Weapons in the 1920's compared to modern weapons.

Since the 1920's, there have been a significant amount of advances in the world of firearms. For example on a baionette used by today's military, it's basically a survival knife with a hole on one of the hand-guards for the barrel of the rifle. On the earlier baionette's it was a metal ring with a blade on one section. the baionette was often placed over and behind the iron sites of the rifle. 


The benefits of today's baionette's compared to antique baionette's is the handle which allowed a soldier to use his baionette as a SOG knife and it only takes seconds to remove.  Compared to a baionette which was often required up to 45 seconds to remove from a gun.

Bolt-action rifle

Pre-WWII baionette

Another advance that has happened since the 1920's is the rate of fire on a common rifle. In the 1920's many guns in Canada were still muzzle-loading guns when there were better guns available like bolt action rifles and even some semi-automatic weapons. Most of which were not available in Canada.


-JONATHAN

Muzzle-loader rifle (Flint-lock)

Modern baionette

Food in the 1920`s

Food has not changed a lot since then to now but you can tell that the recipe has certainly changed a lot. Take bread for an example the recipe is still probably the same but the technology that the companies use to make it is a lot different, because if you looked at the way the people back then had to make their food till now you can shurley tell that has changed a lot. Another example would be how they used to make butter. back then they would have to make butter by hand in a big barell and now they can just put there ingredients into the machine and then out come the butter that's in your fridge today. Although quite a few people now still use the recipes from back then because the recipe could have been in their family for generations.



Old fashion butter churrn






Chris



Slang of the 1920s

        Slang in the 1920s was drastically different from modern day slang.  For example, when somebody today would say, "that's awesome" somebody in the 1920s would say it's the "bee's knees" or it's the "cat's meow."  If somebody in the 1920s were going to kill somebody, they would "bump them off."  In the 1920s, you might drive a "breezer," or a convertible.  You would also wear shoes on your "dogs," or feet.  "Don't take any wooden nickels" means not to do anything stupid.  Money was called "Jack" or "dough."  If you were "on the lam," you would be running away from the police.  If somebody asked, "What's eating you?" they want to know what's wrong.  If you have a "beef" with somebody, then you have a problem with them.

Noah

Prime Minister of the 1930`s

The Prime Minister of Canada  from 1930-1935 was Richard Bedford Bennett from the Conservative party. Some of his achievements in office were leadership of Canada through the Great Depression, the creation of both the Bank of Canada and the Canadian Wheat Board in 1935 and more.  . He first sat in the Parliament building in 1911, before he was in politics he was a Lawyer. Richard Bedford Bennett was born on July 3rd 1870 in Hopewell, New Brunswick and died on June 26th 1947 in Mickleham, Surrey (England.) Bennett was the only Prime Minister that was not buried in Canada.



Sources: Information and Picture.

Taylor

Movies in the 1920s

        During the 1920s, movies were quite popular.  At first, they had no sound, but in 1926, a movie called Don Juan was released, and it was the first movie to have a soundtrack.  Later, a movie called The Jazz Singer was released, and it was the first movie to contain voice, but the movie only partially had voices.  In the year of 1928, the first all talking film was released, Lights of New York.  Finally, in 1929, the first movie to be fully in colour and feature full voices was released.  It was called On With the Show.  In 1927, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, that is most famous for The Academy Awards, was formed.

The Jazz Singer, the first movie to contain voice.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s#Film
Noah

1920's music

During the 1920's the world of music Canadian and American was dominated by one specific type of music......jazz. While jazz was the dominant brand of music there was many varieties of jazz like: ballroom jazz, generic jazz and rock/jazz.

some of thee most famous jazz singers like Louis Armstrong and duke Ellington began there musical Carrier in the 1920's.

although jazz was a very popular type of music the 1920's was a very popular time for the BIG BANDS.

Glenn Miller

a big band was basically a mini version of a grand orchestra but some times had singers. some famous BIG BAND singers were Glenn Miller,Tommy Dorsey and Henry Mancini.

Jonathan

Duke Ellington

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Tommy Dorsey

Cars in the 1920's

Cars in the 1920's are a lot different from then to now. If you would have looked at a normal car from then to a normal car now the you would see that their is a really big difference. Throughout the 1920's, automobiles had become a huge thing. Cars back then started to become in demand, so the Ford and other companies had to start pushing out their assembly lines. One of the cars that were pretty popular back then was the Model T. The reason the car started to become so popular is because each year the price would start to drop. So that would be the car you would probably see driving around back then. The 1923 GM model was pretty popular back the as well. This model sold over 800 thousand vehicles in this time, and they also made over 80 billion dollars.Once Ford found out that the 1923 GM model was taking in so much money, they had to try and find out how to reduce the cost, so that's when they found out how to put interchangeable parts on their cars. When the cars were being built they only had certain workers do certain things, because they only trained them for it. By 1921, the Model T was only 310 dollars. There were over 40 companies making cars by 1929. You would think that in the 1920's you could go and get any colour of car you would want like now, but a fact is that most of the cars back then were painted mostly in darker colour's.




