Generation Xers and Their American Dream Jennifer Singer
Generation Xers and Their American Dream Jennifer Singer
Things you must know at the end of the lesson Background information----meaning of some important terms such as Baby Boomers, Generation Xers,American Dream,the Yuppies, 。Vocabulary Grammar and Structure:use of multiplication; may well, Organizational features of the text
Things you must know at the end of the lesson • Background information----meaning of some important terms such as Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, American Dream, the Yuppies, • Vocabulary • Grammar and Structure: use of multiplication; may well, • Organizational features of the text
Background information:Generations prior to Baby boomers The Lost generation:(1919-1931) used for the generation of young people who came of age during and shortly after World War l,alternatively known as the World War I generation. The term was popularized by Hemingway who used it as one of two contrasting epigraphs for his novel,The Sun Also Rises.In that volume Hemingway credits the phrase to Gertrude Stein,who was then his mentor and patron. Seeking the bohemian lifestyle and rejecting the values of American materialism,a number of intellectuals,poets, artists and writers fled to France in the post World War I years.Paris was the center of it all
Background information: Generations prior to Baby Boomers • The Lost generation: (1919 – 1931) used for the generation of young people who came of age during and shortly after World War I, alternatively known as the World War I generation. The term was popularized by Hemingway who used it as one of two contrasting epigraphs for his novel, The Sun Also Rises. In that volume Hemingway credits the phrase to Gertrude Stein, who was then his mentor and patron. Seeking the bohemian lifestyle and rejecting the values of American materialism, a number of intellectuals, poets, artists and writers fled to France in the post World War I years. Paris was the center of it all
The Silent Generation (1925-1942) The Silent Generation was the American (US) generation born between the two World Wars, who were too young to join the service when World War Il started.Many had fathers who served in World War I.(1925-1945).It is thought of as being an adaptive generation.Many served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. They were characterized as being rather quiet and conformist
The Silent Generation (1925– 1942) • The Silent Generation was the American (US) generation born between the two World Wars, who were too young to join the service when World War II started. Many had fathers who served in World War I. (1925-1945). It is thought of as being an adaptive generation. Many served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. • They were characterized as being rather quiet and conformist
The Baby Boomers(1945-1964) A baby boomer is a person born between 1945 and 1964 in Australia,United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.Following World War ll,these countries experienced an unusual spike in birth rates,a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom
The Baby Boomers (1945 – 1964). • A baby boomer is a person born between 1945 and 1964 in Australia, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Following World War II, these countries experienced an unusual spike in birth rates, a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom