Transcript American History Chapter 9: Life at the Turn of the

American History Chapter
9: Life at the Turn of the
Twentieth Century
II. New Forms of Entertainment
Bell Ringer
 What do you do for entertainment?
 Do you spend money on entertainment?
 What do you know about the history of
Baseball, Basketball, amusement parks,
going to movies?
 How long have they been popular?
Objectives
 Discover the new kinds of performances and
recreation that Americans enjoyed at the turn
of the century.
 Find out what people were reading for
education and entertainment.
 Learn how American music was changing.
A) Performances and Recreation
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vaudeville: type of inexpensive variety show
(1870s)
Comic sketches, humor, magic, jugglers ect
Nickelodeons – converted places to show movies –
nickel admission – most films silent
Circus train would make its yearly stop
Steeple chase, Ferris wheel and roller coaster in
amusement parks
Baseball leagues, football, and basketball – women
road bikes – led to more practical clothing
B) What people Were Reading
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As more people learned, more read for fun.
 Newspapers – entertainment
6) Yellow Journalism: sensational news
coverage – not always true
 Pulitzer and Hearst two of the worst
 Periodicals increased – Cosmopolitan
 Serious novels – Huck Finn – example of
local color – describes everyday people
very accurate
C) Musical Diversions
Negro Spirituals – African American folk
songs
7) Ragtime – melodies with shifting accents
over a steady, marching-band beat
 Jazz – came out of New Orleans – would
jazz up common songs – old hymns of
slave songs – called the blues – Chicago
 Player piano and phonograph – could listen
at home
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Review
 What new kinds of performances and
recreation did Americans enjoy at the turn of
the century?
 What were people reading for information and
entertainment?
 How was American music changing?