1920s Culture: An Internet Scavenger Search
Name_____________________________________________
Hour__________
The Flapper:
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=590&nm=Flappers
1. Describe a flapper.
A Flapper’s Appeal to Parents (with music):
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/flapperappeal.html
2. What, according to Ellen Welles Page, are the qualities that make up a flapper?
Flapper Fashion (with music):
http://members.tripod.com/~kittymomca/flapper.html
3. How was 1920s fashion different from today? Give some examples.
4. Using the “Roaring Twenties” ThinkQuest site, describe six events
of the 1920’s. Describe one event for each of the categories listed
on the site.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
5.
What was the average cost of a car in 1925?
President Harding Installed a Radio in the White House:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/radio_1
6. In the 1920s, radio was considered in its golden age. Give some examples that
show a job in radio was considered glamorous.
1920s music:
http://www.besmark.com/danc3c.html
Choose 1 song from the 1920s and listen to them. For each song, answer the
following questions
a. What is the name of the song?
b. How is the song different from today?
c. Rate the song on a scale of 1 to 10 (1=bad; 10=excellent). Why do you
feel this way?
Click on year; then click on sample songs
7. Song 1:
a.
b.
c.
Animated Films:
http://www.filmsite.org/animatedfilms.html
8. Write down facts to describe the following animated movie characters and/or
movie makers:
a. Winsor McCay
b. Felix the Cat
c. The Debut of Mickey Mouse
d. Betty Boop