Objective: To examine the cultural changes brought about by the Jazz Age.
Do Now: Define the term fad, then make a list of fads that you know of.
Fad – activity or fashion that is very popular for a short time
Video: MC Hammer – “Can’t Touch This” (1990)Anyone remember parachute pants? I’m sure MC Hammer does!
Ex.) dance marathons, flagpole sitting
1920’s: Fads and Fashions• Fads caught on quickly during the 1920’s.
How about flagpole skating? (0:55)
• Flapper – young woman in the 1920’s who declared her independence from traditional rules.
How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking?
1) short, bobbed hair
2) bright-red lipstick
How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking?
3) short skirts
How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking?
4) smoked cigarettes in public
How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking?
5) drank alcohol in speakeasies
(left) Latest thing in flasks. A dancer shows off the garter flask fad in Washington, D.C.(Jan.26, 1926)
(right) Woman putting flask in her Russian boot, Washington, D.C. (Jan. 21, 1922)
How did flappers rebel against traditional ways of thinking?
6) danced at jazz clubs
Louise Brooks, 1920’s
· Jazz music was created by African-Americans by combining African rhythms and European harmonies.
Jazz Age
Ex.) Louis Armstrong was one of the first famous jazz musicians of the 1920’s.
Video: “Tiger Rag” by, Louis Armstrong 1932 (2:57)
Ex.) the Charleston and the shimmy
· Jazz music brought new forms of dancing.
Video: The Charleston – Harlem, NY, 1950’s (1:50)
Contemporary Application: Video
: Get Lite – Bronx, NY, 2007 (4:13)
· Older Americans worried that jazz music was a bad influence on the nation’s young people.
The Jazz Age , 1929 movie poster
Listen girls Listen girls, I've a word for you just because you're up to date and do the things you do Don't let anyone tell you that you don't act nice You're as sweet as grandma was so take my advice
Roll 'Em Girls Roll 'Em Go ahead an Roll 'Em Roll them down and show your pretty knees Roll 'Em Girls Roll 'Em, Everybody roll em Roll em high or low just as you please Don't let people tell you that it's shockingSave your sweeties picture on your stocking Laugh at ma, laugh at pa, give them all the ha ha Roll em girlies roll ‘em roll your own
Roll 'Em Girls Roll 'Em, Go ahead an Roll 'Em Roll them down and please the traffic cop
Audio: Roll ‘em Girls, Roll ‘em, performed by Billy Murray (1925)
Roll 'Em Girls Roll 'Em, Everybody roll em When you cross the street the traffic stops
Even grouchy traffic cops get jolly When they see you step into a trolley Red light's on, Red light's off Cops are only human Roll em girlies roll ‘em roll your own
Listen girls Listen girls, When you bobbed your hair You were criticized a lot, But still you didn't care When you shortened your dresses, You gave us some shock But we never thought that soon, You'd be wearing socks!
Roll 'Em Girls Roll 'Em, Go ahead and Roll 'Em In the winter spring summer or fall Roll 'Em Girls Roll 'Em, Everybody roll ‘em Anywhere or time or place at all
Young girls, old girls, sweethearts wives and mothers Young maids, old maids, even our grandmothers I well know rain or snow, Girlies must be stylish Roll em girlies roll ‘em roll your own
Roll 'Em Girls Roll 'Em Go ahead and Roll 'Em Roll em where you think they look the best Roll 'Em Girls Roll 'Em Everybody roll em Roll em north and south and east and west
Nowadays you girlies have your freedom Don't wear things if you don't think you need them! Laugh at ma, laugh at pa Give them all the ha ha Roll em girlies roll ‘em roll your own!
Harlem Renaissance – flowering of African American culture in the 1920’s
Examples: Countee Cullen – writer/poet
“Incident” by, Countee Cullen
Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a Baltimorean Keep looking straight at me.
Now I was eight and very small, And he was no whit bigger, And so I smiled, but he poked out His tongue, and called me, "Nigger."
I saw the whole of Baltimore From May until December; Of all the things that happened there That's all that I remember.
Examples: Langston Hughes – writer / poet
“Harlem” by, Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Harlem Renaissance – flowering of African American culture in the 1920’s
Examples: Zora Neale Hurston – writer / poet
“The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody to associate with me who does not wish me near them?”
- Zora Neale Hurston (1955)
Harlem Renaissance – flowering of African American culture in the 1920’s
Into Bondage (1936)
Examples: Aaron Douglas - painter
Harlem Renaissance – flowering of African American culture in the 1920’s
The Harlem Renaissance (2:53)
