Group Members_____________________
1920’s Group Research Project
Directions –
In your new groups please pick one of the topics
below to research and present your findings to the class. You are
responsible for making me aware of what topic you have selected
before the class period is over.
Topics –
1. Between 1920 and 1929, automobile registration rose from eight million to twentythree million. What effects have automobiles had on the lives of the American people
(pollution, gas use, industry, roads and car accidents)? What contribution did Ford
make to the automobile industry?
2. How did women’s fashion change in the 1920s? Have these styles survived or ever
been revived? How do they reflect the new freedoms many women were enjoying in
the twenties?
3. In The Great Gatsby there are many references to illegal activity – World Series
fixing, bootlegging, police complicity in crime. Research criminal activity in the
1920s, including the Harding Administration Scandal and the Teapot Scandal.
4. Discuss the stock market crash of 1929. Why did it happen and what was its
aftermath? How did it lead to the Great Depression?
5. Research a few of the major literary figures of the 1920’s. Discuss their contributions
to American Literature. Some of these writers include F. Scott Fitzgerald, James
Weldon Johnson, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, and Zora Neal Hurston.
Requirements –
 Research paper minimum 5 pages----maximum 7 pages.
 A presentation no longer than 10-15 minutes on topic.
 At least 3 visuals per group
Due Date –
Research Report : The 1920's & The Great Gatsby
Teacher Name: Mr. Hardin
Student Name:
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20-18
17-16
15-14
Graphic
Organizer
Graphic organizer or
outline has been
completed and
shows clear, logical
relationships
between all topics
and subtopics.
Graphic organizer or
outline has been
completed and
shows clear, logical
relationships
between most topics
and subtopics.
Graphic organizer or Graphic organizer or
outline has been
outline has not been
started and includes attempted.
some topics and
subtopics.
Quality of
Information
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It includes
several supporting
details and/or
examples.
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It provides 1-2
supporting details
and/or examples.
Information clearly
Information has little
relates to the main
or nothing to do with
topic. No details
the main topic.
and/or examples are
given.
Paragraph
Construction
All paragraphs
include introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding
sentence.
Most paragraphs
include introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding
sentence.
Paragraphs included
related information
but were typically not
constructed well.
Paragraphing
structure was not
clear and sentences
were not typically
related within the
paragraphs.
Diagrams &
Illustrations
Diagrams and
illustrations are neat,
accurate and add to
the reader's
understanding of the
topic.
Diagrams and
illustrations are
accurate and add to
the reader's
understanding of the
topic.
Diagrams and
illustrations are neat
and accurate and
sometimes add to
the reader's
understanding of the
topic.
Diagrams and
illustrations are not
accurate OR do not
add to the reader's
understanding of the
topic.
Mechanics
No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors.
Almost no
grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors
A few grammatical
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Many grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
CATEGORY
13 and below