Popular Culture and Traditional Values

Terrence watching modern day jazz music, a pastime that dates back to the 1920s

As Terrence and Martina begin exploring the 1920s, they notice how Americans coming out of the Great War started questioning traditional values. New ideas, styles, and customs began to replace old ways of life; and new rules would forever change the course of history.

Essential Question

• How did popular culture such as radio, magazines, newspapers, and movies encourage challenges to traditional American values in the 1920s?