1920s Scrapbook Scavenger Hunt



1920s Scrapbook Scavenger Hunt

Complete the following questions in proper SENTENCE form. When you have completed this assignment, submit it electronically via the class webpage.

1) After the war a large number of new products were being produced. Describe 3 such new products that fascinate you the most. (p. 2-3)

2) Describe 3 techniques that were used by business to get people to buy products. (p. 4-5)

3) Choose 5 slang terms used in the 20s and outline what each meant. Are any of these terms is use today? What 21st century slang terms are used in their place? (p. 6)

4) Describe who the following important individuals are and why they are important:

a. Agnes Macphail (p. 8)

b. Frederick Banting (p. 8)

c. Lionel Conacher (p. 9)

d. Nellie McClung (p. 15)

e. Edmonton Grads (p. 24)

f. Group of Seven (p. 23)

5) Explain how the role of women changed in the 1920’s. (p. 12-13)

6) Describe, in your own words, the 3 objectives of Women’s organizations in the 1920s. (p. 15)

7) Describe any five sports facts or achievements of the 1920s. (p. 24-25)

8) Which province was the first to bring in prohibition? Which was the first to end prohibition? (p. 26-27)

9) Explain why cities like Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton were important communities during the Prohibition years. (p.26-27)

10) Explain why buyers were attracted to the Model T Ford. (p. 34-35)

11) Describe the main problems associated with the maintenance of cars in the 1920s. (p. 34-5)

12) Describe 3 new types of transportation introduced in the 1920s (p. 32-33)

13) Which types of immigrants were not allowed (prohibited) into Canada? (p. 39)

14) Look at the various tables on immigrants to Canada during the 1920s. (p. 38-39)

a. Which province had the most immigrants arrive in 1924?

b. In which year was immigration the highest?

c. List in order from highest to lowest the five most important countries of birth of immigrants arriving in 1927.

15) Describe what was required to make a “Homemade Still”. What were its dangers? (p. 28)

16) Based on the information you gathered above, and using the 1920s slang terms (p. 6), write a paragraph in which you describe what life was like in the 1920s. Write your description as if you were a teenager living in the 1920s. Be sure to begin your paragraph with a clear topic sentence and end with a logical conclusion. Your paragraph description must be at least eight sentences in length!

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