1920s

Usually called the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age, this time period in America experienced a huge economic boom thanks to the end of World War I and led to rapid population change to urban areas. The time period draws to a close with the Stock Market crash of 1929 and creation of the Great Depression

Day 1 - Post World War I

F. Scott Fitzgerald (warm-up)

It was... the Roaring Twenties (video)

Treaty of Versailles (worksheets p49-53)

Roaring 20s Overview (video, extra)

Day 2 - Age of Excess

Drawing the 1920s (warm-up)

Best of Times, the Worst of Times (presentation)

Vocab Check-Up

Day 3 - Prohibition

1920's Slang (warm-Up)

Prohibition in their own Words (2nd page only)