Block 1 class' collaborative powerpoint on social and cultural change in the 1920s.

1. LIFE IN THE ROARING 2OS
. Fun and Recreation 11. Canadian Cities in Photos
. Travel: The Holiday! 12. Literature of the 1920s
. Women’s Role 13. Arrival of the Automobile!!
. Fashion – yowza! 14. Electricity/Household Technology
. Jazz changes everything 15. The Wondrous Telephone
. Dance, dance, dance! 16. Miracles of Medicine

2.  Night clubs and Speakeasies (underground
places where alcohol and gambeling were
available)
 The cinema became popular
 Crossword puzzles
 Dancing (Charleston)
 Jazz and dance Halls
Fun/ Recreation

3.  Flappers (young women who were looking to
have fun)
 Glamour (dressing up and wearing make-up)
 Radio
 Cars
Fun/ Recreation

4.  Banned alcohol
 Grain used to produce alcohol and money used
to buy alcohol could be used to feed families
 Resulted in the crime rate dropping, and
workers taking paychecks home
 Eventually it became clear that it was
impossible to enforce prohibition
 The government was loosing millions in taxes
and sales
Prohibition

5.  Dating did not need any conformation of
commitment from either side
 There were no chaperones on dates
 Couples were now allowed to go out rather
then the man coming to the woman's house
Courtship

6.  This allowed the couple to get to know each
other better before settling into an exclusive
relationship
 Relationships became more focused on finding
the “ideal mate”
Courtship

8. Soldiers returning home from World War I
expected to find good jobs instead they were
faced with unemployment, rising prices and
strikes. Significant changes were also taking
place such as the new role of women,
prohibition (the ban on liquor) and
urbanization.

9. In 1920 the economy, that was in a bad
place before, turn around and gradually
more people could afford luxuries such
as automobiles, radios and travels.
People who did not have enough
money to travel before start to have.
And travel in holidays become a great
entertainment .

10. People start to go to hotels like The Fairmont Banff Springs, that
exist since 1886. They had to get there by train because was not
a common thing to have a car.

11. By earning the right to vote in 1920
women made their biggest step in being
accepted as equal members of society.
This freedom changed women’s attitude
totally.
They changed their fashion, started
drinking alcohol, smoking and dancing a
new type of dance called “Swing”.

12. •Towards their
independence,
women started to study,
work and to earn their own
money.

13. The role of women as housewives changed
dramatically.
Especially after the war women
came to the conclusion that there
had to be more in life than just
looking after the children and
the house.
This new type of women have no plans in their lifes
and they can afford to wait that life happens to
them.

14. The average
age for
marriage in
1920,
according to
the US
Census, was
21.2 for
women and
24.6 for men.

15. Fashion before the 1920’s
 Before the 1920s- relaxed
strict dress code
 1914- skirts ending at the
ankle
 1915- skirts ending at shin
length

16. 1920’s Fashion
 Women now had the right to vote.
 Women had abandoned the more
restricting fashion.
 Men had abandoned the highly formal
daily attire.

17. “Flapper”
 The Flapper, not only a name of a dress,
but also the name for the trendy young
women of the day.
 Simple, adventurous, and much more
aligned with the freedom that the men
were so used to.

18.  Originated from music
from both European and
African
 Began in the 1910’s in
New Orleans
 Streamed into many sub
genres( Traditional,
Bebop, Dixieland and Big
band) as well as
influencing most popular
music

19.  Jazz musicians were
know for there
improvisational skills
 Went against most
traditional music
 Commonly used in
new dances such as
the Charleston and the
Shimmy

20.  First emerged in Canada in
1917 with the help of radio
 Was widely accessible to all
 Became very popular with
youth
 Shocked the older
generation who preferred
classical music
 Became a symbol of the
roaring twenties ( which was
also called the jazz age)

21.  Had a huge impact of
Canadian society with the
help of radio
 Credited with helping to
create the sprit of
rebelling against the older
generation
 Inspired many musicians
and help introduce black
culture into Canada

22. Dance in 1920’s
Young people introduced their own fashion styles and so
the "flapper" and "sheik" came into existence. Young
women with short bobbed hairstyles, close fitting hats
and short skirts were referred to as flappers, and young
men with ukeleles, racoon coats and bell-bottom trousers
were called "sheiks".

