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The Roaring 1920s Project

Directions: In the United States, as well as around the world, the 1920s was an era of changing lifestyles, traditions, and values. Your job is to create a presentation covering one of the many changing aspects of the 1920s. You may chose from the following topics:

❖ Booming Economy

❖ Consumerism

❖ Dance & Music

❖ Fashion

❖ Film of the Era (Includes the Cult of Celebrity)

❖ Literature

❖ Newspapers and Magazines

❖ Political Changes

❖ Prohibition

❖ Organized Crime

❖ Race Relations

❖ Red Scare

❖ Role of Women

❖ Scopes Trial

❖ Struggles of Farmers

This project will be scored out of a total of 100 points. Your presentation must include the following:

❖ The background to the topic (20 points) ( What was happening in America to lead to either the development or changes in your topic?

❖ All relevant terms and people (20 points) ( Includes key vocabulary, names, places, terms, etc.

❖ Key information about the topic (20 points) ( What makes this an important, or relevant, topic to the study of the 1920s in America?

❖ How this topic from the 1920s has effected American culture today (10 points)

❖ Chicago Style Citations (include at least TWO sources)

❖ No spelling, grammatical, or mechanical mistakes (10 points)

❖ Use of pictures (5 points) ( This can include illustrations, photographs, graphs, charts, etc.

❖ Use of color and creativity (5 points)

❖ All information is presentation in a school-appropriate format!! (10 points)

You may choose any of the following methods of creating your presentation:

❖ PowerPoint

❖ Prezi

❖ Glogster

❖ Storybird

❖ Poster

❖ Brochure

❖ Any other method approved by your teacher!

*** You may receive up to 10 bonus points for incorporating appropriate sounds or videos into your presentation! Please make sure you incorporate the videos or sounds fluidly…. Don’t just link to a youtube video! ***

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