1920s Character Poster
Assignments
DUE: Friday, Nov. 13
Poster (25 project points)
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Create a small poster (8 ½ x 11 inches or smaller) that includes the following:
o Your historical figure’s name
o A good-quality image of your person
o 1-2 paragraphs explaining why your person was significant to the 1920s (please do NOT write
about their entire life; keep it simple and focus only on the 20s)
o An interesting and relevant quote by your person
o Other relevant symbols or images
o Be creative but also clear and neat in your work.
o On the back: list your bibliographic sources in correct MLA format (use easybib)—must have at least 2
sources (one can be Wikipedia)
Steps
1. Conduct research in class (in the computer lab) and outside of class on your historical figure. You must have at
least one page of notes written or typed in your own words. List at least 2 sources for this information.
2. Type 1-2 paragraphs about your historical figure in your own words. You do not need to include all biographical
information, but just the information that is relevant to the 1920s. Answer these questions: What important ideas,
issues, or trends were they associated with during that era and why? Why was this person was significant in the
1920s? Put this paragraph(s) on your poster.
3. Create your poster adhering to the specifications above. See Ms. Garrett if you need supplies or help with the final
poster. You may come into tutorial for help with putting your poster together on Tuesday, 11/10.
Plagiarism: Your written work should be your own. Take great care when taking notes to make sure that all of your work is
in your own words. Plagiarism is a serious academic offense and will result in a zero for the entire assignment. If you’re
struggling with how to word something, please see me or someone else for assistance.
Cast of Characters
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Herbert Hoover—president
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Calvin Coolidge—president
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A. Philip Randolph—civil rights
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Marcus Garvey—civil rights
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A. Mitchell Palmer-attorney general
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Margaret Sanger—women’s rights/birth
control
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti—political dissident
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William Jennings Bryan-Scopes trial
attorney
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Clarence Darrow— Scopes trial attorney
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James Weldon Johnson—civil
rights/author
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Octaviano Larrazolo—governor/civil rights
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Aimee Semple McPherson-preacher from
California
Billy Sunday—baseball player/preacher
Eliot Ness—prohibition agent
Langston Hughes— writer
Zora Neale Hurston—writer
Margaret Mead—anthropologist
Henry Ford—businessman
Harry Houdini—performance artist
Sinclair Lewis—writer
F. Scott Fitzgerald—writer
Georgia O’Keeffe—artist
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Zelda Fitzgerald—flapper/writer
Louis Armstrong—jazz musician
Duke Ellington—jazz musician
Bessie Smith—jazz singer
Babe Ruth—baseball player
Helen Wills Moody—tennis player
Clara Bow—flapper/actress
Charles Lindbergh—aviator
Dorothy Parker—writer/satirist
Amelia Earhart—aviator
Ernest Hemingway—writer
Edna St. Vincent Millay--poet