Unit III – A Modern Nation Chapter 10 Section 3 A New Popular Culture is Born.
Education – Popular Culture CHAPTER 13 SECTION 3.
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Transcript of Education – Popular Culture CHAPTER 13 SECTION 3.
Education – Popular CultureCHAPTER 13
SECTION 3
Education 1914 = 1 million Americans attended school
1926 = 4 million Americans attended school◦ Immigrants - challenge
Educated students in vocational training◦ Industrial jobs
Multimedia Newspaper circulation rose
◦ Sensational stories – tabloids
Mass-circulation = magazines◦ Readers Digest◦ Time
Radio = Most powerful communication◦ Hearing news as it happened
Baseball Americans - Spending money on entertainment
◦ Baseball = Babe RuthBabe Ruth
◦ Yankees◦ “House that Ruth Built”
Heroes
Charles A. LindberghCharles A. Lindbergh◦ 1st non-stop flight across
Atlantic◦ May 20, 1927◦ “Spirit of St. Louis”◦ 33 hours and 29 minutes◦ $25,000 prize
Entertainment First movie with sound
◦ The Jazz Singer – 1927
First animated film with sound◦ Walt Disney’s = Steamboat Willie -
1928◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq0e4WjL7G0
F. Scott Fitzgerald◦ Coined the term “Jazz Age”
◦ A new sound◦ Great Gatsby
African Americans began to voice pride in their heritage
◦ Richness in culture
Harlem RenaissanceCHAPTER 13
SECTION 4
African Americans Great Migration
◦ Move North - Employment◦ 40% lived in cities
NAACP◦ Protest racial violence◦ Fought legislation to protect rights◦ New more militant voice of African Americans
Harlem Renaissance Harlem
◦ Neighborhood on the Upper West Side of New York’s = Manhattan Island
◦ Worlds largest black urban community
Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance◦ Literary and artistic movement celebrating African-
American culture◦ Led by educated / middle class African Americans◦ Resist prejudice / discrimination
Literature Langston Hughes
◦ Movement’s best known poet◦ Described difficult lives of working-class◦ Some moved to the tempo of Jazz and the blues
◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cKDOGhghMU
Jazz Originated = New Orleans
Blended instrumental ragtime / vocal blues
Louis Armstrong◦ Trumpet player◦ Most important / influential
musician in history of jazz◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iJdXWY7JRo
Musicians “Duke” Ellington”
◦ Jazz pianist◦ Composer
◦ 10-piece orchestra◦ One of America’s greatest
composers◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPVlxa2kgjg
Bessie Smith◦ Female Blues singer◦ Outstanding vocalist of the
decade◦ Highest paid African American
artist◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNWs0LsimFs
Jazz Music – 1920’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgcJyZA-rrE\
Artists Jungle Nights in Harlem
◦ Duke Ellington
Deadman Blues◦ Jelly Roll Morton
Charleston◦ James P. Johnson◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJWdUFzL0Y
West End Blues, What a Wonderful World
◦ Louis Armstrong
St. Louis Blues◦ Bessie Smith
St. Louis Blues◦ W.C. Handy