Introduction
Welcome to the quest!
It is your job to find out what it was like
to live in the 1920’s. In order to really
get the “feel” for the time period, you
must investigate all aspects of society.
Your Task
 Your task will be to complete the given graphic
organizer to help you explore the following areas.
 Find out what was noteworthy in:
 Society- new trends, people, music, sports, etc.
 Politics- presidents, laws, government, the economy
 The news- inventions, court cases, major events
 You are allowed to use ONLY the links provided in
this quest to help you fill in the required
information; therefore, sources will not need to be
cited.
Process
 Each student is to complete his/her own graphic
organizer independently. You will have two class
periods to do so. Then, you will have the opportunity
to share your details with the rest of the class.
 Remember to find at least 8 items for each category
using the links on the next slide.
 You may begin your exciting adventure as soon as you
pick up your graphic organizer.
Resources
 The Jazz Age
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http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/
The Roaring 20’s http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/roaring_twenties.htm
The Roaring 20’s and The Great Depression
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/20sdep.html
Henry Ford assembly line
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ford.htm
Harlem Renaissance
http://www.jcu.edu/harlem/index.htm
America 1918-1939 (History)
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/america_1918.htm
A Biography of America: The Twenties (History)
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/feature/
Documenting America from The Great Depression to WWII
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
The American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/
Inventions
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/invent.html
The Scopes Monkey Trial http://www.bradburyac.mistral.co.uk/tennesse.html
THE LAWLESS DECADE:
http://www.lawlessdecade.net/index-2.htm
Shoeless Joe Jackson
http://www.lawlessdecade.net/20-3.htm
Resources Continued
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Prohibition
http://www.lawlessdecade.net/20.htm
The Red Raids http://www.lawlessdecade.net/20-1.htm
It Happened in 1929! http://www.lawlessdecade.net/29-4.htm
Chicago The Roaring Twenties (Capone)
http://members.tripod.com/chicagotheroarin20s/the1920s.html
 Tea Pot Dome Scandal
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Investigates_the_
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Teapot_Dome_Scandal.htm
F. Scott Fitzgerald information:
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
http://www.fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/ (click on the upper tabs for biography
and info on Fitzgerald)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/fitzgerald_f.html
http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/fitzgerald.asp
Bessie Coleman
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Darede
vils/Coleman/EX11.htm
Evaluation
 Remember you will be expected to have a MINIMUM
of Eight (8) details for each category to get a
satisfactory grade. If you are able to come up with
additional relevant details over the required number
you will receive bonus points.
 You will also receive a class work/presentation grade
when you present your details
Conclusion
 Now that you have investigated the 1920’s,
you are ready to begin reading F. Scott
Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby.
 Enjoy your journey to West Egg with Nick
Carraway--and remember the details you
just learned to help you truly understand
the many conflicts therein.