Chris

1920's car information
Car information
Model T








This is the Model T back then.



This is the new Ford car









How technology changed number 2.

The Electric Sewing Machine .
      

The first operational sewing machine was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy  Thimonnier . This was invented in 1830, this machine used only one thread and a hooked needle that made the same stitch used with embroidery.

The upwright toaster

The first electric toaster was invented in 1893 in Great Britain by Crompton and Co. The toaster was then re-invented in 1909 in the United States. It only toasted one side of the bread at a time and it required a person to stand by and turn it off manually when the toast looked done. Charles Strite invented the modern timer, pop-up toaster in 1919.

The Iron

The first Iron was first invented in France in 1880. This was invented by Henry .w

The Washing machine

    Sources:

Upright electric toaster.

Electric Iron.

Washing machine

The earliest washing "machine" was the scrub board invented in 1797. American, James King patented the first washing machine to use a drum in 1851, the drum made the scrub board resemble a modern machine, however they both were hand powered.

By: Heidi and Taylor.

How Technology Changed.

A Chart of how the prices of technology changed.

            Item                                     1920`s                2011

 Electric Sewing Machine                  $45.00               $179.99             

Upright Electric Toaster                    $3.75                 $30-40.00

Washer                                            $3.50                 $35-40.00

Iron                                                 $98.00               $500-2000.00    

As you can see, the prices of technology have increased rapidly, as well as the designs.

               

     

              

   

1920`s Electric sewing machine.     

           



2011 Electric Sewing Machine.



1920`s Upright Electric Toaster.

2011 toaster.

1920`s Iron

2011 Iron

1920`s Washer.

2011 Washer.

By: Taylor and Heidi.

Population During the Great Depression

        The population was greatly affected by the Great Depression.  The population growth was very low, it was actully lower than the population growth of 1880.  In 1935, the number of immigrants coming to Canada was less than 12,000, while approximately 169,000 immigrants came in 1929.  Roughly 30,000 immigrants ended up leaving Canada and returning to their original country due to unemployment and illness.  There were less than 2,000 deportations in 1929, but during three years' time, this number increased to 7,600.  The birth rate also fell dramatically.  In 1930, there was a 1.31% live birth rate.  In 1937, the live birth rate fell to 0.97%.

Child protesters during the Great Depression


Image Source: http://factoidz.com/images/user/jobs-1.jpg
Fact Source: http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/canadianhistory/depression/depression.html



Noah

Women sports in the 1920's

In the 1920’s the name for sports was ”the golden age of sports” for the women in Canada. The women decided that they would have to start their own clubs and groups instead of the male only policies. A lot of female athletes were noticed during this time. Once they got a lot better, the arenas were jammed packed with spectators. This professional team won 502 games and only lost 20 games in their whole season. The women had to play with the men's rules for their games. The women's team has gotten a compliment from the man who invented basketball, Dr. James Naismith.

Canada's women's team

Edmonton grads team

Chris

Basketball in the 1920's

Basketball was a lot different back in the 1920's until now. The man who invented the basketball was Dr.James Naismith. He was the guy who invented the basketball and was known for it ever since and is still known for it now. Once the basketball was invented  the only real league was a men's league. That was change in the 1920's by women when they started to make up there own club's and team. After they practiced a lot, they ended up being the best team in the women's league beside's the Edmonton Grads. So once you think about it, basketball has really changed through out the years.








 Basketball team's





Chris



The Summer Olympics in the 1920's

The first summer Olympics were after WWI and they were opened in Belgium only 18 months after the Armistice. This set of Olympics was the first summer Olympics that they would release pigeons at the opening ceremonies. Also that’s when they put the interlocking rings to represent the Olympic oath. The five rings represent five different continents and those continents are Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the North America and South America.



100 meter hurtle



Some of the sports in this Olympics were; 400 meters swimming, middle weightboxing, bantam weight boxing, 100 meter hurdel and ice hockey. During the summer Olympics Canada's ice hockey team came out with a 15-0 win against Czechoslovakia. They also bet the United States twice which gave them the gold medal in ice hockey around the 1920's. Ice hockey was put into the winter olympics later on  in 1924.

