Topic 3 - Changes in American Culture and Society 

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RESOURCES and Revision

Topic 3 Workpack

For this topic you must study the three Key Questions below:

1. How did popular entertainment develop during this period?

• The era of the silent movie - (Reasons for the popularity of the cinema; the influence of movie stars; the coming of the talkies)

• The development of popular music and culture - (Jazz music: its development and impact; the impact of the radio and gramophone; dancing and the speakeasy culture

2. How did the lifestyle and status of women change during this period?

• Changing attitudes to women - (Impact of the First World War; changing attitudes to social etiquette; influence of Jazz culture)

• The flapper lifestyle - (Moves toward feminism; new fashions; flapper icons and role models; opposition to the flapper lifestyle)

3. Why did sport and other leisure activities witness so much growth during this period?

• The increasing popularity of sport (reasons for the increasing popularity of sport; sporting heroes and their significance: e.g. Babe Ruth; Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney)

• Fads, crazes and the passion for the unusual - (e.g: crossword puzzles; dance marathons; flagpole sitting; Lindbergh and the 'Spirit of St Louis')

A summary of the period  (Revision)

• Introductory powerpoint

• The Jazz Age - Powerpoint

• Flappers - The Roaring Twenties - Powerpoint - Video

• 1920's Dance craze - Video

• Some fads of the 1920's - Video

• Sport in the 1920's - Video

• Fling the Teacher Quiz