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?