Important People in Entertainment in the 1920’s

 

Name ___________________________________________ Date _________ Block ____

 

Directions:  First go to file, save as.  Save this under YOUR H drive.  For each person or event, click on the link given and read about it.  Then type in the information on the right side of the column, and answer the questions at the bottom.  When you are done (and the teacher has checked you off) you may print.

 

 

Person/Event

Who/what is it?  Why is it important?

 

1. Harlem Renaissance

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/arts/topic9.html

 

 

 

2. Bessie Smith

(Blues Singer)

http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_saa_bessiesmith.html

 

 

3. Louis Armstrong

(Jazz Composer)

http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/louis.html

 

 

 

4. Langston Hughes

(Poet)

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/arts/topic10.html

 

 

 

5. Duke Ellington

(Jazz Composer)

http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/duke.html

 

 

 

6. F. Scott Fitzgerald

(Novelist)

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/arts/topic19.html

 

 

7. Georgia O’Keeffe

(Artist)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe

 

 

8. John Steinbeck

(Novelist)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck

 

 

9. Aaron Copland

(Composer)

http://www.classicsforkids.com/shows/bio.asp?ID=10

 

 

10. Jacob Lawrence

(Painter)

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines/story/0%2C6277%2C589053%2C00.html

 

11. George Gershwin

(Composer)

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/arts/topic25.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

 

  1. Why do you think these people are important? Would society be different if they never existed?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. If you could meet one of these people today, who would it be and why?

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