Postwar UncertaintyPostwar Uncertainty

Disillusionment and ProgressDisillusionment and Progress

Question 1Question 1

• The postwar period is one of loss and uncertainty but also one of invention, creativity, and new ideas.• How did changes in science and art

challenge deeply held beliefs?

• The postwar period is one of loss and uncertainty but also one of invention, creativity, and new ideas.• How did changes in science and art

challenge deeply held beliefs?

Changes in ScienceChanges in Science• Albert Einstein• The Absent-minded Professor

• Offers radically new ideas in field of physics

• Theory of Relativity• Idea that space and time are not constant• Makes the world seem more uncertain than

before

• Freudian Psychology

• Sigmund Freud• Austrian doctor with new ideas

about the mind• Claims that human behavior is not

based on reason• Id, ego, super-ego

• Albert Einstein• The Absent-minded Professor

• Offers radically new ideas in field of physics

• Theory of Relativity• Idea that space and time are not constant• Makes the world seem more uncertain than

before

• Freudian Psychology

• Sigmund Freud• Austrian doctor with new ideas

about the mind• Claims that human behavior is not

based on reason• Id, ego, super-ego

Changes in the ArtsChanges in the Arts

• Futurists• Futurism. Early 20th-century artistic movement

that centred in Italy and emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life in general. The most significant results of the movement were in the visual arts and poetry.

• Futurists• Futurism. Early 20th-century artistic movement

that centred in Italy and emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life in general. The most significant results of the movement were in the visual arts and poetry.

Modern concernsModern concerns

Cubism: transforms shapes into geometric

forms

Cubism: transforms shapes into geometric

forms

SurrealistsSurrealists

…and beyond……and beyond…

LiteratureLiterature

• Suffering caused by WWI leads many to doubt old beliefs

• Existentialists• Man has free will• Life is a series of choices creating stress• Few decisions are without any consequences• Some things are irrational or absurd, without explanation• If one makes a decision he or she must follow through• Fredrich Nietchze• http://www.iep.utm.edu/n/nihilism.htm#H3

• The “Lost Generation”• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Suffering caused by WWI leads many to doubt old beliefs

• Existentialists• Man has free will• Life is a series of choices creating stress• Few decisions are without any consequences• Some things are irrational or absurd, without explanation• If one makes a decision he or she must follow through• Fredrich Nietchze• http://www.iep.utm.edu/n/nihilism.htm#H3

• The “Lost Generation”• F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 2Question 2

• How do Jazz and the women’s movement demonstrate the individualism of the time?

• How do Jazz and the women’s movement demonstrate the individualism of the time?

JazzJazz

• Individual performance• New Orleans• Louis Armstrong

• St. Louis• New York• Duke Ellington

• Chicago

• Individual performance• New Orleans• Louis Armstrong

• St. Louis• New York• Duke Ellington

• Chicago

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Question 3Question 3

• How did changes in technology alter daily life?• The Automobile• The Airplane• The Radio• The Movies

• How did changes in technology alter daily life?• The Automobile• The Airplane• The Radio• The Movies

Automobile TravelAutomobile Travel

A Worldwide Depression

A Worldwide Depression

Chapter 15, section 2Chapter 15, section 2

Postwar EconomyPostwar Economy

• Germany• United States• Europe

• Germany• United States• Europe

Stock Market FailsStock Market Fails

• What is the stock market?• Worksheets on buying stocks• Simulation

• What is the stock market?• Worksheets on buying stocks• Simulation

DepressionDepression

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