1920’s Newspaper Project- (65 Pts.)
Due Date: Tues. Sept. 26, 2006
For Chapter 20 and 21, you will be working cooperatively with other students to create a newspaper from the era
of the 1920’s using the internet, books, etc. You may divide up the project in any method you wish but all must
participate equally. Although this is a group project, it is not necessarily a group grade. You will be graded on
your input into the newspaper. Your grade will be based on my observation of how much you contribute.
The group will hand in a list with each person’s name and what they contributed to the paper (articles, pictures,
ads, etc.) You may choose any format (type of paper, colors, etc.) that you wish, but it must resemble an actual
newspaper. All parts of the newspaper must be in your own words!
Basic Minimum Requirements:
Each newspaper must have the following:
Original name for the newspaper
News stories- about people, events, and happenings- .
Editorial-(opinionated writings) about any issue in the 1920’s
Political cartoon- (your own or one from the 20’s)
Entertainment piece- (fashion, dance, music, movie stars, etc.)
Sports piece- (popular individuals, heroes of the day)
Writers or ArtistsNumerous pictures or drawings, advertisements throughout (your own or copies)
Each person is responsible for two articles: one must be a news story and any one of the other
topic choices. When dividing up the work, make sure you have all the features above (editorial, political
cartoon, entertainment, sports, writers or artists). ALL members should collect pictures for their articles, drawings
and advertisements of 1920’s products, and decide on the name of the paper.
Basic Layout:
Page 1: Title of newspaper, date, price, news stories
Page 2: Editorial and Political cartoon (left hand column) more news stories, ads
Page 3: Entertainment/writers or artists/ads/ drawings
Page 4: Sports/ads /drawings
You will have two days in the library to research and type your articles. Pretend you are witnessing these events.
Write your articles in the present tense, using column format. (Go to FORMAT, then click three column style).
Each article must have a headline and your name as the reporter. You will have two days in class to put the
newspaper together. Decide beforehand what types of materials you will need and bring them to class. You may
do extra research outside the class, however do NOT come to the library with nothing to do! All projects must be
completed by Tuesday, Sept. 26. The group will submit a listing of what each member contributed to the
newspaper. Points are earned based on your contribution.
Point value:
Name of newspaper:
5 Pts.
Individual topics40 Pts. (20 pts. for each story)
Pictures/Advertisement: 10 Pts.
Neatness/Creativity:
10 Pts.
This can be found on the Shawnee Media Center website: http://www.lr.k12.nj.us/site/shawnee/mc/index.html Go
to Teacher Assignments and scroll down to Social Studies. This assignment will be listed.
You may research any of the people or events listed in our book in Ch. 20 and 21. Please do not write about
the stock market crash of Oct. 29, 1929. We will cover that in another chapter. Here are some suggestions as
to stories you can research (as well as other stories):
News:
Artists
Sacco and Vanzetti trial
John Martin
Scopes trial
Edward Hopper
Prohibition
Charles Scheeler
Al Capone
Writers
Eliot Ness and the Untouchables
Carl Sandburg
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bonnie and Clyde
Eugene O’Neill
Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson
T.S. Eliot
Charles Lindbergh
Ernest Hemingway
Amelia Earhart
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bessie Coleman
Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance
Sports
Teapot Dome scandal
Babe Ruth
Model T
Red Grange
Marcus Garvey
Bill Tilden/Helen Wills
Music
Jack Dempsey
Duke Ellington
Bobby Jones
Louie Armstrong
Editorial
Bessie Smith
Sacco Vanzetti trial
Entertainment
Scopes trial
Mary Pickford
Prohibition
Charlie Chaplin
Immigration laws
Rudolph Valentino
New Morality
Tom Mix
Douglas Fairbanks
Paul Robeson
Clara Bow
Gloria Swanson
Websites that may prove helpful: (these are just a few)
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html
http://users.snowcrest.net/jmike/20sdep.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005846/The_1920/the1920.htm
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/roaring_twenties.htm
http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/state/alhn1920.html