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Use Pictures and Youtube Videos to describe this lesson

Use Pictures and Youtube Videos to describe this lesson. Urban Technology. - skyscrapers : Made Possible by 1. steel 2. elevators Louis Sullivan- 10 story Wainwright building in St. Louis Frank L. Wright - Flat Iron building, 285 ft 1902 -bridges : Brooklyn Bridge 1883

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Use Pictures and Youtube Videos to describe this lesson

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  1. Use Pictures and Youtube Videos to describe this lesson

  2. Urban Technology -skyscrapers: Made Possible by 1. steel 2. elevators Louis Sullivan-10 story Wainwright building in St. Louis Frank L. Wright-Flat Iron building, 285 ft 1902 -bridges:Brooklyn Bridge 1883 -electric transit systems:Trolleys, Subways, allowing transportation outside city limits -urban planning city parks: Restore serenity to Enviroment Frederick Olmstead: planned Central Park in NYC

  3. Inventions -first flight, 1903 Wright Brothers kitty Hawk NC -air mail1920 -printing revolutions- Cheap Paper & 90% literate -photography George Eastman- Flexible Film, no more glass Kodak camera -radio Nikola Tesla, Marconi

  4. Public Education -growth of public education - law, required school children to be in school 12-16 weeks -most city children could attend school -increase in high schools ½ million -few opportunities for minorities 34% attended school, 1% attended HS

  5. Higher Education -Morrill Act, 1862 - Land grants for Agricultural Colleges -only small number of college students 2.3% -change in the curriculum of colleges b/c of Industrial Revolution. *Psy, modern languages -emphasis on sciences and professional schools

  6. Literature and Art -realism Thomas Eakins Ashcan School -art galleries, public libraries -Samuel Clemens -Stephen Crane -Jack London -Dime Novels

  7. Leisure Time -Amusement Parks Coney Island, NY pg- 498 1st Roller Coaster 1884 -bicycle craze freedom for women -tennis -Hershey bars 1900 -Coca-Cola, Pepsi 1886 as a cure for headaches

  8. Leisure Time -Amusement Parks Coney Island, NY -bicycle craze -tennis -Hershey bars -Coca-Cola, Pepsi

  9. Sports/Entertainment -baseball -boxing -vaudeville, circus -ragtime music -motion pictures http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Z8A4lzUOQ&list=PLA9960FEA572C5D77

  10. Sports/Entertainment -baseball -boxing -vaudeville: performance that included song & dance, juggling. Slapstick comedy , -circus: P.T. Barnum & Bailey “The Greatest Show on Earth -ragtime music -Tap: Bill Bojangles Robinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtHvetGnOdM -motion pictures

  11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm4uiALzTcs

  12. Sports/Entertainment - -ragtime music later leads to jazz… blues… rock & Roll -motion pictures 5Cent theaters called Nickelodeons

  13. Mass Media -Dime Novels -Yellow journalism sensationalism promotions Increase Circulation of Newspapers -Joseph Pulitzer - Comics in Sunday Newspaper -William Randolph Hearst

  14. Retail Revolution -shopping centers -special districts in urban areas -department stores -chain stores Woolworths -advertising -mail order catalogs Sears

  15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SsSrf-jTJI

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