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The Roaring 20s

The Roaring 20s. Speakeasies. Flappers. Flappers. Women gain right to vote in Canada in 1918 Remain in workforce after WW I. Short slim skirts, drank and smoked in public Short bobbed hair Demonstrated new freedom, power. Early Movies.

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The Roaring 20s

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  1. The Roaring 20s

  2. Speakeasies

  3. Flappers

  4. Flappers Women gain right to vote in Canada in 1918 Remain in workforce after WW I Short slim skirts, drank and smoked in public Short bobbed hair Demonstrated new freedom, power

  5. Early Movies CLICK on the picture for a Youtube video for each movie

  6. The JazzSinger (1927) • The 1st feature length motion picture with synchronized dialogue. • Starred Al Jolson • Marked the decline of the silent film era

  7. Filmmaking Giants Major film making companies were founded in the early ’20s such as MGM, Warner Brothers, and Columbia pictures In the early ’20s America was the leading producer of films in the world.

  8. Silent Film Industry Silent films were the predominant product of the film industry

  9. The greatest output of feature films occurred in the 1920s (about 800 film releases in a year) - nowadays, production doesn't exceed 500 films a year.

  10. Synchronized Sound Early silent films were often accompanied by live piano or organ music to set the mood of the scene.

  11. Movie Theaters Many of the movie theatres of the 1920s were so grand that people nicknamed them "picture palaces." Exteriors were gaudy, and electrical extravaganzas were held. Wanted movie goers to see movies more frequently.

  12. Walt Disney The famous film maker, Walt Disney began career in the 1920s starting with Steamboat Willie which was the premier of America’s favorite mouse! MICKEY!

  13. The films were in major demand during this era. Silent theaters where packed every night. The end of the Great War and the stock market crash did not affect film theaters and studios.

  14. Aviation Heroes Charles Lindbergh Amelia Earhart

  15. Charles Lindbergh • 1stperson to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean by • 33 hours and 39 minutes • Received a prize of $25,000

  16. “You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”

  17. Early Mobsters....

  18. 1st Radio Broadcast - 1920 • First Broadcast • At 6:00pm, on Tuesday, November 2, 1920, a few men in a shack changed the course of history. • Pittsburgh, PA.

  19. Sports Stars of the 20's

  20. Ku Klux Klan • Targets in the 1920s: • Blacks • Immigrants = Jews and Catholics

  21. The Great Migration • Movement of African-Americans from the South to Urban areas of United States • More than 1.5 million • 1914 – 1930 • Escape racism, find better jobs, overall better life in the North

  22. Roaring Twenties In music, the three sounds were jazz, jazz, and jazz. The Jazz Age came about with artists like Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington. Youth ruled everything. From the young styles of dress to the latest celebrities. If it was young, it was the thing. “It was the age of prohibition, it was the age of prosperity, and it was the age of downfall. It was the age of everything” http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/Canadian.htm http://www.ohassta.org/technology/inventions.swf http://www.ohassta.org/technology/slideshow2.swf

  23. Roaring 20s Videos • 20s videos Dance Craze, 1920s, Flappers http://www.newsplayer.com/stock-market-crash-1929-video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-yNAOHtmy4j0/the_roaring_twenties_dance_craze/ http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-Xmqc_wJN4_M/it_was_the_roaring_twenties_includes_video_pix/ http://www.vidoemo.com/yvideo.php?i=M3N2dkNqcWuRpNHloWWM&flappers-the-roaring-twenties http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=4B004636-6ABC-49E0-BBAB-EA43258D8A70&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US http://www.abheritage.ca/famous5/

  24. PERSON’S CASE: THE FAMOUS FIVE • http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/famous_five-ef/www.lac-bac.gc.ca/famous5/053002_e.html http://www.abheritage.ca/famous5

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