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Scott Alexander
Red Hot Jazz: Paul Whiteman
This site gives a brief biography of one of the greatest band leaders of the twenties.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Calvin Coolidge Became President
Calvin Coolidge was not elected president but he came to be a most influential one. For more information and some photographs, visit this site from the Library of Congress.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Charles Lindbergh, Flying Cross
The accomplishments of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart may not seem like much by today's standards, but for their time, they were quite the heroes! This site documents Charles Lindbergh's award of the Flying Cross for his...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: 20th Century: Religion in American History: The Rise of Fundamentalism
An essay on the definition and discussion of generic fundamentalism and historic fundamentalism, includes historian debate, online resources and guide for student discussion.
Other
Duluth Lynchings Online Resource
A comprehensive resource that provides a variety of primary source documents that relate to the lynching of three black men in Duluth. There is a timeline, short profiles on all the people involved, information on the trial, and the...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 6: Becoming a Modern Nation
This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...
PBS
Public Broadcasting System: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
A double biography of both F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Edward Hopper (1882 1967)
A brief biography of Edward Hopper and a description of his characteristics and style.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Edward Hopper
This Ibiblio.org Webmuseum site contains information regarding Edward Hopper's life, influences, and links to images of his work.
Library of Congress
Loc: Web Guides: A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials
Presents the Library's resources as well as links to external web sites on the Harlem Renaissance, and a bibliography.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Gershwin Legacy: George and Ira Gershwin
With their famous music and lyrics, the Library of Congress presents an in depth exhibit of primary source materials from the Gershwin brothers.
PBS
Pbs: Cole Porter: You're the Top
A high school lesson plan designed to delve deeper into the life of Cole Porter and the meaning in his music.
PBS
Pbs: People and Discoveries: Kdka Begins to Broadcast 1920
This site from PBS details the history of radio and KDKA (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) the first radio station to offer programming. Mentions: advertising, NBC Radio, mass culture.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Decade That Roared
A very brief overview of the decade between the end of World War I and the Great Depression.