Names:______
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1920s Internet Scavenger Hunt and Information Quest!!!!
Directions: For this activity, you and a partner will be investigating the internet looking for information on “The Roaring Twenties”. Sometimes, a website will be provided to you. Sometimes, you will be required to search on your own. When you have completed this packet, you and your partner will be required to “hunt” for artifacts. There are six sections that need to be completed, when you have completed all the sections you will receive part two. You must find 10 artifacts, written, and/or drawn and a short biography of an important person who lived during the 1920’s. While you and your partner may choose to divide the work between yourselves, be careful – you will both need to know all the information for the quiz and the final exam. Also, a packet must be turned in by each person, NOT just one per group. This packet will serve as your study guide. You WILL write neatly. If I cannot read the answer, you will not get credit for it. This entire assignment is worth100 points.
Here are two websites that have a TON of information on the 1920s:
SECTION ONE: Introduction - The 1920s was a time of prosperity, but also a time of many challenges. It was an era of change…a time when people began to do what they wanted to do instead of following social norms. The U.S. prospered as Henry Ford developed the automobile assembly line, as the nation had its first ever TV broadcast in New York, and as mail was delivered via airplanes. Women fought for the right to vote and changed the rules of fashion. Prohibition made it illegal to drink alcohol, creating organized crime with Al Capone leading the way. Warren Harding’s administration participated in the Teapot Dome Scandal. Babe Ruth and the Yankees ruled the arena of baseball. The first ever sports broadcast was delivered. Charles Lindbergh was given the name “Lucky Lindy” and became a national hero. Dance marathons and pole sitting became all the rage. Americans feared a Communist takeover. Italian immigrants, Sacco and Vanzetti, were executed in one of the biggest trials of the 1920s. Marcus Garvey and Langston Hughes led the Harlem Renaissance. Garvey spoke of his ideas for Black Nationalism while Hughes became a leading writer of the Black Movement. Clarence Darrow prosecuted John Scopes during the “Monkey Trial,” after Scopes admitted to disobeying a law that forbade teaching evolution in his classroom. In the decade after WWI, America became known as, and truly was, an innovative, risky, wonderful, and changing nation.
After reading the above paragraph, write down three of the events mentioned that sound the most interesting to you:
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SECTION TWO – Culture: fun, fads, fashion, flappers, films, and firsts….
*Go to and search for “flappers”. Click on the article ‘Flappers in the Roaring Twenties’. Read the article and answer the following questions:
1) What seven trends does the author say “new women” in the 1920s took part?
2) How did trench warfare contribute to this new mentality?
3) The word “flapper” was used to describe whom?
4) What definition does the Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins give for ‘flapper’?
5) Describe the new fashion of flappers and other women on the 1920s.
*Go to answer the following questions
1) What three major women’s fashion magazines emerged at this point in history?
2) Where was a women’s waistline worn in the early 1920s? 1923? 1925?
3) Scroll to the end of the webpage and click on Mens Fashion read about men’s clothing. List two characteristics that are different from men’s style today.
*Search the web and find three popular dances/dance moves of this decade. Write down the site this information came from (also known as ‘citing the site’).
*Go to historylink.org and do a search for dance marathons. Give a three sentence summary of this tiny article (Dance Marathons of the 1920s and 1930s)
*Search the web and find the following information about flagpole sitting. What is it? Who started it? How long could/did people sit on poles? When did this fad end? Cite the site!!
*Go to Pick out 10 slang words you find interesting and write them down along with their definitions below.
*Go to the website and answer the following questions.
1) Why did Lindbergh become an American hero?
2) What was the name of his plane?
3) What happened to Lindbergh’s first-born son?
4) Lindbergh became a leader in what effort during WWII?
5) What did Lindbergh do during the war? Who did he work for? Where did he work?
*Search the web for Helen Wills. Why was she famous in the 1920s? How many gold medals did she win in the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics? Cite the site!!
*Go to Answer the following questions.
1) What achievement did Earhart complete in May of 1932?
2) What feat was she attempting to accomplish at the time of her death in 1937?
3) Why was she called “Lady Lindy”?
*Go to In the space below, write down his birth date, two achievements, one quote, and two of his nicknames.
*Go to google.com and search “marriage and divorce rate MSN encarta”. Click on “U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates – Chart – MSN Encarta”. What was the divorce rate in 1920? What is it today? Is it increasing or decreasing? Are more or less people getting married today as compared to the 20s?
*Go to xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/3on1/radioshow/1920radio.htm Read, “Emergence of Radio in the 1920s and its cultural significance”. Answer the following questions.
1)When do most radio historians believe radio broadcasting began?
2) What percentage of families purchased radios between 1923 and 1930?
3) In 1922, how many radio stations were in existence?
4)How did radio stations help enhance a sense of community?
5)What did the government do to regulate radio?
*Investigate the web to find the following information Cite the site!!:
-- The first movie to have actual dialogue, also called a “talking movie” (title/year)
-- date of the first TV broadcast
-- date and event of the first sports radio broadcast
SECTION THREE: Harlem Renaissance
*Go to
Or use the Internet at your discretion
1) What is the Harlem Renaissance? When and where did it happen?