23. Changes in the dance
- Freed from the restrictions of tight
corsets and the large puffed sleeves
and long skirts that characterized
dress during the late Victorian era, a
new generation of dancers was
swaying, hugging, and grinding to
the new rhythms in dances.
-woman start to participate of the
dances at the entertainment
houses. They also started to dance
without a men.

24. Dance in the society
Young people wanted to change the way of live.
People who lives in the cities started to make the
difference in the dance and live style.
Happier, faster and wilder way to live.
Woman introduce a new way to wear (flappers),
to dance and to live.

25. Ralation with the war
After the war, woman were in a
differrent way ralation with the
society and they started to
participate in the same way as
the mens in dance and they also
started to wear like a man.
Young people wanted to change
the lifestyle of the new
generation.

26. •In the 20s there was a huge movement of landscape
artists in Canada. And the impact it had on Canada was
huge.
•There was also the surrealism movement happing in
France.
Danielle Cavelti

27. GROUP OF SEVEN
The Group were not just landscape painters, and did not only work
in oils (though it was a popular medium in the 20s) it was only after
their first exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto in 1920 that they
began to state themselves as a landscape school.
lexander rancis Hans
ranklin awren
Young Johnston
Carmichae Stewart
Jackson (oils)
Harris (oils) (oils)
oils) ames Edward
rthur Lismer rederick
Hervey
MacDonald Horsman
oils) Varley (oils)
oils)

28. • Two artists that were also a huge part of the group are Tom
Thomson and Emily Carr even though Thomson passed
away before its official formation.
• The group stated in 1917 and rejoined after the war had
ended.
• Emily Carr was never actually an official member.
• The group of seven came together because art in Canada
was crumbling. After WW1 many movements started in
Europe as well; like surrealism movement in France
• This was the first major Canadian national art movement.
The Group was succeeded by the ‘Canadian Group of
Painters’ in the 1930s, which did include female members.

29. EMILY CARR
Emily Carr was a huge
inspiration in the 20s , as
well as being a painter she
was also a writer.

30. •Emily Carr has numerous school detected to her as well
as an art and design school.
•The movement in Europe shaped a lot of great artists to
come, as well as questioned the boundaries of art in its
time.
•The group of seven had finally brought light to art in
Canada and it would remain that way.
HOW HAS IT EFFECTED US
TODAY?

31. Filmmaking Giants Major film making companies were founded in the
early ’20s such as MGM, Warner Brothers, and Columbia pictures.
America was the leading producer of films in the world.
At the beginning of the decade, Dinosaurs make their first
films were silent and colorless. appearance in cinema screens in
In 1922, the first all-color the film The Lost World on 1925.
feature, The Toll of the Sea, was
released.
1926: Warner Bros. released Don
In Canada the fare of a ticket was Juan, the first feature with sound
twenty five cents in 1924. effects and music.

32. 1927: Warner released The Jazz 1929: The Academy of Arts and
Singer, the first sound feature to Sciences held the first ceremony
include limited talking of the Oscars.
sequences.
Cartoon Shorts were popular in
In 1928, The first sound cartoon, movie theaters during this time.
Dinner Time.
The late 1920s saw the
emergence of Walt Disney.
Mickey Mouse made his debut
on November 18, 1928.
For the first time they use a
trailer with sound to announce
the film Tenderloin.

35. Urbanization
• Canadians becoming
more socialistic
• Many wanted to indulge
in prosperity while it
lasted
• Land no longer offered at
low prices
• Soldiers returning home
searched for
opportunities and jobs
• Praries were less
Overhead view of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Est. 1920s.
profitable

36. • Praries now less profitable
– Rising freight rates
– Tariffs
– High machinery costs
Grand Prarie, AB
• New machinery available
– Opened new jobs working to manufacture machines
– Fewer hands required to manage farms

37. • Vancouver and
Victoria
– Major trading
ports
• Panama
Canal
– Prominent Above: Vancouver’s Allen Theatre
entertainmen
t cities
– Many jobs
available
Pacific National Exhibit (PNE)

38. -No huge changes were made.
-Traditional outside, modern underneath.
-Marked the revival of Romantic Chateau- Style Hotels.
-Lower Class Homes were still Californian Bungalows.
-Not a lot of impact on Canadian society.

39. Banff Springs Hotel
Traditional Californian Bungalow

40. City Hall and Carnegie Library,
Vancouver, B.C

41. The Jones house on 37th Ave & Olsen St Vancouver, BC. Built the end of
1929. We moved in on beginning of January 1930.

