The Twenties: A Decade of Change
The 1920's in America was a period of opulence and excess that led to the inevitable consequences of the 1930's and the Great Depression
Jim Schoepski
Belvidere H.S.
1500 East Avenue
Belvidere IL 61008

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Directions

 
 
  Write a five paragraph essay choosing an aspect of the Twenties social history (examples: sports, fashion, music, film, technology, morality). Explain how the changes of these aspects changed the social fabric of the U.S. Include examples of previous norms and the changes that occurred in the Twenties. Make sure to describe the era including the major individuals involved and their contributions. Areas might include: mass production and credit, the automobile industry, entertainment industry, sports celebrities, heroes, the "New Woman", Prohibition, Organized Crime, the Scopes trial, music and dance, The Harlem Renaissance, the Lost Generation, art and architecture, racial issues, and Sacco and Vanzetti.

Resources: (Use the resources below to conduct your search.)

Resources

 
 
 

Crime
  Factmonster: Orgins of Organized Crime
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/society/A0860165.html
Description of organized crime's birth

Culture
  Jazz Age Culture
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
The Flapper Era and the Harlem Renaissance

Fashion
  The Roaring Twenties and Its Fashion
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/1166/
Men's and women's fashion

Music
  Jazz: A film by Ken Burns
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_roaring.htm
PBS companion site to Ken Burn's documentary

Overview
  The 1920's Experience
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/
Provides links to a variety of cultural and economic Twenties areas
  The Jazz Age
http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/
Flapper culture and style
  American Cultural History
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html
Social history of the 1920's

Personalities
  Jazz Age biographies
http://mypage.direct.ca/r/rsavill/Biograph.html
Biographies of famous Twenties figures

Sports
  The Golden Age of Sport
http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/apfas/20R.HTM
Description of America's Golden Age of Sports
  TSN: The Black Sox Scandal
http://tsn.sportingnews.com/archives/worldseries/1919.html
An overview of the 1919 World Series scandal
 


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