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Use the resources below for more information. The History website is a good starting point, but also look at the other sources as well. You can look at the pre-selected topics in the History website, and you can also search for your topic on their website. If you have difficulty finding information for your topic, please let me know!
Use the resources below for more information. The History website is a good starting point, but also look at the other sources as well. You can look at the pre-selected topics in the History website, and you can also search for your topic on their website. If you have difficulty finding information for your topic, please let me know!
Be sure to document your sources in Noodle Tools!
Be sure to document your sources in Noodle Tools!
If you need help with NoodleTools, there are tutorials on the main Grade 8 Language Arts project page, for things like completing note cards, source cards, pasting pre-formatted citations, etc.
Any questions, email Mrs. Grib!
History: The Roaring 20's
UN: trumbull PW: eagles
Prohibition
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Additional Information!
Additional Information!
Additional links are provided below for research.
Additional links are provided below for research.
You must complete a source card for every website or article you use.
You must complete a source card for every website or article you use.
Remember, if it is a website, you will need to look around the website to find the information for your source card. If the link goes to a print source (pdf), there will either be a copyright page from the book, or copyright/title/etc. information provided for you to complete a source card. Please let Mrs. Grib know if any of the links do not work or link to the incorrect source. Thank you!
These articles give an overview and contain links to articles about many of the topics listed below:
1920's: A decade of change The Roaring 20's
Arts and Entertainment
The Big Screen
Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin #2
Progression of movies Movies, Radio & Sport in the 20's D. W. Griffith (info about movies) Movie Industry
Progression of radio networks “Golden Age of Radio” (also see the technology section towards the bottom of this list)
Radio and Radio Industry The Radio Boom
Music of the 20s
Popular Dance Styles Dance Charleston
Politics
The 19th Amendment Women Win the Vote (WEBSITE)
New Liberties (fashion, marriage, etc.) Feminism
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel** Fashion
**Look in both the "Fashion" article and the "Biography" website [scroll up towards the top] for more information about Chanel
Court Trials-
The Scopes Monkey Trial Scopes Trial #2
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Sacco and Vanzetti #2
Harlem Renaissance
Writers Black Writers
W.E.B. Dubois W.E.B. Dubois #2
Musicians from “Jazz Age” Jazz Age
Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Louis Armstrong #2 (Also has information about Duke Ellington)
Fads/News Makers
Fads and Crazes Fads and Ballyhoo Fads and Stunts
Dark Side of the 20s-
18th Amendment
Prohibition/Response to Prohibition Prohibition Prohibition#2 Prohibition #3 Prohibition #4
Gangsters (Al Capone, etc.) Organized Crime Al Capone #1 Al Capone #2 Al Capone #3
Sports (Golden Age of America)
Sports Baseball Football Play Ball: Sports and Games
Gertrude Ederle (also see the "Sports" article above)
White Sox Scandal (“Black Sox Scandal”)
Technological Advancement/Inventions Machine Age: Technology of the 1920s (info about cars, radio & Lindbergh crossing)
Aircraft Air Travel
“Lucky Lindy” crosses the Atlantic Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh #2 (Also see "Fads and Crazes" link in Fads section)
Radio Movies, Radio & Sport in the 20's
Automobiles
History of the Automobile Age of the Automobile Automobile Industry
How the Automobile Changed History (short book)
Writers
F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) F. Scott Fitzgerald #2
Industry
Economics- Stock Market Crash
Consumer Economy in the 20's Boom and Bust: The 1920's Economy Economy Stock Market
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