The Roaring 20’s Project
ASSIGNMENT
PROJECT GUIDELINES
Assignment
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Grading Rubric
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Resources
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Deadlines
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Project Outlines
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Your job is to create a magazine covering aspects of
culture, politics, arts, music, lifestyles and the like from
the 1920's. You will create this magazine in a group of two
or three, each person working to create a product that is
reflective of the time period. Your magazine will be
published in the classroom and should be reflective of the
1920's as much as possible.
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Adapted from: http://howhist.com/fraser/twenties.htm
GROUPS & PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
Group Members
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Whenever you
feel like
Project
Magazine Style
Women’s Changing Roles
Woman’s World
Sports Heroes
Sports Illustrated
American Heroes
People
The Mass Media
Entertainment Weekly
The Jazz Age & Art
Art Magazine /
Smithsonian
Prohibition and Organized
Crime
Crime Times
Americans on the Move
Travel
Inventions
American Heritage/
Invention and
Technology Magazine
criticizing
anyone...just
remember that
all the people in
this world
haven't had the
advantages that
you've had.
-The Great
Gatsby
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GRADING RUBRIC
We expect the following:
Content:
1. Accuracy in reporting.
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2. Accounts that are rich in detail, factual evidence, and that are interesting to read.
3. Each group member fulfills his or her responsibility
REQUIREMENTS:
Each Group Must Create
the Following:
Style:
1. Imagination and creativity, both in writing and presentation
* Cover Page
- Lead Story, Picture, Title
of Magazine, Date
2. Well-written articles including proper grammar and spelling. Should have rich details in a logical
order.
3. A neat, professional, aesthetically pleasing magazine. If I were from the target audience would I
pick it off the shelf in the 1920's?
* Table of Contents
Point Values:
- must be completed last
News/Feature Article: (34 for highest mark) – Individual Score
* 2 Feature or News
Articles (3 for groups of 3)
- Items must be typed in
an article format
Research quality and analysis of historical data :
4321
Accuracy of Historical Facts:
4321
Quality of writing – appropriate style + grammar/spelling:
4321
Title of Article is attention Grabbing and related to the article:
4321
* Pictures
- Each article must have 1
picture and a caption
explaining the picture
Point Value /16
Supplementary Piece (graphic, ad, or contributor page)
Quality of writing – appropriate style + grammar/spelling
* Supplemental Pieces
4321
Point Value /4
- 2 Advertisements that
would be found in the
magazine (3 for a group of
3)
Group Grade: Overall quality of writing, research, presentation and organization.
- 1 Contributors Page with
student pictures and
explanations
Point Value /5
Cover Page: 1
Total:
Table of Contents: 1
Works Cited: 1
Ad: 1
Contributor page: 1
/25
* Works Cited
- Each article must have
cited sources
- Cite your pictures!
While your main goal of distributing a newsletter might be to sell your
product or services, the key to a successful newsletter is making it useful to
your readers.
A great way to add useful content to your newsletter is to develop and
write your own articles, or to include a calendar of upcoming events or a
special offer that promotes a new product.
Resources
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1920s - This is a great hotlist........categorized for easy navigation:
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html
American Economy in the 1920s - "The powerful economy might of America from 1920 to October 1929 is
frequently overlooked or simply submerged by the more exciting topics such as Prohibition and the
gangsters, the Jazz Age with its crazies, the KKK etc. However, the strength of America was generated and
driven by its vast economic power." http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/America_economy_1920's.htm
Biography of the Twenties - You describe the 1920s....did they ROAR, or was it a YAWN?
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/feature/
Chicago: The Roaring Twenties - An overview of the 1920s......this is not a brief overview!!!
http://members.tripod.com/chicagotheroarin20s/the1920s.html
Gangsters, Crime, and Prohibition - Categories include law, criminals, and
prohibition.
http://www.vialarp.org/20s/20s_gangland.html
History of Jazz Timeline
http://jazz.about.com/od/historyjazztimeline/a/JazzByDecade192030.htm
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Inventions of the Twenties - The most important were the automobile,
radio, and the airplane. http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/invent.html
People and Figures - Includes information on Herbert Hoover, Al Copone,
and Henry Ford. http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/people.html
Scopes Trial - Tennessee vs. John Scopes...."The Monkey Trial."
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm
The Roaring Twenties Concert Extravaganza - Download clips from the
music of the Twenties. http://bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml
The 1920's - Roaring Twenties - The Nineteen Twenties in History
A Historical Snapshot of Life in the 1920's taken from Literature and
Periodicals of the Period. http://www.1920-30.com/
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DEADLINES
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Research
Friday, March 28, 2014
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
You will have today’s class
to gather notes and
information on your
assigned section of the
project
Your group must complete your
articles today. You must also
work on your supplemental
project and compiling all of it
into your final magazine.
You must share your
information with Mr.
Dellinger and Miss Danfelt
to check via Google
Monday, March 31, 2014
You should be finishing your
research today and begin
typing your news article
page today
Final Project Presentation
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Groups will present projects to the class today
Class will take notes on the provided graphic organizer
“ Flying might not
be all plain sailing,
but the fun of it is
worth the price.“
Amelia Earhart
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PROJECT OUTLINES: Your projects should include articles about the following
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Women’s Changing Roles
1. Women in the Workforce
2. The Flapper Image
3. Women and the Right to Vote
4. Women in Office
Sports Heroes
1. Boxing: Famous Fights and Boxers…Big Money
2. Football: Famous Players and Historical Games
3. Baseball: Famous Players and Historical Stats
4. Women and Sports
5. Spotlight on Amateur Sports
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American Heroes
1. You need to pick 4 famous Americans from this time period. You must
explain why they are famous and what it is they did in detail.
Mass Media
1. Movies – give titles, summaries, actors/actresses
2. Newspapers and Magazines – names, dates, importance
3. Radio – names, dates, locations, importance
4. Growth of Mass Media – impact on society
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Jazz Age and Art
1. Origins and History of Jazz
2. Famous Painters and their Art
3. Famous Writers and their literature
4. The Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition and Organized Crime
1. Prohibition: Bootlegging, Speakeasies
2. Organized Crime: People, Religion, and Fundamentalism,
3. Scopes Trial
4. Race, the KKK, Garvey Movement
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Americans on the Move
1. Rural-Urban Split
2. African American movement
3. Migration in the world
4. Growth of the Suburbs
Inventions (perhaps consider those things that became common)
1. Household Items
2. Transportation
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