Name: ______________________________________
Block: ____ Date: ___________ Due Date: ____________
Research Report Project – The 1920s and 1930s
SOL 7.9 The student will apply knowledge of appropriate reference materials to produce a research product.
SOL 7.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and
paragraphing.
SOL 7.7 The student will write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion.
Overview:
In this writing project you will be the author of a well-written 4-7
paragraph research paper exploring a topic from the 1920s or 1930s. You
may choose a topic listed in this packet.
Requirements:
□3 – 5 valid reference sources
□1 must be a print source (book, encyclopedia, magazine, newspaper).
□1 must be an online source found through the SHMS databases.
□1 must be an online graphic (chart, photo, map) found through the
SHMS databases.
□a well-written 4-7 paragraph research paper with a strong lead and a
strong conclusion typed in black 12 point Arial or Tahoma font, singlespaced.
□a properly-cited and MLA formatted Works Cited page.
□a snappy title centered at the top of your paper with your name and block
number centered under the title.
□this packet, completed.
Name: _______________________________ Block: _____
Date: ______________
This page needs to be completed by: _______________________________________
List research topics that interest you here:
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The topic I have chosen to research is:
Things I’d like to learn about this topic:
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I could most likely find information on this topic in the following places:
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The following could be snappy titles for my research topic:
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Name: ____________________________
Block: ______ Date Assigned: ______ Due Date: ______
Working MLA Works Cited Page
*You must have three sources: one print, one SHMS online database, & one graphic (database or print).
You may have up to five valid sources for this research project.
Print Source (book, encyclopedia, magazine, newspaper):
Author(s)/Editor(s): ___________________________________________
Title (taken from the Title Page): _________________________________
City of Publication (First city listed on bottom of Title Page):_____________
Publishing Company: ___________________________________________
Copyright Date (Back of the Title Page): ____________________________
Information from Print Source
SHMS Online Database:
Author(s)/Editor(s): ___________________________________________
Title of Article/Site: __________________________________________
Copyright Date of Article: ______________________________________
Date you accessed the site: _________
Internet Address: http:// ______________________________________
Citation: ____________________________________________________
Information from SHMS Online Database Source
Additional Source:
Author(s)/Editor(s): ___________________________________________
Title of Article/Site: __________________________________________
Copyright Date of Article: ______________________________________
Date you accessed the site: _________
Internet Address: http:// ______________________________________
MLA Citation: ____________________________________________________
Information from Additional Source
Additional Source:
Author(s)/Editor(s): ___________________________________________
Title of Article/Site: __________________________________________
Copyright Date of Article: ______________________________________
Date you accessed the site: _________
Internet Address: http:// ______________________________________
MLA Citation: ____________________________________________________
Information from Additional Source
Research Topic Choices
Architecture: (Skyscrapers) Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Frank Lloyd Wright
Artists: (Picasso, O’Keefe)
Athletes: (Jesse Owens, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson, Babe Ruth)
Authors (Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Milne, Mitchell)
Big Business
Black Thursday: (Stock Market Crash)
Calvin Coolidge
Cars
Charles Lindbergh
Commercial Radio
Crime (Gangsters, Al Capone)
Dances: (The Charleston, Foxtrot, Shimmy)
Economics (Money & Inflation)
Education
Electronics in the home
Entertainment: (Radio Programs, Theater, Motion Pictures, Cartoon Art)
Explorers: (Admiral Richard Byrd)
Farming and Agriculture
Fashion
Flappers
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (fireside chats)
Harlem Renaissance
Herbert Hoover
Howard Carter & George Herbert, Fifth Earl of Carnarvon: (discovered King Tut)
Immigration
Innovators
Mary McLeod Bethune
Medical discoveries
New Products and Businesses
Prohibition
Shanty Towns (Hooverville)
Social Security Act of 1935
Sports
Swing Music
Technology
The Dust Bowl
The Hindenberg
The Jazz Age
Toys
Women’s Suffrage
If you have a topic idea from the 1920s or 1930s that you do not see here, please get teacher
approval before researching your topic.
MLA Citations
If your SHMS online database source lists an MLA citation, copy and paste that into your
Works Cited page. For hard copy books, you will have to create your own citation using
the guide below.
When you are gathering non-database sources, be sure to make note of the following
items:
 author name(s)
 book title
 publication date
 publisher
 place of publication
The medium of publication for all “hard copy” books is Print.
Basic Format:
The author’s name of a book with a single author’s name appears in last name, first
name format. The basic form for a book citation is:
Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
Book with One Author:
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999. Print.
Book with More Than One Author:
The first given name appears in last name, first name format; subsequent author
names appear in first name last name format.
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston:
Allyn, 2000. Print.
An Entry in an Encyclopedia:
"Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997. Print.
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web.
Works Cited (sample)
Works Cited
Gonzalez, Frank I. "Tsunami!" Scientific American May 1999. 5 Jan. 2000. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
"Physics of Tsunamis." West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Home Page. 6 Sept.
1999. West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. 7 Mar. 2000. Web. 10 Oct.
2013.
Svitil, Kathy A. "A Deadly Wave." Discover. Jan. 1999: 68. Print.
"What Is a Tsunami?" The Handy Science Answer Book. Detroit: Visible Ink, 1994. Print.
Please note that the citations are arranged in alphabetical order.
Name: ______________________________________
Block: ___________ Date: ___________ Due Date: _________
Oral Research Presentation – The 1920s and 1930s
After you have turned in your research report you will give an engaging presentation
about your chosen research topic to the class. Your presentation is to include some sort
of visual to make your presentation topic more interesting; this may be done with a
poster, a PowerPoint, or another visually-pleasing visual aid that you create.
Your presentation must include researched facts and you must explain why your
research topic is of historical relevance. Remember to include a Works Cited section
somewhere in your presentation. See the attached presentation rubric for complete
details.
Your presentation needs to:
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be between two and two-and-a-half minutes long.
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include researched facts and interesting information about your chosen topic
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include why your research topic is of historical relevance.
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capture your audience’s attention.
(Insert oral presentation rubric on back or after this page—separate handout or all in
one packet?)