The Roaring Twenties 4e

THE ROARING TWENTIES

What are the characteristics of the 1920s in the United States?

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LESSON 7

LESSON 3

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LESSON 9

LESSON 4

EVALUATION

THE ROARING TWENTIES

What are the characteristics of the 1920s in the United States?

Which are characteristics of the Roaring Twenties?

Wildlife

Dance

Boring

Classical music

Technology

Nightlife

Jazz music

Internet

Excitement

Poverty

Chicago

Prosperity

Unscramble the letters to find the music dirived from jazz

S / U / L / O

SOUL

GOSPEL

P / O / E / L / G / S

K / N / U / F

FUNK

H / I / P / P / O / H

HIP HOP

L / E / B / U / S

BLUES

LOOK AND DESCRIBE

Describe what you see

List the actions

• Dancing
• Drinking
• Playing music
• Chatting
• Laughing
• Serving
• Flirting

listen and complete

Listen and take notes

listen and complete

Drinking - Dancing - 1943 - Speakeasy - Lively - Nightlife - Archibald Motley - Colourful - 1920s - Painting

PAINTING

This is a __________ entitled ____________ it was painted by ______________ in ______________ and represents a nightclub in the __________ in the USA. It's a very _________ and _____________ painting which shows people _______________ and________________ in a __________________

NIGHTLIFE

ARCHIBALD MOTLEY

1943

1920S

COLOURFUL

LIVELY

DANCING

DRINKING

SPEAKEASY

listen and complete

And you? Would you like to go to a speakeasy?

PAINTING

This is a __________ entitled ____________ it was painted by ______________ in ______________ and represents a nightclub in the __________ in the USA. It's a very _________ and _____________ painting which shows people _______________ and________________ in a __________________

NIGHTLIFE

ARCHIBALD MOTLEY

1943

1920S

COLOURFUL

LIVELY

DANCING

DRINKING

SPEAKEASY

the prohibition

Read the text Find a title for each paragraph

prohibition

What was _________ and when did it start? 1) 2) 3) 4)

Bootleggers

Speakeasies

Organized crime

The end of prohibition

the prohibition

Read the text Answer the questions

Music in the 1920s

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, 1923

Describe the picture What style of music do you think they play?

Music in the 1920s

Trombonist

Trumpet player

Banjoist

Drummer

Pianist

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, 1923

with smoke

of entertainment

Listen and match the two parts of the expressions you hear

mad

Age

freedom

beer and liquor

of adventure

The Jazz

Thirst for

dance like

people drank

a form

a life

filled

ALCOHOL

POLICE

FORBIDDEN

JAZZ

Sort the words between entertainment and prohibition

ILLEGAL

NIGHTLIFE

DRANK

DANCE

ARRESTED

CABARETS

LAW

MONEY

SPEAKEASIES

BEER

SMOKE

DANGER

Entertainment

Prohibition

Answer the questions

What was prohibition ?

A national law forbidding the manufacture and the sale of alcohol

A show about the twenties

A synonym for exhibition

What is bootlegging ?

The illegal sale of jazz instruments

A jazz dance

The illegal production and sale of alcohol

What is a speakeasy ?

An instrument

Slang for a policeman

The places where people could buy alcohol

Imagine you live in Chicago in the 1920s. Describe an exciting night in your local speakeasy. Use these verbs or your own ideas:

WENT - DANCED - LISTENED - DRANK - ARRESTED - RAN - SPOKE - FLIRTED - BOUGHT

Look at these timelines : What do these artists have in common?

Exercise : complete the sentences use : who - where - in -in

He died in the city __________ he had moved ______ 1919. He was a cornet player_______ created the Dixies Syncopator _____ 1925

where

in

who

in

oBSERVE

Louis Armstrong married Lil Hardin, Louis Armstrong was a piano player. He went to Chicago. In Chicago, he played with Joe "King" Oliver. He played Jazz, Jazz was very popular.

who

Louis Armstrong married Lil Hardin, ____was a piano player. He went to Chicago _____ he played with Joe "King" Oliver. He played Jazz ____ was very popular.

where

which

Pronoms relatifs

Pour construire une proposition relative : J'utilise WHO pour un antécédent humain J'utilise WHICH pour un objet J'utilise WHERE quand c'est un lieu

the flappers

Look at the document

What do you think ? Is it surprising for the time ? Imagine women before the 1920s

Find your own definition for the term FLAPPER

the flappers

WEAR SHORT SKIRTS

VOTE

WEAR MAKE UP

HAVE SHORT HAIRCUTS

WORK

SMOKE

Before the 1920s women were NOT allowed to ...After the 1920s women were allowed to ...

EAST HARLEM

EAST HARLEM

The photograph, which was taken in the 1930s, represents an enlightened building with the name Cotton Club on it. The Cotton Club was probably a nightclub or a discotheque during the Jazz Age where mostly black people went to.

Identify clues on one of the photographs beside and complete the chart.

PHOTO N°

jacket - painting

T-shirt, holding a cigarette, smiling

Person's description (clothes and attitude)

white shirt, smiling, touching the sculpture

bookshelf, books, typewriter, painting, table, ashtray

painting, brush, palette Easel

sculpture

Objects I can see

She is a sculptress.

He is a writer.

He is a painter.

My conclusion

Look at the book cover and guess what this might be about.

Complete with your guesses

Place :

City, Harlem, nightclub, speakeasies

Time :

1920s, night

People :

Dancers, singers, black people, men, women.

Activities :

Parties, fight, laugh, smoke.

Listen and answer the questions

What's their jobs ?

Langston Hughes

was a poet

was a writer

Zora Neal Hurston

was a blues singer

Bessie Smith

Listen. What was Harlem like at that time?

Harlem was the "negro capital of the world" A city within a city. There were bootleggers and racketeers but there were many artists (dancers, musicians, writers etc...)

According to the expert, what was the purpose of those artists?

They used art to show society that black artist could perform in several areas of culture, not just music

Bonus activities

Sort words connected to poetry from words connected to painting. Which art form do the other words connect to?

Identify the document

poem

It may be a _______ because there are repetitions, short sentences and a lot of alliterations. Moreover, it was ________ by Langston Hughes who was a famous Harlem Renaissance _______.

written

poet

1. Find the line in the poem with a similar meaning

Moving forwards and backwards, while singing gently.

Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon.

In a soft light.

By the pale dull palor of an old gas light

Touching the white piano keys with black fingers

With his ebony hands on each ivory key

Moving from side to side on an old chair.

Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool

Identify the document

poem

It may be a _______ because there are repetitions, short sentences and a lot of alliterations. Moreover, it was ________ by Langston Hughes who was a famous Harlem Renaissance _______.

written

poet

2. Match the words associated with blues music to their definition

DROWSY

MELLOW

MOAN

CROON

SWAY

Something smooth, soft

MELLOW

Make a low loud sound expressing suffering

MOAN

Sleepy

DROWSY

CROON

Sing softly

SWAY

Move from side to side

VERBE

Dans une structure causative le sujet du ______________ conjugué n'est pas le sujet de ______________ .

L'ACTION

EXERCISE : You're the boss ! Make people do things -- I made ... do ...(5)

organized crime

Look at the document What do you know about him?