Does Popular Culture Shape Attitudes and Affect Public Opinion?

Name: ______________________                              Class Period: _________
DOES POPULAR CULTURE SHAPE ATTITUDES AND AFFECT PUBLIC OPINION?
Step One:  Use Sources A-C  to complete the chart 
Source A:  Advertisement: Temperance or Prohibition of Alcohol 
Source B:  Poem: The Flapper by Dorothy Parker The Playful flapper here we see, The fairest of the fair. She's not what Grandma used to beYou might say, au contraire. Her girlish ways may make a stir,Her manners cause a scene, But there is no more harm in her Than in a submarine. 
She nightly knocks for many a goal The usual dancing men. Her speed is great, but her control Is something else again. All spotlights focus on her pranks. All tongues her prowess herald. For which she well may render thanks To God and Scott Fitzgerald. 
Her golden rule is plain enough - Just get them young and treat them Rough.  
Source C: Car Ad for Chevrolet
Topic Type of Media / Pop Culture Based on the source, what was "traditional''? What is being challenged or changed? Source A Entertainment/Drinking Drinking of alcoholMen heavily indulged in alcoholism, leaving their families to suffer since their money went to the saloon keeper instead of the homemaker
Usage of money on alcohol purchase and instead utilizing it in homemaking like buying of groceries and other family needsSource B Flapper Lifestyle Women being confined to homemaking and their temperance to acceptable social norms
Women's roles and behavior as ascribed in tradition changed to that of an independent and outrageous one. Women's lifestyle changed; dress code, type of music listened to, 'She's not what Grandma used to be' Source C Art of driving Driving was a difficult task that was meant for men who also owned the cars. Cars being expensive 
Driving is easy, affordable and women can also own cars
 Step Two: Write a well-developed paragraph. 
How did popular culture impact women?It shed light on women's role in society. It empowered women to stand up for their rights, change the gendered roles ascribed by society, and engage in activities that were socially set aside for men. For instance, the flapper lifestyle embraced by women in the 1920s enabled them to cut barriers to political, economic, and sexual freedom. Women were able to dress in accordance with their taste (short hair, short skirts), drive cars, listen to jazz music, and enroll in jobs that were initially men-dominated. Indeed, pop culture shaped the attitudes and affected public opinion, especially in regard to women. It gave women a voice and enhanced gender equality in society.
 Name: ______________________                              Class Period: _________
DOES POPULAR CULTURE SHAPE ATTITUDES AND AFFECT PUBLIC OPIN...