Sexual+Revolution,+Mae+West

Home 1920's Topics __1920’s Project Assignment__ Sexual Revolution - Mae West Emma Piotrowski of association || in action || Photo of association symbol or logo ||
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__Task One---DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC -Due__ Tuesday__, February 7__ Each topic includes an association or movement and an individual. Please write __two__ extended power paragraphs that address the following prompt:**Explain the achievements associated with your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1920s. Explain the relationship between the individua****l and the association or movement.**
 * Support the ideas in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of three  credible sources.
 * Select only signed  sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * __Credit__ sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * Insert the Works Cited after the Third Task.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of __completed__ tasks earn 10 points.

Mae West achieved her goal of being in the spot light and in turn, also opened the world to a new area of theater performance, Sex. Even as a child, her mother saw that she was different and "encouraged her to be herself, even when she was willfull, disobedient and brazen with boys"(Immortality of Mae West).Through her career, she wrote plays "//The Pleasure Man// and //The Constant Sinner// " and films,//"Night After Night and My Little Chickadee" (ABC-CLEO)// that showcased her witty and sensual style//.// She took risks with her humor, some so much that they had to be cut out because they were thought to be profane. The fact that her humor was so frowned upon is what actually made her famous. During one of her performances of "Sex", police came to arrest the cast for "unlawfully preparing, advertising, giving, presenting and participating in an obscene, immoral and impure drama, play, exhibition, show and entertainment"(American History)

After the newspapers described what happened, the hype over West's play rose and did very well. She became very famous "or infamous"(Immortality of Mae West) for this, which, by the time anyone tried to stop the show from run, had been "corrupt[ing] theatergoers for 40 weeks"(American History). She later went on to write more plays and eventually moved to Hollywood to write and star in films.

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #7dff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">__Task Two-EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE-Due__ Friday__, February 10__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of three credible sources. Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1920s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First century.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">The Sexual Revolution did not have any effect on daily life in the 1920s. It was mostly in Hollywood and Broadway that these changes were being seen. Sex was starting to be not as profane of a topic. In her plays "The Drag" and "Pleasure Man" the topic of homosexuality was explored. Both of these were raided by police and the actors were arrested. The case lasted for years, only causing West to be more famous. (American History.) She brought "the shimmy to the Broadway stage after she had seen it in a black cafe'"(ABC-CLEO).

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">West's legacy lives on through her jokes, plays, films and persona. She has inspired other artists to use "sex, outrageousness and controversy as a means of career enhancement"(American History). "West herself accurately summed up her style and impact: "It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it and how I look when I do and say it." (ABC-CLEO)

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #7dff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Task ThreeJUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATION---Due Feb. 15 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic, and you know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, what were the __driving__ forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the Great Man Continuum to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each citing a minimum of three credible sources.

Through her plays and films, she introduced sexuality and homosexuality to the stage and to the big screen. Her achievements didn't effect life outside of Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s, it did go on to influence sexual revolutions in the 60's and 80's and "lead the way for countless performers like Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Howard Stern, Janet Jackson, Annie Sprinkle and Lady Gaga"(American History). The scope of the influence didn't reach outside of Hollywood until the 60s and 80s. This would be placed on the continuum at Social Determinism. This didn't have as much of an affect at the time it started, but inspired movements later on.

Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum Individuals with high mostly 5’s should be placed close to Great Men; those with low scores near social determinism. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great ---Event Making -Eventful -XSocial Man-Hero -Hero ---Determinism
 * Great Man Criteria: Use a scale of 0-to 5 to evaluate the individual’s accomplishments, legacy, influence, and impact. ** ** 0=not at all, 1=little effect, 2=short run, 3=moderate, 4=wide-spread, 5=long run **
 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** ||  ||   || X ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** ||  || X ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** ||  ||   || X ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** ||  ||   ||   ||   || X ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #7dff00; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">POST WORKS CITED HERE


 * "Mae West." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas//.**
 * ABC-CLIO,2012. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.**


 * //McCorkie, Susannah. "The Immortality of Mae West."//**


 * //American Heritage. 01 Sep. 2001: 49. elibrary. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.//**


 * //Carlson, Peter. "Mae West's Secret of Success."//**


 * //Weider History Group. Dec. 2011//**

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Rubric for all three tasks: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Outstanding paragraphs include the following elements: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;">Accurate power paragraph format with each paragraph citing evidence from three different sources. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Correct research components such as credibility statement, <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;">internal citations, Works Cited entries <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;"> Thoughtful and thorough response to the each prompt  <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ A variety of sentences with interesting, clear diction <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;"> Photos exemplifying the influence of the individual and association or movement  <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Place your topic on the Great Man Continuum; <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Complete the criteria table to<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;"> justify the reasons for your placement.