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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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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: President Harding Installed a Radio

For Students 3rd - 8th
This 3-page article explores the role of radio in the 1920s, and the day that President Harding installed a radio in the White House.
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Digital History

Digital History: Prosperity: Fact or Myth [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the reasons for the booming economy in the United States in the 1920s. Can the seeds for the Great Depression be seen in the fruit of the economy? [pdf]
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Review 1920's Technology, Tensions, and Prohibition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is filled with review questions and pictures from the 1920s about electrification, radio, broadcasting, tensions, prohibition and other topics from that decade.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Photos From the Scene of the Crime

For Students 9th - 10th
National Public Radio tells the story of the traveling display of LAPD archived photos from crime scenes as early as the 1920s, some of them "Wonderfully cinematic."
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Roaring Twenties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity involves comparing turn of the century music with the music from the Jazz Age. Learners will listen to musical selections and analyze how the change in the music reflects the change in cultural attitudes. They will also...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Bob Hope Obituary

For Students 9th - 10th
Read all about the life and accomplishments of Bob Hope who died at the age of 100 in 2003.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Bob Hope and American Variety

For Students 9th - 10th
An EXTENSIVE biography on the life of entertainer Bob Hope from his early life through the USO shows to his television career. Great examples of images and personal notes and memorabilia.
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Curated OER

Mob Hit in Restaurant, 1933.

For Students 9th - 10th
National Public Radio tells the story of the traveling display of LAPD archived photos from crime scenes as early as the 1920s, some of them "Wonderfully cinematic."

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