Time Capsules of the 1920s & 1930s



Time Capsules of the Roaring Twenties

United States History

EQ – How did the United States experience economic growth and social change in the decade after WWI?

Task – Students will work with a partner to develop a Time Capsule in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. Students will examine the political, economic, social, and cultural issues of the 1920s, analyzing the cause of these issues as well as the effect of these issues on our nation. Specifically, students will determine what elements of the 1920s caused the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Requirements – The PowerPoint must include at least 30 slides (but no more than 40) and must cover the topics, concepts and issues found below. The PowerPoint must include images and bullet points of information, and each slide should have no more than five lines of text and a total of 30 words. Your PowerPoint may also include political cartoons, newspaper clippings, videos, and music. At the bottom of every slide a web address of the site where information or images are obtained must be included.

Grading Rubric:

1 – Accuracy of historical information (35 points)

2 – A minimum of 30 slides, but no more than 40 (10 points)

3 – Representation of each concept listed below (10 points)

4 – Appropriate use of images and text, including citations (10 points)

5 – Neatness, originality, and creativity (10 points)

This project will total 75 points

Contents of the Time Capsule – The following concepts should be included in each Time Capsule:

Political Issues

Red Scare / Palmer Raids

Trial of Sacco & Vanzetti

President Warren G. Harding

“Return to Normalcy”

The Ohio Gang

Teapot Dome Scandal

President Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Dawes Plan

Economic Issues

Henry Ford & the Model T

Assembly lines

Effect of the Automobile

Consumer Revolution

Buying on Margin

Economic Policies of Harding,

Coolidge, & Hoover

Social Issues

Influenza epidemic (1918-1919)

Fundamentalism v. Modernism

The Scopes “Monkey” Trial

Ku Klux Klan

Eighteenth Amendment – Prohibition

Speakeasies – Bootleggers – Al Capone

Cultural Issues

The Charleston

Movies – Charlie Chaplin – The Jazz Singer

Radio – KDKA Pittsburgh

American Heroes – Babe Ruth –

Charles Lindbergh

Flappers

The “Lost Generation” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

– Ernest Hemingway

Marcus Garvey

The Harlem Renaissance – The Jazz Age

Helpful Hints: Use your textbook to research the information (p. 515 – 567) and use the internet to find images and additional information, if needed. Each concept above does not have to represent only one slide. If possible, save your work using a flash drive.

Honors Writing Assignment – 1920s Project

Select the three people, events, or concepts from your research during this project that best represent the decade of the 1920s. In making your selections, your choices should best represent the major political, economic, social, and cultural challenges of this time period. Most importantly, you must defend your selections with specific and relevant factual information.

Write a two-to-three page essay (12 point font, standard formatting) which states the three concepts you chose and describes why each concept best represents the decade of the 1920s.

This paper will be due the same day as your PowerPoint project and is worth 50 points.

Honors Writing Assignment – 1920s Project

Select the three people, events, or concepts from your research during this project that best represent the decade of the 1920s. In making your selections, your choices should best represent the major political, economic, social, and cultural challenges of this time period. Most importantly, you must defend your selections with specific and relevant factual information.

Write a two-to-three page essay (12 point font, standard formatting) which states the three concepts you chose and describes why each concept best represents the decade of the 1920s.

This paper will be due the same day as your PowerPoint project and is worth 50 points.

Honors Writing Assignment – 1920s Project

Select the three people, events, or concepts from your research during this project that best represent the decade of the 1920s. In making your selections, your choices should best represent the major political, economic, social, and cultural challenges of this time period. Most importantly, you must defend your selections with specific and relevant factual information.

Write a two-to-three page essay (12 point font, standard formatting) which states the three concepts you chose and describes why each concept best represents the decade of the 1920s.

This paper will be due the same day as your PowerPoint project and is worth 50 points.

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