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Digital History

Digital History: The Roaring Twenties [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this comprehensive look at the Roaring Twenties, or Jazz Age. Read about Prohibition and its ramifications, women's gains, entertainment, and literature. Also find out about the resurgence of racial unrest and violence. A very good...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression (1920 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
Getting back to the daily grind after World War I led to an age of consumerism and wealth which created an entirely different culture of affluence in the United States until Black Tuesday in 1929. Find lessons, videos, slideshows, and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about Calvin Coolidge, who presided over the Roaring Twenties.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby.
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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Roaring '20S: Ossian Sweet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery person, Ossian Sweet.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: It's a Wonderful Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will use the Internet to research the Roaring Twenties, The Stock Market Crash, and The Great Depression. They will also watch the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" to see how people lived through these three dramatic eras. They...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Booming 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Section on the post-war economic boom and social changes that hit in the 1920s after World War I.
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Other

The Costume Gallery: A Year in Fashion: 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
View ladies fashion from the flapper era. Some sections require a Library Card from The Costume Gallery.