Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: The Coolidge Era & Consumer Economy
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...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression (1920 1939)
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...
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Long Flight
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Epsid 2019 2020 Us History
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,...
Digital History
Digital History: Avant Garde
Synopsis of the huge cultural shifts that occurred in America in the 1920s in art, music, literature, and among intelligentsia.
Other
Brickhaus: The Allure of Household Appliances in the 1920s
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.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Learning Through the Duke
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.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: You Decide: The Roaring Twenties?
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?
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Normalcy Under Attack: The Culture Wars of the 1920's
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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Bee's Knees of the 1920s
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Roaring Twenties
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...
TES Global
Blendspace: The Roaring 20's
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
ClassFlow
Class Flow: 1920's and 1930's Undercover
[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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Review Quiz Over the 1920's
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart has fifteen quiz questions on the culture, famous people and events of the 1920's.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The 20's and 30's
[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.
Scott Alexander
Red Hot Jazz: Paul Whiteman
This site gives a brief biography of one of the greatest band leaders of the twenties.