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National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Prosperity: Consumerism

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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National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.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: Consumerism. Looks at the rise of consumerism in the 1920s with mass production of goods. Presents a collection of commentaries, a painting by Florine Stettheimer, humorists' ideas about salesmanship, and silent commercials for consumer goods.

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consumerism, primary sources
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1920s, 1920s consumer goods, 1920s consumerism, 1920s economic prosperity, 1920s economy, 1920s history, 1920s mass consumption, 1920s prosperity, mass-produced consumer goods, 1920s america, florine stettheimer, national humanities center, postwar america, primary source, consumer society
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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