                                                                             Olympics

                                                                             Olympic rings
Chris                       

Great Depression Economy

                The Great Depression is one of the worst things that have happened to Canada.  It began in 1929, soon after Canada switched from a primary industry based nation to a manufacturing based nation, and lasted until 1939.  The 1920s were a time of good economy, which made the Depression a significant event.  By 1932, production had dropped to 58% of its 1929 amount, and by 1933 30% of the labour force was out of work.  Canada’s national income was only 55% of the pre-depression level.  In 1933, there was a 27% unemployment rate.

A line for food during the Great Depression on Yonge Street, Toronto.

Noah

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression_in_Canada

The Mob

Tony Frank

 In the 1920's the underworld of Canada was dominated by two major mob families from Italy. Some of the most respected members of the mob group operated out of Montreal, Quebec. One of the popular mob locations was ST.Laurent Street. 


The Montreal crime family consisted of mostly Italian members who were from various parts of Italy. The leader of the family for a strong majority of its time in operation was Tony Frank. Frank was not a more intimidating individual than any other mobster but he was the first Canadian mobster with a mob of less than 150 members to begin use of a "Street Tax." A street tax was a tax which Frank placed on other mobsters, who were not members of his mob who wished to operate in his territory.


-Jonathan


info from http://realdealmafia.com/

Mens and Womens Fashion in the 1920`s.

What men wore during the 1920`s is short suited jackets and the old long jackets (also known as tail coats) worn for formal occasions. In the early 1920`s they wore high waisted jackets that were often worn with belts and lapels on suit jackets werent wide because they were buttoned up high. Trousers were narrow , never tappered and short so the mans socks would show and they began to be worn cuffed at the bottom. In 1925 fashion changed and trousers (Oxford Bags) were now being worn, and suit jackets were normal waisted and lapels became wider. Throughout the 1920`s men had sport clothing available to them and for evening wear they usually preferred the short tuxedo over the tail coat. Hats were usually worn depending on the mans class, classier men wore tops hats or homburg hats and middle class men wore a fedora or a trilby, working-class men wore a newsboy cap.

Sources: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/kidzzone/thefashionzone/8183781.1920_s_Men_s_fashion__Anyone_for_Tennis_/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s_in_fashion

The Clothing fashion of the 1920's was changing as the women's roles we changing in modern society.   throughout the years society matrons of a certain age continued to wear conservative dresses,  younger and forward-looking women now made sportswear.  Tubular dresses of the 'teenagers had changed to a similar silhouette that now sported shorter skirts with pleats, gathers, or slits to allow motion.

The straight-line chemise (shirt) had been out done by the close-fitting  hat that became the uniform of the day. Women cut  their hair short or "bobbed " to fit under the popular hats, a great move in the beginning, but standard by the end of the decade. Low-waisted dresses with fullness at the hemline allowed women to have great fun and kick up their heels at the dances.

Women's Fashion

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s_in_fashion

By: Taylor and Heidi.

Who am i .. ?

Hey, welcome to our blog... My name is Heidi, I am in grade 8 at Summerside Intermediate School. The purpose of our blog is to teach people about history and for the five of us to learn the whole chapter on our own. Through out our blog we may be talking about Fashion of the 1920's and 1930's , how technology changed, the mob, stock market crash, imports and exports,the Great Depression, Sports,Politics,Transportation and how furniture has changed from then to today.
                                                                  - Heidi .

Who am I?

Hello, welcome to our blog! My name is Taylor, I`m in grade 8 at Summerside Intermediate School. The purpose of our blog is to teach people about history, the five of us are learning chapters in social studies by ourselves. We are learning about The Great Depression, The Stock-Market crash, How technology changed, Sports, How fashion changed over the years, Transportation, How furniture changed, politics, inports and exports and the mob. Enjoy our blog! :)

who am I

My name is Jonathan and I'm in grade 8. I'm doing a blog for my social studies class and our group decided to make a post about ourselves. I'm a guy who likes to play video games and stuff. Over the next few weeks we are going to be taking about the 1920's some topics we'll be talking about are the mob, fashion,sports and the great depression.

who i am

Hello, my name is Noah.  I am a fan of playing video games.  I am a part of this blog, along with my classmates.  We are making this blog for our 8th grade social studies class, and we would all appreciate your participation in reading this blog.  We will all post about what we have learned so you may learn it as well!
Noah

Who Am I?

Hi my name is Chris I like to play basketball and video games. The reason I'm doing this blog is because I am in social studies and were are supposed to learn chapter 6 by ourselves and then blog about what we learned in this chapter.