The 1920’s Web Quest
10 points for each paragraph # 1-4=40 pts
Paragraphs are to be a minimum of 180 words in length!
Please include a word count for each paragraph.
20 points for your magazine cover
Total web quest activity points 60 points!
Your final web quest needs to be written neatly (typed for 10 points extra credit) &
in order!!!
Step 1 - Over-view of 20’s
To get started, let's get a quick introduction to the 1920s at Learner.org by viewing the six web pages
there. Just click on the links Roar or Yawn to continue to the next page at the site. So how did you vote
& why?
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/feature/index.html
Step 2 - Lawless Decade
View the timeline, click on a year, and choose an issue to discuss. Write a summary of the issue and its
significance to the 1920’s
http://www.lawlessdecade.net/
Step 3 - 1920’s Fashion
Check out some authentic 1920s fads. Spend some time surfing this site to get acquainted to the real
1920s. When you're finished surfing, find a fashion or fad to sketch that represents the 1920s. Use a
separate paper to choose a fashion or fad and write a brief description to explain it. Go to the site at
http://www.fashion-era.com/1914-1955.htm
Step 4 - Installment Plans
Learn how installment plans increased consumption and led to the growth of consumer debt. Explain
how installment buying changed the way Americans lived.
http://www.1920-30.com/business/instalment-plan.html
Step 5 – Magazine Cover
Explore at least one aspect of culture from the 1920s. Create a magazine cover that focuses on the area
you learned about and is representative of the times
- choose one the following aspects of culture to explore: cars, sports, entertainment, women, or
Crime.
- read about your topic using the links below. Become as informed as possible about that
particular segment of culture. Very Important: Sites have both pictures and text. It is
IMPORTANT that you look at the pretty pictures AND READ!
- consider the themes, achievements, & important people that shape your topic
- create a cover that might have appeared on a magazine like “Life”, “People” or “TIME”. Covers
should have a combination of pictures & headlines that highlight the major trends of the day.
Your goal is to capture the flavor of culture in the 1920’s
The 1920’s Web Quest
Use the below sites for #5—to create your magazine cover
Cars
Chicago Vintage
http://www.chicagovintage.com/
1920 Automobiles
http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/1920sphotos/1920sautos.htm
Classic Cars
http://www.classiccars.net/history.htm
Henry Ford
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/ford.html
Sports
Helmets
http://www.pasttimesports.biz/football.html
Babe Ruth
http://www.baberuth.com/
1920’s Sports
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005846/categories/sports/sports.htm
Black Baseball Leagues
http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/history101.html
Entertainment
Movies & Radio
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/et.html
Music
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/music.html
Media History Time-line
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/timeline/1920-1929.html
Women
Flapper
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/NewWoman/newwomen-page1.htm
Women on the Silver Screen
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gish.htm
Margaret Sanger
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/peopleevents/p_sanger.html
Bessie Smith
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Smith.htm
Crime
Leopold and Loeb
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/leoploeb/leopold.htm
Capone
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/al-capone/al-capone
Sacco & Vanzetti
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=445
Temperance & Prohibition
http://prohibition.osu.edu/