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


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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.