Reading and Note Taking Study Guide - FCPS
World War I and the 1920sLesson 7 The Roaring Twenties Key Terms Charlie ChaplinThe Jazz SingerBabe RuthCharles LindberghflapperSigmund FreudLost GenerationF. Scott FitzgeraldErnest HemingwayAcademic Vocabularydrudgery: boring, difficult, and unpleasant workembark: to begin a journeyprosperity: the state of being successful, usually by making a lot of moneypsychologist: scientist who studies the human mind and the process of thought and emotionsociological: having to do with the study of human society and societal relationssuppress: to not allow yourself to feel or be affected by an emotionLesson ObjectivesDescribe how increased leisure time and technological innovations led to a widespread shared popular culture in the 1920s. Analyze the changing role of women in the 1920s.Describe how the concept of modernism shown in art and literature reflected postwar disillusionment.Popular U.S. Culture in the 1920s: Text1. Vocabulary: Use Context Clues What is disposable income? Explain how disposable income changed American culture during the 1920s. 2.Identify Cause and Effect During the 1920s, Americans had more time and money. Explain the causes that led to this effect. 3.Summarize Why were silent films so successful during the 1920s? Give at least two reasons. American Role Models: Text4. Draw Conclusions Americans were obsessed with heroes like Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh in the 1920s. Why did both men appeal to Americans at the time? 5. Identify Supporting Details Give at least two examples of how technological innovations during the 1920s have become important in modern American life. Use examples from any text in this topic. The Role of Women Changes: Text6.Draw Inferences The text argues that flappers in the 1920s were symbolic. What did flappers symbolize? 7.Cite Evidence? What was the most important advance in women’s rights in the 1920s? Explain and support your answer with evidence from the text. Social Issues Are Reflected in Art and Literature: Text8.Determine Author’s Point of View? Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What point did Fitzgerald want to make through his descriptions of Gatsby and his parties? 9.Paraphrase? Explain what Hemingway meant when he discussed the stockyards of Chicago in the quote from Farewell to Arms in “Social Issues Are Reflected in Art and Literature.” pare and Contrast? Explain at least three ways urban American life differed from rural American life during the 1920s. You may use examples from any of the texts in this topic. ................
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