42. Lone Butte's wooden water tower beside the railway track is
one of the last existing structures of its kind in BC, built in 1920
to service the steam locomotives of the Pacific Great Eastern
Railway

44. Victoria, B.C

45. The Empress Hotel

46. Automobiles
Assembly line invented in
1918 by Henry Ford.
He revolutionized the
business so that not just
rich people could afford
cars.
Population in cars
increased from 300,000 in
1918 to over 2 million in
1920.

47. Impact on Canada
Before cars the only
method of transportation
was horse and train.
Gave people a chance to
live where they wanted and
move around freely.
Impacted the design of
houses, buildings, and
other infrastructure.

48. Leisure
Created the “Road Trip”
and picnic which allowed
more Canadians to enjoy
life.
Provided a new form of
entertainment with
automobile racing.

49. Problems associated with Automobiles
Created noise and
pollution across Canada.
Created traffic jams, motor
accidents, and pedestrians
getting killed.
Cars were targets for
thieves

50. ELECTRICITY IN THE
1920S

51. WHO HAD ACCESS TO IT?
 In the 1920s around 800’000 –
1,000,00 had access to electricity
in Canada (around 10-15%)
 Only common in urban places like
cities

52. WHO DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS?
 Many farmers didn’t have access
for many years as it was too
expense to build power lines to
rural areas

53. WHAT DID IT CREATE?
 In the 1920s it caused many new
inventions to arise such as porch
lights, dish washers, ovens, sewing
machines, refrigerators and
vacuums.

54. SO WHAT?
 Because of the great advances in
electricity in the 1920s it allowed
for many great inventions that we
still use to this very day.

55. Household Appliances
-Made work less
labour intensive
-Many were invented
after electricity
was introduced
-Many families could
not afford them

56. Refrigerator and vacuum cleaner
•Huge advances in human technology
•Labour savers
•Affordable for the majority of citizens

57. Washing machine
- Washing machines washed and wrung many
different clothing articles
-Used to customized rolling pins to squeeze
the water out of the clothing

58. Electric Iron
-Erases creases in clothing such as pants,
shirts, socks and under garments
-The electric iron used steam and had to be
constant refilled

59. Advertisement
•Advertising came
of age during this
era to sell the
goods that bustling
factories were
producing.

60. -New inventions created a false social belief of
women
-Expected high standards of cleanliness

61. Quick Facts
 Invented by Alexander Graham
First Dial Telephone
Bell in Branford, Ontario, 1876.
 First telephones invented were very noisy
and difficult to use.
 Dial telephones were introduced in 1924 in
Toronto
 3 years later a combined handset with
mouthpiece and earphone on the same unit
was invented

62. Bringing Canada together

63. Different in the 1920s
 Time when the telephones really became
popular.
 New versions of the telephone were
beginning to be invented.

64. of the
Authors of the
20’s period struggled to
Books That Define the understand the
Period changes occurring in
The New Negro by Alain Locke - A society.
hopeful look at the negro in
America
While some writers
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott praised the changes
Fitzgerald - The American dream
that anyone can achieve anything others expressed
disappointment in
The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot - The
the passing
ultimate indictment of the
modern world's loss of personal,
of the old ways.
moral, and spiritual values.

65. of the
20’s Mazo de la Roche - She wrote 23 novels, more than 50 short
stories, 13 plays and many other works. Her most famous
book, being Jalna, sold 9 million copies in 193 English- and
Author’s of the time: 92 foreign-language editions.
Stephen Leacock - a humorist She is considered one of Canada’s best writers of the 1920’s
writer. Sunshine Sketches of a and was one of the most famous female writers of the age.
Little Town, Arcadian Adventures
With the Idle Rich is one of his
more notable titles.
Morley Callaghan - a Canadian
novelist, short story writer,
playwright, and radio personality.
He wrote The Loved and the Lost.
Leslie McFarlane, aka Franklin W.
Dixson – wrote the original Hardy
Boys, after he passed away his
series was picked up by ghost
writers.

66. of the
The 1920’s were times
20’s of literary creativity.
All of a sudden
literature took off at a
grand scale. With town
sizes increasing getting Books, such as Lady
and reading books was
easier than it has been
Chatterley’s Lover and
in the previous century. All Quiet on the Western
Front, opened gateways
New idea’s were easily
spread! for new authors to
experiment with their
own styles and genres.

