Life Before War
Women wore this undergarment to give their bodies an S-shape. It made it hard to breathe and move.
What is a corsette?
Another name for Silent movies
What are Flickers
This kind of painting isn't realistic and uses geometric shapes to show the subject from all view points.
What is Cubism.
This hot dish was eaten by soldiers in the trenches. (We made it in class.)
What is Trench stew.
3 favorite pastimes of kids in the WWI era.
What are: reading, listening to the phonograph, playing marbles, playing hoops, playing jacks, playing ball and cup, playing board games, watching a flicker
This invention allowed more people to live in cities when they could no longer "build out".
What is the skyscraper.
This music was upbeat and had a syncopated rhythm that felt jumpy like the city streets.
What is ragtime.
A kind of art that uses a lot of features from nature.
What is Art Nouveau
This kind of war was fought with by digging long gullies in the ground and firing weapons from there.
What is Trench Warfare.
Governments used these to convince the people at home that fighting the war was the right thing to do.
What are propaganda Posters.
This invention made cars a lot less expensive.
What is the assembly line.
This new kind of piano could play by itself!
What is a player piano.
This art showed that artists thought the war was senseless and so was society.
What is Dadaism.
Charlie Chaplin had several signs of bad luck right before his troop went "Over the top." Name one.
What are: 3 men on a match, dog tag with number 13, broken mirror.
Children were encouraged to do this to help the war effort.
What are collect scrap metal or knit for soldiers.
This moving picture was shown at a cafe'. It scared people so badly that they screamed and started running away.
What is a train pulling into the station.
This song was written to convince mothers to not let their sons join the war.
What is I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier.
A kind of art that doesn't show exactly what the artist was looking at, but gives the viewer an impression of how the scene made the artist feel.
What is impressionism.
This silent movie is part documentary, part propaganda. It was named after a famous battle.
What is Battle of the Somme.
Women's clothing changed to much more practical attire because of this.
What is they had to go work outside the home.
This was the period of time before World War I where people felt optimistic and there were many inventions.
When is La Belle E'poque.
This movie had a famous comic in it and showed the war as serious, but "not that bad". It made the German soldiers look clumsy and foolish and the Allied soldiers silly, but heroic.
What is Shoulder Arms.
This artist was famous for his Cubist paintings.
Who is Pablo Picasso.
When soldiers would come out of their trenches to attack the enemies Trench it was called....
What is Going over the top.
A famous fictional man in one of the first U.S. propaganda Posters. He has become a meme.
Who is Uncle Sam.