Electricity!

New Modern Appliances• Irons, washing

machines, vacuums, toasters…and more!

• Housework and cooking now much easier

The Telephone• Improved technology makes

telephone more available

• By 1928, over 1 million

Canadian homes had a phone

• 1927 – international lines make

overseas calls possible – very

expensive ($75 for 3 min)

Radio• Canadian Reginald Fessenden makes first radio broadcast in 1906

• 1923 - 10,000 radios in Canada

• 1931 - one in three homes had a radio

• Average 3-4 hours listening per day

Benefits:

• News for small towns

• Advertising

• Entertainment!Any drawbacks?

Jazz

• The African-American style of music known as “jazz” was born in the southern USA.

• During the 1920’s, it put down roots in northern cities such as Chicago and Toronto and developed a firm following among young whites.

• New dances reflected the pursuit of fun and excitement.

• The most famous dance craze was the Charleston – totally unlike anything seen beforebefore.

Video:The Jazz Age

DukeEllington

Oscar Peterson

Who are you listening to?

A Night Out!• Jazz nightclubs

• Dancing – the Charleston• Movie houses

– Marry Pickford (famous Canadian actress)

Entertainment

• Theatres – vaudeville, burlesque popular

• Nightclubs – jazz

• Dancing – tango, Charleston

• Movies

Hollywood

• Charlie Chaplin was known as the best comedian ever.

• Popular for his silent films.

• Harry Houdini was known as a famous magician.

• He performed many amazing magic tricks that left many people amazed.

“””The Jazz Singer”

• Each week up to 100,000,000 people, nearly eighty percent of the country's total population, went to the movies.

• “The Jazz Singer” was the first talking motion picture (1927).

• By 1929, the “talkies” were driving silent pictures off the screen.