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Ms. Haskel's 1920s and 1930s Unit


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1920s Culture Project Internet Activity

1920s Internet Homework Project

1.  Use an index card or a ½ sheet of paper

Text Box: Your name:                                                       Web Address:
 Handwrite additional notes on your topic.  
This will be a minimum of 3 additional pieces of information.
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* If you do not have internet access see me at lunch or after school to complete project.
** If you have internet problems you need to provide a written note you’re your parents explaining what the problem was.
*** If you have printer problems copy and paste picture into a word document and e-mail it to me at rhaskel@gcsny.org



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Find at least one additional picture on your topic and print the picture out.

 Internet Sites:

Sacco and Vanzetti

http://www.courttv.com/archive/greatesttrials/sacco.vanzetti/

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/SaccoV.htm

 

Organized Crime

http://www.gangrule.com/

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/lawless.htm

Al Capone

http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html

 

Shopping

http://www.1920-30.com/business/

http://www.1920-30.com/business/instalment-selling.html

 

Flappers

http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/NewWoman/newwoman-index.htm

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html#flapper

http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/the-bob.html

http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/appeal.html

www.alephnull.net/20s/index.html

 http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture14.html (scroll to the bottom for 1920s information)

 

 Movies

http://www.1920-30.com/movies/

http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gish.htm

Charlie Chaplin

            http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063369/entertainment.htm

 

Scopes Monkey Trial

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/Scopes/scopes-index.htm

http://www.courttv.com/archive/greatesttrials/scopes/

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm

 

Marcus Garvey

http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063369/people.htm

http://www.swagga.com/marcus.htm

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture09.html  (scroll down to the middle)

 

FADS:

Flagpole Sitting

http://www.badfads.com/pages/events/flagpole.html

 

Dance Marathons

http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Renee/DanceMarathons.html

Dances

http://www.homesteadmuseum.org/jtt/1920s%20charleston.pdf

http://www.mixedpickles.org/jazzdance.html

Games

http://www.mahjongmuseum.com/brief.htm

 

Aviation:

Charles Lindbergh

http://www.1920-30.com/aviation/

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/

Amelia Earhart

http://www.ameliaearhart.com/home.php

http://www.ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html

 

Harlem Renaissance

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EPF/is_18_101/ai_82650370

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html#harlem

http://www.levity.com/corduroy/harlem.htm

 

Jazz

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wghome.html

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_roaring.htm

www.alephnull.net/20s/index.html    

http://www.1920-30.com/music/

Louis Armstrong

http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/armstrong.html

http://www.satchmo.net/

http://www.redhotjazz.com/louie.html

 

Literature

F.Scott Fitzgerald

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage3.html#lost

Langston Hughes

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage3.html#harlem

 

Ku Klux Klan

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/Imm_KKK/antiimmigrationKKK-index.htm

 

Sports

http://www.1920-30.com/sports/

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/blacksox.html

http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch15-7.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/1920-in-sports

 


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