Topic: The Roaring Twenties- How life changed!
The Roaring Twenties was a time of great excitement, change, and fast-paced living. It was a period of opulence, excess, new technology, and fists of many kinds. Americans were moving from the country to the “big city” and away from traditional morals and values and embracing a more scandalous, rambunctious way of living. These new attitudes made room for a host of changes that affected nearly all aspects of American life. What would it have been like to live in the 1920s and experience all of these changes? Learn about Flappers, fashion, cars, music, movies, sports stars, mobsters, new technology, and the business practices that caused all of the decadence to disappear.
STANDARDS
California State – History- Social Science Content Standards – Grade 11
11.5 - Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s
3. Examine the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead Act (Prohibition).
4. Analyze the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and the changing role of women in society.
5. Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art, with special attention to the work of writers (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes).
6. Trace the growth and effects of radio and movies and their role in the worldwide diffusion of popular culture.
7. Discuss the rise of mass production techniques, the growth of cities, the impact of new technologies (e.g., the automobile, electricity), and the resulting prosperity and effect on the American landscape.
Student Objective:
You and your classmates will discover what it was like to live under Prohibition and how to dance the Charleston.
You will become a reporter and create a post for an online magazine that covers an aspect of culture during the 1920s; politics, arts, music, and lifestyle.
You will create a posting based on the topic you were assigned in class using the information from your textbook pages 380 to 395, class lecture, and the links provided.
Identify your topic and provide a detailed description of the topic you have been assigned.
As you do your research, keep in mind that you are a reporter. You will be reporting the facts, but you want to approach your post from an angle. Decide what slant you will take (positive, negative, humorous, skeptical, etc…).
Your post should be at least 300 words. Be sure to be as detailed as possible.
Provide at least three images, video or audio clips.
Conclude you post by explaining at least five ways in which life had changed for people in the 1920’s in regard to your topic.
Your post should have a title, a byline, and your name.
Use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Links:
Fashion
fashion for men and women1920s fashion
History of fashion
Cars
1920's automobiles
Consequesnces of automobiles
Sports
Sports 1920s
African Americans in Sports
Entertainment
Movies
Music
Harlem Renaissance
Culture in the Jazz Age
Women
Flappers
Womens Organizations
Business, Industry, and Technology:
Prohibition & Crime
Advertising
3 comments:
I love the resources you have included on your blog. The resources and links are great for high school students! I also like that you included many different topics which appeals to many students! (I like the fish too!)
Great job! I really like the way you included the standards and student objectives. The online resources are fanstastic. This is a very well planned lesson.
Wow! You have an abundance of online resources that the students can utilize as support for their report. I thought it was very clever that you instructed the students to report the "facts" but to make it personal by choosing a particular angle with which to write their report. Using this technique will help make each post unique and not just a simple "reporting" of the facts. Very engaging for the students!
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