Socials 10
Tuesday, April 28th
Cheaters Berries
Bull session Bees Knees
Dogs High Hat
Drugstore Cowboy Hotsy Totsy
Dumb Dora Splifficated
Flat tire Giggle water
Hard boiled Stuck on
Applesauce Joint
Socials 10 - The Roaring 20’s
The Slang Game
Choose THREE of the following slang words from the 1920’s and make up a definition for them. Teams who are close to the correct definition win points!
Cheaters Berries
Bull session Bees Knees
Dogs High Hat
Drugstore Cowboy Hotsy Totsy
Dumb Dora Splifficated
Flat tire Giggle water
Hard boiled Stuck on
Applesauce Joint
The Dance Crazes of the 20s!
The Charleston!
The “Shimmy”
Economy was booming!
New industries were coming to Canada
Investing!
Other countries investing money into Canadian resources and industries
The U.S. was a major investor.
Stock market!
The stock market was rising, and more and more Canadians were taking part.
Tariffs
What are tariffs?
A tariff is a tax on imports/exports.
Why were there tariffs?
Tariffs were applied to US imports to protect Canadian manufacturing.
They are supposed to generate revenue for the government and protect domestic industry.
Winnipeg Falcons
A team of Icelandic-Canadian hockey players once rejected by their hometown league, won the very first gold medal in Olympic hockey in 1920.
Winnipeg Falcons - Heritage minute
Edmonton Grads
James Naismith himself called them “the finest basketball team that ever stepped out on a floor.” When the Edmonton Grads walked onto the basketball court between the years 1915 and 1940.
In their 25 year history, the Grads played 522 official games, and recorded a record of 502 wins and 20 loses
Edmonton grads - Heritage minute (2nd)
Movies
Most common form of entertainment
Reasonably priced tickets
Black and white, silent
1st colour scene was in 1925
1st “talkie” was in 1927; common by 1930
Musicals
Included singing and classical ballet
Lyric, modern dance, English
Plot is usually controversial
1st musical was 1927 Showboat
Cartoons
Used at the movies to warn that the feature was about to start
Gave you time to go to the snack bar
Any idea what cartoons they could be?
Jazz!
Emerged in the early 1900s among African-American musicians in New Orleans
Blends West African, African-American, European, and military musical expression
Aspects of Jazz
Some of the most common aspects of jazz are all in the way it’s sung.
This includes:
Can anyone name some artists of the 1920s?
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Bix Beiderbecke
On the other hand - Blues
Mamie Smith
Ma Rainey
Bessie Smith
Compare and Contrast: Jazz vs. Blues
Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong (1926)
Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith (1920)
Canadiana Scrapbook
Use the Canadiana Scrapbooks to discover what life was like for Canadians during the 1920’s.
Work with a partner.
Story of Us: Boom & Bust
At the Mercy of our Neighbours
1:36:03- 1:42
Tasks:
Next….Economic theories and the Winnipeg General Strike.