1920s Poster Project - Due Friday, December 6th
In a group, you will create a poster that investigates an important condition of the 1920s. Use
this instruction sheet and rubric to guide the creation of your poster. You will have one and half
class periods to work on the poster. Your poster must contain the following:
 A title
 3 images, symbols, or graphics (At least one must be handdrawn)
 2 paragraphs
 A timeline of events for your topic
Topic: How did _______________________________ influence American culture in the 1920s?
Group Members:
Project Responsibility
Group Member
Image #1
Image #2
Image #3
Paragraph #1 - Summary of your topic
Paragraph #2 - How did your topic influence American culture in the 1920s?
Timeline
Research: Each group member will be responsible for researching at least two sources. You can
use the readings in your topic folder, the textbook, and the following website
tiny.cc/mcgrawjager20 . Make sure you reference the sources in your notes.
Images #1, #2, and #3: You will find three images that appropriately represent your topic. Your
images could be hand drawn cartoons, charts, photographs, graphs, portraits of key figures,
maps, symbols, etc. AT LEAST ONE IMAGE MUST BE HAND DRAWN.
Paragraph #1: Write a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) summarizing your topic. Use the
following questions and sentence frames to help write your paragraph. Make your writing neat
and legible. Check separate instruction sheet.
Paragraph #2: Write a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) explaining how your topic influenced
American culture in the 1920s. Include information about what caused your topic and what the
results were.
Timeline: Create a timeline that lists the important events associated with your topic in the
order that they occurred.
Rubric: Your group’s poster will be graded using the following rubric. Ideas & Content and
Organization are GROUP GRADES, while each member will receive an INDIVIDUAL GRADE for
Presentation & Participation.
Ideas & Content:
1 - Not enough information
 Key elements from
the poster are
missing
 Information
presented is
irrelevant or
inappropriate to
the topic
2 - Does not meet
expectations
 There are fewer
than 2
paragraphs
covering the
topic, or the
paragraphs are
missing
information
 There are fewer
than 3 images
illustrating the
topic
 The timeline is
missing events
or is not labeled
3 - Meets expectations
 There are 2
distinct
paragraphs
with relevant
information
covering the
topic
 There are 3
images that
appropriately
depict the
topic
 The timeline is
properly
labeled and
contains all
important
events
4 - Exceeds expectations
 There are more
than 2 distinct
paragraphs, or
paragraphs
exceed
expected
amount of
detail
 There are more
than the
expected
amount of
images covering
the topic
 The timeline
contains extra
detail and
events
Organization:
1 - Not enough
information
 Key elements
from the poster
are missing
 Information
presented on
poster cannot be
identified or
understood
2 - Does not meet
expectations
 Paragraphs are
not properly
formatted
 Information on
poster is not
clearly
presented
3 - Meets expectations
 Paragraphs are
properly
formatted
 Information on
poster is neat
and clearly
presented
4 - Exceeds expectations
 Paragraphs
contain effective
transitions and
ideas are
explained in
detail
 Information on
the poster is neat
and clearly
presented, with
detail
3 - Meets expectations
 Research notes
for at least 2
sources are
present
 All assigned
project
responsibilities
are present
4 - Exceeds expectations
 Research notes for
more than one
resources are
present and
contain great
detail
 The majority of
assigned project
responsibilities
were completed
Participation:
1 - Not enough
information
 There are no
research notes
present
 Assigned project
responsibilities
are missing from
the poster
2 - Does not meet
expectations
 Research notes
are minimal and
lack detail
 Assigned
project
responsibilities
are incomplete