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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: American Culture in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
The First World War had a crippling effect on any notions of positivity in the artists, writers, and intellectuals of that time and they became known as the Lost Generation. This page discusses this group of people, the emergence of jazz...
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Other

For Many, One: Kulturkampfen (Wars for Civilization) of the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of the tumult and change happening in the United States in the 1920s. Read about the resurgance of the KKK, prejudice against immigrants, modernism for women, and evangelical Protestantism. Hyperlinks to a more detailed...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: American Culture in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about jazz, flappers, and the Lost Generation.
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Other

Voice of America: American History: 1920s Were a Big Time for the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
Voice of America offers an article about the arts in the Jazz Age including information about authors who wrote to protest what they saw happening in society. Read this article or listen to the narration of it.
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PBS

Pbs: Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns: Jazz in Time: Roaring Twenties

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay considers the impact of jazz on American society in the 1920s.
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Wessels Living History Farm

Wessels: Farming in the 1920s: 1920s World Events

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a list of events in many categories that occurred in the 1920s.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: The Age

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Other

Twenties Fashion: Ladies' Fashions of the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Women's fashions during the 1920s: less formal, legs shown, bobbed hair.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Only Yesterday Year by Year

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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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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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." Students will work in groups to research notable individuals from the 1920s and apply that knowledge to create a digital poster using Glogster. This poster...
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Other

For Many, One: The Kkk in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth look at the Ku Klux Klan in the United States in the 1920s. Find out why there was a resurgence of this hateful group, read about their philosophy, and how their views were influenced by the events of the Jazz Age.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: The Jazz Age 1919 1929: Republican Ascendancy: Politics in the 1920s

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the positive and negative aspects of Warren G. Harding's presidency, how Calvin Coolidge won the election of 1920, and his pro-business agenda.
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Stanford University

Riverwalk Jazz: Speakeasies, Flappers, and Red Hot Jazz: Music of Prohibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Script of a radio broadcast about Prohibition and Jazz Age America comments on black market bootlegging, jazz music, speakeasies, flappers, and women`s suffrage.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Jazz Age

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview with many interesting facts and information on the Jazz Age, a period in U.S. history associated with exuberance and the introduction of jazz music.
Website
Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Dating Old Photographs From Clothes Worn: 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs and fashion illustrations of clothing typically worn in 1920's America and Europe.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Women in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about the changing role of women in society. Provides lists of famous women of the 1920s.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: American Sports in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about the history of sports in the 1920s, a time when sporting events were broadcast live across the nation and sports stars were idolized. Provides a list of famous athletes.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: 1920's Fashion for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview provides interesting facts about women's fashions, designers, dresses, and trends in clothing in the 1920s.
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American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: The History of Film: The 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the history of film.
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Curated OER

History Matters: The National Pastime in the 1920s: The Rise of the Baseball Fan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this article from a 1923 issue of Literary Digest that discusses the rise in interest in baseball. The author contends that the attendance at baseball games is a chance for the upper class and working class to mix socially in a way...
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Digital History

Digital History: The 1920s an Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of what is in store for America in the 1920s, the Jazz Age. Read about the rise of consumerism, the clash of values, and the rise of fearing the "other."
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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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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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