2) What factors led to the occurrence of the Harlem Renaissance? What did it transform?
3) What type(s) of music was prevalent during the Renaissance?
4) The following people were extremely influential during the Harlem Renaissance. The last two on the list are not commonly associated with the Renaissance, but I included them for lack of a better place to include their names. Investigate the web for information on these people. Write three sentences about each describing who they were, what they did, and why they were important at this point in history. Cite the site!!
--Marcus Garvey
--Langston Hughes
--Louis Armstrong
--Bessie Smith
-- Duke Ellington
--George Gershwin
--Ernest Hemingway (famous writer)
--Georgia O’Keeffe (famous artist)
SECTION FOUR: Prohibition
*What is the definition of Prohibition? Cite the site!!
*What is a “speakeasy”? What took place in a speakeasy? Where could they be found? Cite the site!!
*Go to Click on the Textbook picture. Scroll down to the Guided Reading entitled “The Jazz Age: The American 1920s” and click on it. Then click on Prohibition. Read the article and answer the following questions.
1) When did prohibition go into effect?
2) What two groups led the movement in favor of Prohibition?
3)What concerns did these reformers and Henry Ford have about alcohol? What did they feel it did or might cause?
4) The wording of the 18th amendment banned what?
5)Why did Prohibition fail (according to this article)?
6) What happened the alcoholism death rate and alcohol-related crime during Prohibition?
7) How did companies like Anheiser-Busch make it through Prohibition?
8) When did Prohibition, the ‘noble experiment’, end? Which amendment ended it?
*Investigate the web and find out what Al Capone’s role in Prohibition was. What did he do? Where did he do it? How did he do it? Write at least three sentences. Cite the site!!
*Who was Aimee Semple McPherson? Write three sentences about her and her beliefs. Cite the site!!
*The answer to this next question IS NOT online. You must think! How might have the overall atmosphere of the 1920s contributed to the failure of prohibition? Think about the culture, the lifestyle, the changes, etc. Support your theory with examples/evidence from what you’ve already learned!
Theory:
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
SECTION FIVE: Politics
*Name the three presidents of the 1920s and list the years they were in office. Cite the site!!
*Give a summary of the Teapot Dome Scandal. Cite the site!!
*Describe the two trials below. Who was involved? What was the trial about? Where did these trials take place? When did these trials occur? Why were these trials significant at this point in time? How do they relate to today?
Scopes Trial
Who:
What:
Where:
Two significant points:
a.
b.
How it relates to today:
Sacco-Vanzetti
Who:
What:
Where:
Two significant points:
a.
b.
How it relates to today:
SECTION SIX: End of the Roar
*What is Black Tuesday and when did it occur? Cite the site!!
*What did this event mark the beginning of?
Name: ______
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Scavenger Hunt Artifacts (20 points)
Directions: Draw, create, write, or print off the following artifacts from the 1920s. Use the back of this paper, as well as your own lined paper. All artifacts need to be stapled to this sheet. You only need to turn in one set of artifacts per group.
1) A picture of a stereotypical flapper (hand drawn or printed)
2) A picture of a radio from the 1920s (hand drawn or printed)
3) Write a paragraph about a typical day at school using seven (7) slang terms from the 20s. Underline the words in your paragraph.
4) Create a small magazine advertisement for “The Jazz Singer”.
5) Find the lyrics from a Harlem Renaissance song that captures the spirit of the time. Write down or print off at least 12 lines from the song. Also be sure to write down the title and performer of the song.
6) Write down a quote from Aimee Semple McPherson that shows her unique point of view.
7) Go to prohibition.osu.edu and click on Cartoons from the Prohibition Party. Print out one of the cartoons. On the back of the paper, analyze the cartoon and explain what it is trying to say.
Find a newspaper article from the 1920s that address each of the following topics:
8) Al Capone
9) Sacco-Vanzetti
10) Stock Market Crash
You may want to search in the archives of the New York Times or another popular paper of this era. Only print out the first page of the articles. I do not want to kill too many trees.
BIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT (20 points)
Together, you and your partner are to write a short, one page biography of an influential person of the 1920s. Review the list below and choose one person you would like to research. When you are ready, bring me your top few choices. No two groups may research the same person. Topics will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.
1) Charles Lindbergh6) Louis Armstrong11) Georgia O’Keeffe
2) Babe Ruth7) Aimee Semple McPherson12) Marcus Garvey
3) Langston Hughes8) Amelia Earhart13) Duke Ellington
4) Charles Darrow9) Ernest Hemingway14) Bessie Smith
5) Al Capone10) George Gershwin15) Helen Wills
The biography will be at least one page long. You will use complete sentences, excellent spelling, correct citations (I will explain) and proper grammar. Your biography must include (not necessarily in this order)
--birth/death date
--childhood information
--significance, accomplishments, and contributions to the 1920s
--lasting impact on today’s culture
--a resource list. You must use at least three different web sites. CITE THEM!!