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The Roaring 20s and Jazz Age Scavenger HuntLocating and Using ResourcesHint: DESTINY1. How many books does our library have on the Harlem Renaissance? 2. Write the title and call number of the book written by Laban C. Hill. 3. Using WebPath Express search for websites on the Harlem Renaissance. How many search results did you get that are appropriate for Grades 6th – 8th? Hint: Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) The AVL provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles. You will also find eBooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, maps, video, podcasts and much more in AVL databases. 4. How many databases are provided for Middle School Students? Hint: Britannica Encyclopedia Middle School Edition 5. Who is featured in the “Biography of the Day” section? 6. What or who is featured in the “Did You Know” section? 7. What is the “BuzzWord” for the day? __________ Search for information on the” Lost Generation.” 8. Who were the “Lost Generation?” 9. Name the two famous U.S. writers/novelists of the “Lost Generation” shown in the image. Hint: SIRS Discoverer Perform a keyword and subject search on “Prohibition.” Total ResultsNewspaper ArticlesMagazine ArticlesReference Books Graphics10. Keyword Search11. Subject SearchCompare your search results. 12. Which type of search produced the most relevant search results? 13. Why? Go back to your subject search on Prohibition. Locate and open the magazine article titled “The Rise of Gangster.” 14. Who is the author of the article? 15. What is the title of the Magazine the article was featured? 16. What month and year was the magazine article published?Skim through the article, “The Rise of Gangster,” to answer the following questions. 17. What did the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do? 18. What were the “unfortunate results” of the Eighteenth Amendment? 19. When was the 18th Amendment repealed? 20. How long did prohibition last? 21. What was a “speakeasy?” 22. Who was the most famous gangster of the era? 23. In what city did he lead a criminal gang? Hint: Student Research Center Locate and open the biography by Laura Muha about Charles Lindbergh. 24. Charles Lindbergh was the first person to do what? 25. What was the name of Charles Lindbergh’s plane? 26. Lindbergh landed in what European city? 27. How long did the flight last? 28. Locate and watch the short video, “Lindbergh Does It – 1927”Hint: PPS Virtual Library – PATHFINDERS – The Roaring20s & The Jazz Age - Learning Adventures in Citizenship Topic 1: Changing Times 29. People that made liquor for themselves or to sell were known as what? 30. Who were Izzy and Moe, and why did they disguise themselves as gravediggers? Topic 2: Harlem 31. During the 1920s Harlem become known as what? 32. How did Harlem attract more than 120,000 blacks in less than 25 years? 33. What did this period become known as? Topic 3: Jazz Age 34. What is the famous novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald that symbolizes life in the 1920s? 35. What was the Cotton Club? ................
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