Digital History
Digital History: The Roaring Twenties [Pdf]
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...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression (1920 1939)
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge
Find out more about Calvin Coolidge, who presided over the Roaring Twenties.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This collection uses primary sources to explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Roaring '20S: Ossian Sweet
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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: It's a Wonderful Life
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...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Booming 1920s
Section on the post-war economic boom and social changes that hit in the 1920s after World War I.
Other
The Costume Gallery: A Year in Fashion: 1920
View ladies fashion from the flapper era. Some sections require a Library Card from The Costume Gallery.