for this new genre of music. As whites may have joined the group they were placed under African American leadership prompting racial tension.]]> 2017-11-15 16:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207267390 The Lost Generation zoe_snead8 https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207269076 F. Scott Fitzgerald is a perfect example of a writer from this genre and another theme that is common for these authors was the death of the American dream, which is exhibited throughout many of their novels.

The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eludes us then, but that's no matter- to-morrow we will run faster, stretch our arms farther... And one fine morning--
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." 

In this passage, Fitzgerald criticizes the American Dream, how it constantly moves out the grasp of its pursuers, and how they are always stuck in the past trying to make the dreams of a previous generation come true. In modern society, the current generations are struggling to make the previous generations'  dreams a reality, which is impossible.]]> 2017-11-15 16:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207269076 Canada in the 1920's meg_sandy2001 https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207273725 Emily Carr was one of Canada's most famous painters. People did not understand or appreciate Carr's new form of expression that emphasized strength, emotion and spiritual beauty in bold bright colors.
This painting shows her controversial nature by painting larger than life trees that show the over looming nature of the rural society. ]]> 2017-11-15 16:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207273725 American Role Models glperkins https://padlet.com/glperkins/lg9lg9jk0jv8/wish/207275528 Charles Lindbergh’s successful flight across the Atlantic
Ocean gave the fledgling airline industry a boost and
encouraged the development of passenger airlines.

The first flight across the Atlantic sparked an interest in passenger flights. Today, air travel is the most prominent form of travel, from traveling to another state, to flying across the world. This first flight across the Atlantic caused passenger flights to become a phenomenon throughout the United States, before expanding globally. 

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