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The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: Detroit News Newsreels, 1923-1928. A collection of thirty newsreels produced from 1923 to 1928, reporting local news that reflected national issues and trends - traffic safety, aviation feats, crime, illegal aliens, college fads, beauty contests, new cars, new skyscrapers, new airline service, new radio towers, new street lighting, and, of course, sports, celebrities, children, and animals.
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