Interactive Lecture

Topic: Social Elements of the Roaring 20s

Subjects:

Women

Prohibition

Literature

Consumerism

Graphic Organizer:

Hook: If you could go back in time to the 1920’s and could take your entire wardrobe, how would you
be viewed by others?

Bridge: How would the changing styles that added to the definition of the flappers compare to the
style of dress of today’s modern teenagers?

Learning Style Questions:

Misconceptions of Social Elements in the Roaring 1920s

“Flappers were prostitutes.”

“Prohibition” – topics to include: 18th Amendment, organized crime, mobsters, speakeasies, “rum
runners”

“Literature”

Harlem Renaissance—was the center of African-American “intellectual” life in New York City.

Harlem Renaissance—championed racial pride.

Harlem Renaissance—gave rise to writers and poets such as Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, F.
Scott Fitzgerald and T.S. Eliot.

Harlem Renaissance—died out during the 1930s and rediscovered in the 1960s.

“Consumerism meant Americans had unlimited access to credit after inflation.”

 Mas t e ry Int e rp e rs o nal

Und e rs t and ing Se lf- Exp re s s ive

Question #1 – What role did Flappers play in the Roaring 1920s? How have gender roles changed (if at
all) in the 21st Century?

Question #2 – How would you feel if Prohibition were in effect today? (Consider traditional family
outings, birthday parties, weddings and all other social engagements)

Question #3 -

How did the Harlem Renaissance help improve the life of African-Americans?

Question #4

How does the “Buy Now, Pay Later” compare to the economic/credit crisis in America today?

Social Facts: 1920s