U.S. History – K
1920s Project
Major Grade
“If time were suddenly to turn back to the earliest days of the Post-war Decade, and you were
to look about you, what would seem strange to you?”
And so begins Frederick Lewis Allen’s book Only Yesterday, published in 1931. His work attempts
to tell the story of the eleven years between the Armistice that ended the Great War, i.e. World War I,
and the stock market panic which enveloped the nation in the fall of 1929, the trigger some might say
to the Great Depression that followed.
DIRECTIONS:
Utilizing Lewis’ book you will create an internet webpage or mural – teacher’s discretion based on
class that examines one key aspect of the Roaring Twenties while also touching on additional
significant people and events.
WHAT TO READ:
Each student will read the Preface, Prelude, a teacher assigned chapter, and the Aftermath
A KEY FACTOR TO CONSIDER:
As you put together your webpage/mural, understand that you will only be teaching your fellow
classmates about one key aspect of the 1920s, but you and your band of brothers (sisters) will also be
preparing one another with these websites/murals for a quiz over this distinct period in United States
history. So the more accurate and detailed you are the better.
WEBPAGE REQUIREMENTS:
Each webpage/mural must include the following . . .
1. A title that reflects the theme of the teacher assigned chapter
2. A series of links that either jumps to a specific spot on your webpage that details the
information (clicked upon link) or to another, secondary page that discusses the topic.
Your webpage/mural needs the following topics (or additional pages):
1. A timeline, in chronological order, with at least ten events
- At least five of the events must come from Only Yesterday
- At least five of the events must come from outside sources
- You need pictures/illustrations for at least five of the ten events
2. A paragraph summary of the1920s
3. A paragraph summary of your teacher assigned chapter
4. A political cartoon that relates to your chapter – include an analysis of cartoon
5. Key terms and names with explanations (definitions) – You need at least five
terms and names and pictures to go with each
6. Study questions for your classmates to answer. You need at least five open-ended
questions (i.e. no ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ questions).
3. At least three quotes spread throughout your webpage(s) with the names of the individual
that said the statement
4. Creativity! Add themes, color, pictures, slideshows, etc.
Reminder: Grammar and Spelling DO count!
DUE DATE: In Class 10/31/13
Key Terms, Names, Other Topics You Should Consider For Your Project
Immigration
Social Darwinism
Eugenics
Race Relations
Nativism
Sacco & Vanzetti
Red Scare
Bolsheviks/Communists
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
Prohibition
Volstead Act
Changing Roles of Women
Flapper
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Modernism vs. Traditionalism
John Scopes
Henry Ford
Glenn Curtiss
Marcus Garvey
United Negro Improvement Association
Charles “Lucky Lindy” Lindbergh
Warren G. Harding
Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Return to Normalcy
Teapot Dome Scandal
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
American Indian Citizenship Act 1924
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Immigration Act of 1924
Ku Klux Klan
Silent Films
Talkies
Lost Generation
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Georgia O’Keefe
Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
Cotton Club
Tin Pan Alley
Al Capone
Model T/Model A
Radio
The Jazz Singer
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey