US History
Mr. Trinkner
1920s Unit Test Essay Preparation
This question will be on the WW1 Unit test. In your essay, you will need to write five paragraphs:
 Introduction
 Body paragraph on the first of your question’s themes
 Body paragraph on the second of your question’s themes
 Body paragraph on the third of your question’s themes
 A conclusion
Question: In what ways did economic conditions, political decisions, and developments in the arts and
entertainment help create the reputation of the 1920’s as the Roaring Twenties?
US History
Mr. Trinkner
Test Essay Preparation Guide
You may use this note sheet during the test. Fill it out well!
1. Introduction
a.
Overall, how were the 1920s a “Roaring” time?
b.
Overall, how were the 1920s a time of traditionalism?
c.
Write a single sentence that explains how the US was affected by economic, political and artistic developments in the
1920s, and whether these changes deserve the term “roaring.”
2. Body Paragraph 1
a.
How did the political decisions of the 1920s lead to the reputation as the Roaring Twenties? Use this sentence as your
topic sentence to start the paragraph.
b.
What pieces of evidence do you have to support your view? (You can have examples for both yes and no.)
 Evidence 1:
 Evidence 2:
 Evidence 3:
b.
What piece of evidence argues against your main idea for this paragraph?
3. Body Paragraph 2
a.
How did the political decisions of the 1920s lead to the reputation as the Roaring Twenties? Use this sentence as your
topic sentence to start the paragraph.
b.
What pieces of evidence do you have to support your view? (You can have examples for both yes and no.)
 Evidence 1:
 Evidence 2:
 Evidence 3:
c.
What piece of evidence argues against your main idea for this paragraph?
4. Body Paragraph 3
a.
How did developments in the arts and entertainment in the 1920s lead to the reputation as the Roaring Twenties? Use
this sentence as your topic sentence to start the paragraph.
b.
What pieces of evidence do you have to support your view? (You can have examples for both yes and no.)
 Evidence 1:
 Evidence 2:
 Evidence 3:
d.
What piece of evidence argues against your main idea for this paragraph?
5. Conclusion
a.
In what ways were the 1920s truly the Roaring Twenties?
b.
In what ways were the 1920s truly a time of traditionalism?
c.
On balance, which was the better description
US History
Mr. Trinkner
Name________________________
Introduction
Body Paragraph 1
Body Paragraph 2
Body Paragraph 3
Conclusion
Achievement
For Improvement
 Makes clear how politics,
economics, and arts contributed to
the “Roaring Twenties”
 Forms this answer into a clear
thesis, written as the last sentence
of the paragraph
 Take your thesis beyond restating
the question
 Explain more clearly what the
major contributions of each
subtopic were regarding your topic
 Make your thesis statement the
final sentence of your intro
paragraph
 Starts with a clear topic sentence
that explains the main argument of
the paragraph
 Has three specific examples
 Explains how these examples to
support the topic sentence
 Has at least one counter-example
 Is very convincing
 Needs a clear topic sentence
 Topic sentences does not present
an argument but just states the
topic
 Needs more specific examples
 Needs a counter-example
 Needs to explain how the examples
support the topic
 Starts with a clear topic sentence
that explains the main argument of
the paragraph
 Has three specific examples
 Explains how these examples to
support the topic sentence
 Has at least one counter-example
 Is very convincing
 Needs a clear topic sentence
 Topic sentences does not present
an argument but just states the
topic
 Needs more specific examples
 Needs a counter-example
 Needs to explain how the examples
support the topic
 Starts with a clear topic sentence
that explains the main argument of
the paragraph
 Has three specific examples
 Explains how these examples to
support the topic sentence
 Has at least one counter-example
 Is very convincing
 Needs a clear topic sentence
 Topic sentences does not present
an argument but just states the
topic
 Needs more specific examples
 Needs a counter-example
 Needs to explain how the examples
support the topic
 Returns to the main theme of
politics, economics, and the arts’
contributions to the “Roaring
Twenties.”
 Makes the essay feel finished
 Need to return to main theme
 Need to make essay feel finished