The Twenties were in another sense a reactionary decade—a reaction against Victorian ideas of morality that saw young men and women openly defy what their parents still viewed as proper behavior for relationships between the sexes. Young people went wild, in the eyes of some, though studies have suggested that there was more talk than action. It was also a rebellious age, in which women continued the process of breaking out of older social patterns as they had begun to do during World War I. They changed their dress styles, cut their hair short, smoked in public, and were not above taking a nip from a flask of Prohibition whiskey. Based on your reading and knowledge, what are some things you think we’ll be learning •PREDICT: about in this unit? LIST AT LEAST THREE PREDICTIONS BELOW: on the Reading: Fill in how the following changed during the 1920’s. LIST as many examples as you can find from the reading… Automobile Appliances What’s installment buying? The Roaring Twenties: AKA The Jazz Age
The Twenties were in another sense a reactionary decade—a reaction against Victorian ideas of morality that saw young men and women openly defy what their parents still viewed as proper behavior for relationships between the sexes. Young people went wild, in the eyes of some, though studies have suggested that there was more talk than action. It was also a rebellious age, in which women continued the process of breaking out of older social patterns as they had begun to do during World War I. They changed their dress styles, cut their hair short, smoked in public, and were not above taking a nip from a flask of Prohibition whiskey. •PREDICT: Based on your reading and knowledge, what are some things you think we’ll be learning about in this unit? LIST AT LEAST THREE PREDICTIONS BELOW: on the Reading: Fill in how the following changed during the 1920’s. LIST as many examples as you can find from the reading… Automobile Appliances What’s installment buying? The Roaring Twenties: AKA The Jazz Age
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