1920s Simulation



1920s Character Simulation

Purpose: To demonstrate the conflicts between the modern and traditional during the 1920s.

We will conduct a 1920s simulation in class, and you will assume the role of one of the historical figures listed below. During the simulation, you will explore multiple perspectives on the issues of the 1920s by interviewing each other (in character) about your conflicting or supporting beliefs. On the day of the simulation, you should come your poster, in costume (extra credit), and bring food or drink to share.

|Cast of Characters |

|Herbert Hoover—president |Aimee Semple McPherson-preacher from California |Zelda Fitzgerald—flapper/writer |

|Calvin Coolidge—president |Billy Sunday—baseball player/preacher |Louis Armstrong—jazz musician |

|A. Philip Randolph—civil rights |Eliot Ness—prohibition agent |Duke Ellington—jazz musician |

|Marcus Garvey—civil rights |Langston Hughes— writer |Bessie Smith—jazz singer |

|A. Mitchell Palmer-attorney general |Zora Neale Hurston—writer |Babe Ruth—baseball player |

|Margaret Sanger—women’s rights/birth control |Margaret Mead—anthropologist |Helen Wills Moody—tennis player |

|Georgia O’Keeffe—artist |Henry Ford—businessman |Clara Bow—flapper/actress |

|Bartolomeo Vanzetti—political dissident |Harry Houdini—performance artist |Charles Lindbergh—aviator |

|William Jennings Bryan-Scopes trial attorney |Sinclair Lewis—writer |Dorothy Parker—writer/satirist |

|Clarence Darrow— Scopes trial attorney |F. Scott Fitzgerald—writer |Amelia Earhart—aviator |

| | |Ernest Hemingway—writer |

|Assignments DUE: Wednesday, Nov. 12 |

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|Poster (25 project points) |

|Create a small poster (8 ½ x 11 inches or smaller) that includes the following: |

|Your historical figure’s name |

|A good-quality image of your person |

|1-2 paragraphs explaining why your person was significant to the 1920s |

|An interesting quote by your person |

|Other relevant symbols or images |

|Be creative but also clear and neat in your work. |

|On the back: list your bibliographic sources in correct MLA format (use easybib) |

|Steps |

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|Conduct research in class (in the computer lab) and outside of class on your historical figure. You must have at least one page of notes written or typed in |

|your own words. List at least 2 sources for this information. |

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|Type 1-2 paragraphs about your historical figure in your own words. You do not need to include all biographical information, but just the information that is |

|relevant to the 1920s. Answer these questions: why was this person was significant in the 1920s? What important ideas, issues, or trends were they associated |

|with during that era and why? Put this paragraph(s) on your poster. |

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|On the day of the simulation, be prepared with the following: |

|Poster with the above information about your historical figure. |

|Wear a costume on the day of simulation (extra credit). |

|Bring food or drink (or help set up and clean up) on the day of the simulation. |

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