67. Medicine in the 1920s
• In 1921, Insulin was first isolated and ready for human
treatment by early 1922.
• In 1928, Alexander Fleming came across a mold by
accident that eventually became Penicillin – the world’s
first antibiotic.
• In 1922, two American scientists discovered Vitamin E.
• In 1923, an immunization for Diphtheria
was invented. Within a year, a vaccine
against TB would also exist.

68. Insulin
• Diabetes had been a deadly condition prior
to the discovery and use of Insulin.
• Conducting a series of experiments with
minimum equipment and ten dogs, Dr.
Frederik Banting and Charles Best were able
to isolate Insulin produced by the pancreas.
• A chronic condition became manageable –
diabetes patients with only days to live could
suddenly lead a nearly normal life.

69. Penicillin
• Returning from vacation, Alexander Fleming
came across a mold that was growing on an old
Petri dish. The mold seemed to have eliminated
some of the Staphylococcus aureus that had been
growing in the dish.
• This hope of an antibiotic would be taken up by Howard Florey and Ernest
Chain, who eventually isolated the antibacterial element in a usable form.
• Penicillin was the world’s first antibiotic, having the ability to treat
diseases such as diphtheria, gangrene, pneumonia, syphilis and
tuberculosis – as well as bacterial infections.

70. Impact on Society
• As of 2008, approximately 2.4 million Canadians
live with diabetes.
• Prior to the discovery of Insulin, diabetic children
rarely lived for longer than a year after diagnosis,
while adults lasted for a few years before death.
• Although not a cure, the use of Insulin was a medical breakthrough that
had a huge impact on Canadian society.
• Similarly, before antibiotics, a small cut or graze could become infected
and kill its owner. More serious conditions caused by bacteria such as
tuberculosis and pneumonia were even more deadly.
• Although it took over a decade for mass production to occur, Penicillin
eventually became available to humanity as a source of great relief.
• Considering its role in World War II and its overall effects in Canada,
Penicillin was also a breakthrough that had a huge impact on Canadian
society.

71. Royal Canadian Air Force.
• The Canadian Air Force was
established in 1920 as the
successor to the short lived two
squadron air force formed during
WWI
• At the beginning it was managed
by the Air Board and focused on
civilian operations such as
forestry and surveying.
• In 1923 the Air Board came
apart of the Department of
National Defence and one year
later was granted the title Royal
Canadian Air Force.

72. Royal Canadian Navy
 After WWI the Canadian Navy started
building a fleet
 Although the Canadian Navy had its
own ships, its first warship specifically
designed for the RCN was
commissioned in 1932.
 At the outbreak of WWII the RCN had
11 combat vessels, 145 officers and
1,674 men.

73. Canadian Army
 In 1920 the Canadian Militia was
reorganized
 in 1920 the pre-war regiments were
all renamed, several organizational
corps were created mirroring corps
in the British Army, and new ones
like the Canadian Machine Gun
Corps or CMGC

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75. AVIATION
After World War 1 many pilots came back
and used their skills to show off for people at
fairs as well as charging small fee’s to take
people for rides.
Since WW1 quickened the growth of
airplanes, by the end of the war their were
much more reliable aircraft. These could be
used to transport cargo (mail), or
passengers. As their were advancement in
aircraft daring men and women could go out
to set new records for speed and distance.
In 1927 the first “airport” was designated in
Dearborn Michigan. By 1929 there were a
few hub ports, with comfortable waiting
areas and terminals.

76. AVIATION
Planes still had competition by the
means of zeppelins. Airships were
used at the same time as planes
and also had a much greater load
capacity. They became reliable
means of flight that could
transport many people and
supplies. The age of airships
ended in 1937 with the
Hindenburg disaster.

77. AVIATION
Pilots in the 20’s were treated
like superstars. People were
captivated by these flying
machines and huge crowds would
turn out to greet pilots after their
flight. Huge street parades would
even be held in their honor, and
whole cities would come out to
celebrate.
The majority of all pilots in the
20’s came from the war and used
their training from the army to fly
commercial planes.

78. So… Why do they call them the ‘roaring’
20s?
n what ways did society, culture, technology and the economy
“roar”??? Make a list together and discuss.
hinking of what you’ve seen here and your readings, who do you
think ‘missed’ the roar of the 20s? Look at your roar list to help you
think about the question… then discuss.
hat do you think are the three most important changes of the 1920s?
Brainstorm. Choose 3. Be prepared to defend your choices.

79. THIS ROARING PRESENTATION
reated by the brilliant students of:
SS11 Class, Block 1, 2012, Oak Bay High.