The Roaring Twenties Culture Assignment

Because The 1920s Are Such A Diverse Time In United States History, You And Your
Classmates Will Get The Opportunity To Tell The Story Of The Many Culturally Significant
Events That Occured. Your Topic May Be A Person, Event, Or Thing That Not Only Impacted
The Decade Of The 1920s, But Still Impacts Us Today (In Some Fashion). Below Are The
Topics For The Assignment, And the Criteria You Will Follow In Order To Put Together A
Dynamic, Exciting, And Informative Google Slides Presentation Which You Will Be
Presenting To The Entire Class

TOPICS:
The Lost Generation Fashion, Trends, And Fads Henry Ford and the Model T
Red Scare (1920s) (1920s) Harlem Renaissance
Sacco And Vanzetti Babe Ruth Louis Armstrong
The Centralia Incident Professional Football Langston Hughes
Al Capone (1920s) Duke Ellington
Scope’s “Monkey” Trial Jack Dempsey Bessie Smith
Warren G. Harding Charles Lindbergh Josephine Baker
Calvin Coolidge Hollywood (1920s) Tulsa Race Riot
Herbert Hoover Advertising (1920s) Rosewood
1920s Immigration Marcus Garvey KKK (1920s)
Prohibition Al Jolson Radio/KDKA
Stock Market Crash Charlie Chaplin Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
Flappers George Gershwin Rudolph Valentino

TASK:
1. Research and Understand your topic (be knowledgeable)
2. Put together a Google Slides Presentation that explains who or what your topic was
all about, and why your topic was important. (Be sure to focus the importance in
the context of the 1920s)
3. Use words and Images (at least 8 images) to support your information and to paint
a vivid image for your audience.
4. Your Presentation should be about 3-5 minutes in Length, and you need to be
prepared to answer questions about your topic.
5. Select two key items of importance from your project, and ask questions about
them at the end of your presentation.
**You Need to Cite At Least 3 Sources***

Your Presentation and the days of preparation will be worth 150 points. 50 points for the days of
preparation, and 100 points for a completed/ presented project that meets all the listed criteria.

I reserve the right to give an alternate assignment at anytime for poor behavior, or other
offenses. The Alternate assignment will be a 5 page typed report about your topic meeting the
following criteria:
1. A cover page
2. Five typed pages of information (no photos or images included)
 a. 12 point type
b. Times New Roman font
c. Double Spaced
d. 1 inch margins around the entire paper
3. A bibliography page with the sources you used in order to complete this assignment
4. Any plagiarized material (copy/pasted) will result in the entire assignment being given a
score of zero.