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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: The Coolidge Era & Consumer Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929 assembles a wide array of Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's...
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Unit Plan
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression (1920 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
Getting back to the daily grind after World War I led to an age of consumerism and wealth which created an entirely different culture of affluence in the United States until Black Tuesday in 1929. Find lessons, videos, slideshows, and...
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Activity
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Long Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
This website examines the first trans-Atlantic flight flown by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, two British fliers. Offers biographies, and additional links about the flight.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Epsid 2019 2020 Us History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...
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Activity
Digital History

Digital History: Avant Garde

For Students 9th - 10th
Synopsis of the huge cultural shifts that occurred in America in the 1920s in art, music, literature, and among intelligentsia.
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Activity
Other

Brickhaus: The Allure of Household Appliances in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses in detail the impact modern appliances had on the 1920s American household. Technology produced more opportunities within the household. Provides information about the benefits of electricity.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Learning Through the Duke

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Describe the life of Duke Ellington and his contributions to the field of jazz, write an original poem using a variety of popular vocabulary from the 1920's and respond to Ellington's composition "Mood Indigo" by creating a painting.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: You Decide: The Roaring Twenties?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about prohibition, prosperity, the role of the automobile and popular culture to decide if the 1920s were a roar or a big yawn. How would you describe the 1920s?
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Normalcy Under Attack: The Culture Wars of the 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive collection of slides presents the story of the United States in the 1920s. Examine the social changes as well as the cultural conflicts which occurred during the era.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Bee's Knees of the 1920s

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a culminating activity to an American history unit on "The Roaring 20s." Middle schoolers will work in groups to research notable individuals from the 1920s and apply that knowledge to create a digital poster using Glogster. This...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Roaring Twenties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity involves comparing turn of the century music with the music from the Jazz Age. Students will listen to musical selections and analyze how the change in the music reflects the change in cultural attitudes. They will also...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: The Roaring 20's

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module with thirteen links to texts, images, and videos, with information about life during the 1920's. RI.9-10.7 different mediums
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: 1920's and 1930's Undercover

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a guessing game in which each page reveals photographic clues of famous people or things of the 1920's and 1930's.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Review Quiz Over the 1920's

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart has fifteen quiz questions on the culture, famous people and events of the 1920's.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The 20's and 30's

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an extensive review of the 1920's and 1930's in which students write down their answers to questions, read extra information, and check their answers on the next page.
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Article
Scott Alexander

Red Hot Jazz: Paul Whiteman

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief biography of one of the greatest band leaders of the twenties.