Roaring 20s

The Roaring 20s


Essential Knowledge

• Essential Knowledge--The Roaring 20s

Assignments & Assessment
1. Watch Lesson Presentation on Social Tensions of the 1920s

2. Watch Lesson Presentation on Causes and Consequences of the Start of the Great Depresson


Resources & Links

**Encyclopedia Britannica Online**

Answers.com



Flapper Fashion 1920s
http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm

Famous Trials in American History: Tennessee vs. John Scopes
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm

The Roaring Twenties: A Historical Snapshot of Life in the 1920’s
http://www.1920-30.com/

American Cultural History: 1920-1929
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade20.html

History: USA: 1920-1929
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html

1920s Fashion
http://www.victoriana.com/1920s/

Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events: 1920-1929
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1920.htm

Texas Guinan’s Culture Club: Welcome to the 1920s!
http://www.jazzbabies.com/nonflash/index.html

The Best History Sites – Topic: US History Roaring 20s
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Roaring20s.shtml

Jazz Age Culture: Part I – The Flapper Era & The Harlem Renaissance
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html

Jazz Age Culture: Part II – Art & Jazz Age Miscellaneous
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage2.html

Jazz Age Culture: Part III – Harlem Renaissance Writers & Lost Generation Writers
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage3.html

The History of Film: The 1920s/The Pre-Talkies and the Silent Era
http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html

The Roaring Twenties
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/roaring_twenties.htm

The Roaring 20’s and The Great Depression
http://www.historesearch.com/20sdep.html

PBS: Jazz – A film by Ken Burns
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_roaring.htm




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