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Here are the notes from year 10 History class on Monday.

Famous composers and musicians included;
Louis Armstrong
Irving Berlin
George Gershwin
Duke Ellington
Jelly Roll Morton
Al Jolson

New dances

The Charleston
Popular in jazz clubs.
Vigorous and sexual
Believed to have originated with African Americans who lived near Charlestown in North Carolina.

Flappers

Flapper behaviour. The archetypal flapper;
Was a young women
Went out to clubs dancing at night.
Smoked cigarettes.
Rode bicycles and drove cars.
Drank alcohol openly.
Cut her hair “boyishly” and dyed it black.
The “bob” haircut was popular.
Didn’t wear corsets or pantaloons.
Dresses were straight and loose.
Arms were bare.
Waistline dropped to the hips.
Rayon stockings were held up with garter belts.
Skirt lines were sometimes almost up to the knee.
A round hat called a cloche.
Wore make up, previously worn only by actresses and prostitutes.

Famous actors included
Rudolph Valentino
Fatty Arbuckle
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Lon Chaney

“Big Five” sporting icons of the Roaring Twenties
Babe Ruth (baseball)
Jack Dempsey (boxing)
Red Grange (college football)
Bill Tilden (tennis)
Bobby Jones (golf)

Jack Dempsey
Heavyweight boxer
Held the title from 1919 – 1926
His record
83 Fights
62 Wins
50 KOs
6 Losses
9 Draws