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U.s. History: Books and Movies WebsiteU.s. History: Books and Movies Website
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Independence Hall Association
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5th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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U.s. History: Books and Movies

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A look at the literature and movies written and produced in the Jazz Age. See how the writers of the age reflected the consumer society and the emptiness of middle class. Movies appealed to mass culture and millions went to the movies every week.

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charlie chaplin, ernest hemingway, f. scott fitzgerald, t.s. eliot, literature

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emptiness of the middle class, lost generation, mass culture, morality in the movies, movie industry, ushistory.org, culture in the jazz age, eugene o'neill, hays office, independence hall association, mary pickford, mickey mouse, popular culture in the jazz age, rudolph valentino, sinclair lewis, excesses in the jazz age, literature in the jazz age, movies in the jazz age, playwrights in the jazz age, movies

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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