Airplane industry took off after WWI

Used to carry mail for the first time in 1918

Used to carry cargo

In 1927 Pan American Airways launched (get it?) the first transatlantic
passenger flights

Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh helped promote it

T/W/S What impact do you think this had on American culture?
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
T/W/S Imagine a world without cars.
What do you think it would be like?

By late 1920s 80% of the worlds cars were
registered in the US (1:5 people)

Changes that cars brought:

Paved roads (i.e. Route 66); garages attached to houses
Gas stations; traffic lights (first in 1920s)
Connected rural and urban areas
Gave people more independence
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
Assembly line - a series of workers and machines
in a factory by which a succession of identical items is
progressively assembled.

By making cars cheaper, Ford was able to control a
huge share of the market

He also made them more accessible to all Americans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4KrIMZpwCY

T/W/S What do you think was the impact of cheaper cars for all
Americans?
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
Cars allowed people to live far away from their jobs

Meant that cities began to spread in all directions
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
More and more Americans began to move to
cities
Culture radically different than life in a small
town.

T/W/S What do you think were some difference between the city and the
country?

City dwellers read and argued about current ideas
They judged by accomplishment , not by background
Allowed drinking, gambling, and casual dating

T/W/S Do you think these changes were good or bad? Please explain your
answer.
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
Americans owned about 40% of the worlds wealth
Average income rose from $522 to $705
T/W/S What would you spend your money on if you got a pay
raise?
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
Became easier to use electricity to power
Things

Began to use washing machines, electric irons, toasters (Hurray!
I love toast!), vacuum cleaners, and sewing machines

T/W/S How do you think these electrical appliances impacted
peoples daily lives?
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
T/W/S What are some of the ways
modern advertisements try to
appeal to us?

Psychologists hired for the first time
to study how to appeal to people

Say it with flowers doubled
florists business between 1912
and 1924
Used movie stars and advertising
tactics

(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
What advertising tactics are
evident in these posters?

What audience is this directed to?
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
T/W/S Based on this clip, how would you describe
flappers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svvCj4yhYc
The flapper was the 1920s ideal woman
Emaciated
Hair in bobs
Smoked, drank, talked about sex
There was a double standard however men were
allowed more freedom than women

(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?
Women did traditional work

T/W/S What jobs are traditionally associated with women?
Secretaries, teachers, nurses, librarians

Other women did non-traditional work such as flying airplanes, driving taxis
and drilling oil wells

Few however were managers and they were paid less than men

T/W/S What impact do you think this had on family structure?
(1.3.e) SWBAT evaluate
and assess the impact
of the automobile and
other consumer goods
on American life.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on the
following topic: The
Automobile and
Assembly Line

T-EQ: How did
consumerism impact
American culture in
the decade of the
1920s?

O-EQ: How did 1920s
post-war America
change socially,
politically, and
economically?