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Chapters 20 and 21 Group Project Directions
Politics and Life of the Roaring Twenties
Mrs. Madison
Task: Create a visual and oral presentation that thoroughly discusses an important political, social, economic, or cultural change of the 1920s.
Presentation Guidelines:
1. If creating a Power Point, the presentation must include at least 8 informational slides.
2. If using I-Movie or a similar application, the presentation must be a minimum of 2:00 minutes long.
3. Presentations must include at least 5 appropriate visual images, which must be cited in correct MLA format.
4. Presentations must reference at least 2 primary sources, which must be cited in correct MLA format.
5. Presentation needs to be uploaded to Google Docs and shared with the other members of your class by Friday, April 8 at 8:25 a.m.
6. Every member of the group must have a significant speaking role during the presentation.
7. Note cards may be used as a reference item during the presentation, but should not be read from directly.
8. Extra credit may be earned by successfully incorporating an additional relevant primary source quote or relevant video clip into your presentation.
Topics: Each group will be assigned one of the following topics. The questions that are listed under each topic are minimum guidelines of what your presentation should
cover. A good presentation will go above and beyond the minimum guidelines.
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The Red Scare
o What is communism?
o What factors contributed to the Red Scare in the 1920’s?
o What were the Palmer raids?
o What was the Sacco and Vanzetti case? Why were so many people upset about the case?
Limiting Immigration
o Why did the U.S. begin limiting immigration after World War I?
o How did anti-immigrant sentiment contribute t the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920’s?
o How did the Ku Klux Klan view foreign-born minorities?
o What was the quota system and how did it work?
A Time of Labor Unrest
o Why did conflict between labor and management increase after WWI?
o What notable strikes occurred in the 1920s?
o Why did the American public turn against strikers in the 1920’s?
o Why did labor union membership decline in the 1920’s?
The Harding Presidency
o What occurred at the Washington Naval Conference?
o Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact ineffective?
o How did Harding’s selection of cabinet members damage his administration?
o How did corruption scandals contribute to Harding’s death?
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Chapters 20 and 21 Group Project Directions
Politics and Life of the Roaring Twenties
American Industries Flourish
o Describe Calvin Coolidge’s background and political experience.
o What was President Coolidge’s attitude towards American business?
o How did the automobile change American life?
o What advances were made in the airplane industry during the postwar years?
America’s Superficial Prosperity
o What role did credit play in the American economy of the 1920’s?
o Why did some businesses not do well in the 1920’s?
o Why did American farmers suffer during the 1920’s?
o How did the installment plan fuel a superficial prosperity?
Prohibition
o What were some of the causes of Prohibition?
o Why was Prohibition largely unsuccessful?
o What were some of the effects of Prohibition?
Science and Religion Clash
o What did fundamentalists believe about the biblical account of creation?
o How did fundamentalist views differ from those of many liberal thinkers?
o What issues did the Scopes Trial address?
The Twenties Woman
o What is a flapper? What styles and attitudes did the flappers embrace?
o How did the flapper embody the changing attitudes of many young women in the 1920’s?
o How was women’s freedom still limited?
o How did family life change during the 1920s?
Popular Culture of the 1920’s
o What were some popular leisure activities of the 1920’s?
o Which heroes and events inspired Americans during the 1920s? (Definitely mention Lindbergh)
o What styles did writers and artists of the 1920’s embrace?
o How did the literature of the 1920’s express a clash of values within society?
The Harlem Renaissance
o What factors prompted many African Americans to move to Northern cities?
o What ways did African American leaders propose o combat discrimination and violence?
o What ideals did Harlem Renaissance writers promote?
o How did African-American performers and musicians popularize black culture?
Mrs. Madison
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Understanding of Topic
Excellent
The group clearly understood the
topic in-depth and presented their
information forcefully and
convincingly.
AND
All information presented in the
debate was clear, accurate and
thorough.
Presentation Style
Visual Presentation
(Primary Sources)
Satisfactory
The group seemed to understand the
main points of the topic and presented
those with ease.
AND / OR
Most information presented in the
debate was clear, accurate and
thorough.
Poor
The group did not show an adequate
understanding of the topic.
Comments and Sub-Total
_____ / 15 points
Information had several inaccuracies
OR was usually not clear.
Group spoke clearly only some of the
time, or read directly off of the
overhead or notecards; or only
used gestures, eye contact, tone of
voice and a level of enthusiasm in a way
that kept the attention of the
audience some of the time.
Group spoke unclearly most of the
time, or read off of the screen or
notecards too often, or failed to use
tone of voice and a level of
enthusiasm in a way that kept the
attention of the audience most of the
time.
Presentation is exceptionally visually
attractive, exceptionally wellorganized, and follows all guidelines.
Presentation is visually attractive,
well-organized, and follows most
guidelines
Presentation is lacking in visual
attractiveness, organization, or
following guidelines.
Presentation has a few spelling,
grammatical, or format errors.
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OR
Group speaks clearly most of the time,
does not read directly off of the
overhead screen or notecards, and
uses eye contact, tone of voice and a
level of enthusiasm in a way that kept
the attention of the audience.
Presentation has no spelling,
grammatical, or format errors.
Use of
Facts/Statistics
Chapters 20 and 21 Group Project Directions
Politics and Life of the Roaring Twenties
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Presentation has many spelling,
grammatical, or format errors.
Included at least 3 Primary Sources.
Included 3 primary sources.
Less than three primary sources
AND
BUT
OR
Sources provided relevant facts,
statistics and/or examples to support
major topic points. The relevance of
the primary sources was clearly
explained by the group.
The relevance of the sources was
questionable or not clearly explained
by the group.
The relevance of the primary sources
was not explained. Many points were
not supported.
_____ / 10 points
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Visual Images
Visual images are clearly relevant to
the topic, they are correctly cited in
MLA format on a separate slide, and
the group clearly explains the image
and how it connects to their topic.
Chapters 20 and 21 Group Project Directions
Politics and Life of the Roaring Twenties
Visual images are relevant to the topic,
they are correctly cited in MLA
format on a separate slide, but the
group does not clearly explain what the
image is or how it connects to their
topic.
Visual images are not clearly relevant
to their topic, or they are not cited
correctly, or the group makes no
attempt to explain them.
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_____ / 5 points
Comments:
Total Score: _____ / 50 points