1920’s Research Project Essential Question: To what extent does the culture of the 1920s reflect popular culture today? You will choose one topic from the 1920s to research below. Your task is to become an expert on this topic and find a news article from popular culture today that compares or contrasts to your topic from the 1920s. This assignment will culminate with a class discussion about the essential question above. # Topic Pg # Topic Pg # Topic Pg #’s #’s #’s 1 19th Amendment 105,335 11 Ku Klux Klan 21 Prohibition 415 436 2 ACLU 438 12 Labor Unions 417 22 Radio 445, 447 3 Advertising Boom 425 13 Limits on Immigration 415 23 Red Scare 413 (Quota System) Al Capone Sacco Vanzetti Case 4 437 14 449 24 413 Lindbergh’s Flight 5 Dance Fads & Slang 445 15 Marcus Garvey 453 25 The Scopes Trial 438 6 Entertainment & Movies 450,444 16 Music & Jazz 456 26 Speakeasies/Bootleggers 436-437 7 Flappers & Fashion 441 17 NAACP 453 27 Sports Heroes 448 8 Harlem Renaissance 18 New Technology 28 Strikes 452 425 417 9 Impact of the Automobile 19 Palmer Raids 29 Writers (Lost Generation) 423 413 450 10 Installment Plans 426 20 Poetry (Langston Hughes) 459 30 The Changing Family 442 Step 1: Summarize Your Topic Your Topic: _____________________________ Summarize the textbooks description of your topic in 3-5 sentences.
1920’s Research Project Essential Question: To what extent does the culture of the 1920s reflect popular culture today? # Topic Pg #’s # Topic Pg #’s # Topic Pg #’s 1 19th Amendment 105,335 11 Ku Klux Klan 415 21 Prohibition 436 2 ACLU 438 12 Labor Unions 417 22 Radio 445, 447 3 Advertising Boom 425 13 Limits on Immigration (Quota System) 415 23 Red Scare 413 4 Al Capone 437 14 Lindbergh’s Flight 449 24 Sacco Vanzetti Case 413 5 Dance Fads & Slang 445 15 Marcus Garvey 453 25 The Scopes Trial 438 6 Entertainment & Movies 450,444 16 Music & Jazz 456 26 Speakeasies/Bootleggers 436-437 7 Flappers & Fashion 441 17 NAACP 453 27 Sports Heroes 448 8 Harlem Renaissance 452 18 New Technology 425 28 Strikes 417 9 Impact of the Automobile 423 19 Palmer Raids 413 29 Writers (Lost Generation) 450 10 Installment Plans 426 20 Poetry (Langston Hughes) 459 30 The Changing Family 442 You will choose one topic from the 1920s to research below. Your task is to become an expert on this topic and find a news article from popular culture today that compares or contrasts to your topic from the 1920s. This assignment will culminate with a class discussion about the essential question above. Step 1: Summarize Your Topic Your Topic: _____________________________ Summarize the textbooks description of your topic in 3-5 sentences.
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