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Vocabulary Journal
Leisure Time: Time spent away from work (free time)
Disposable Income: Money left over after all your needs are met
A Changing CultureThe Rise of the Middle Class
Goal
Describe what the new middle class in America did with their leisure time and disposable income
Leisure Time
What do you do with your leisure time and disposable income?
Increased Leisure Time + Disposable Income=Many New Opportunities for Americans at the Turn of the Century
Education
In 1865, the average American only had 4 years of education
How would your life be different if you only attended 4 years of school?
Education
By 1914, Education was compulsory
Why would the government require education?
GREEN RD. SCHOOL, S. EUCLID OH
Education
More people start to attend college
What will you major in when you go to college?
OHIO STATE UNIV, 1907
Education
Electives provide a wide range of opportunities for men and women
Bowling Industry Management (Indiana)
Winemaking (Cornell)
Sports Ministry
Canadian Studies
Art therapy
Golf Course Mgmt
Comic Book ArtWHAT IMPACT WILL WOMEN
HAVE?
A Nation of Readers
Authors write about “real” topics of the time
Why do you watch reality TV?
A Nation of Readers
Newspapers
Dime Novels
Magazines
Yellow Journalism
Publishers exaggerate stories and stretch the truth
Why?
JOSEPH PULITZER WILLIAM RANDOLPH HURST
Disposable Income
How does the middle class today show they have money?
Elaborate Homes
Victorian Architecture
Huge turrets, towers and porches
1860’s-1920’s EUCLID AVE, CLEVELAND OH
Elaborate Homes
Victorian Architecture
How is the interior different from your home?
Consumerism
Spending money on material items
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Attend Sporting Events
BaseballGolfCroquetTennisFootballBasketballBicyclingBoxing
1906 WORLD SERIESCUBS VS WHITE SOX
Going to Plays and Movies
Vaudeville Plays
Silent Films
Circus
Amusement Parks
1895-1969
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WTT- Select One
What leisure time activities would exist today if the US had never industrialized?
How has yellow journalism influenced the way the media covers stories today?