Social and Cultural Life
The period between the wars was characterised by significant social and cultural change. While the 1920s was largely marked by optimism and material prosperity in the West, by contrast the 1930s was a period of severe economic hardship for many dominated by the impact of the Great Depression.
The emergence of new governments in Italy, Germany and Japan at the end of World War One led to the emergence of societies driven by new ideologies and in some countries the consequent oppression and persecution of certain groups, the most extreme case being the Holocaust of Nazi Germany.
In the USSR, the establishment of a communist regime in 1917 was initially greeted with support by a large proportion of the people, but under Stalin millions of people were forced to work in state-owned factories and farms and dissenters were sent to labour camps.
In the USA controls such as prohibition and race segregation affected the lives of many people during the decades between the wars.
While the 1920s was characterised by material progress, increased personal freedoms and unprecedented economic growth, the Great Depression brought hardship. The creative arts both reflected and challenged social life and change in this period where mass entertainment and information by means of radio and film became widespread.
These three KK tasks are designed around three questions:
The emergence of new governments in Italy, Germany and Japan at the end of World War One led to the emergence of societies driven by new ideologies and in some countries the consequent oppression and persecution of certain groups, the most extreme case being the Holocaust of Nazi Germany.
In the USSR, the establishment of a communist regime in 1917 was initially greeted with support by a large proportion of the people, but under Stalin millions of people were forced to work in state-owned factories and farms and dissenters were sent to labour camps.
In the USA controls such as prohibition and race segregation affected the lives of many people during the decades between the wars.
While the 1920s was characterised by material progress, increased personal freedoms and unprecedented economic growth, the Great Depression brought hardship. The creative arts both reflected and challenged social life and change in this period where mass entertainment and information by means of radio and film became widespread.
These three KK tasks are designed around three questions:
- What continuity and what change is evident between 1920s and 1930s in social and cultural life?
- How did ideologies affect the daily lives of people?
- How did cultural life both reflect and challenge the prevailing political, economic and social circumstances?