Group Members______

1920’s Group Research Project

Directions –

In your new groups please pick one of the topics

below to research and present your findings to the class. You are

responsible for making me aware of what topic you have selected

before the class period is over.

Topics –

  1. Between 1920 and 1929, automobile registration rose from eight million to twenty-three million. What effects have automobiles had on the lives of the American people (pollution, gas use, industry, roads and car accidents)? What contribution did Ford make to the automobile industry?
  2. How did women’s fashion change in the 1920s? Have these styles survived or ever been revived? How do they reflect the new freedoms many women were enjoying in the twenties?
  3. In The Great Gatsby there are many references to illegal activity – World Series fixing, bootlegging, police complicity in crime. Research criminal activity in the 1920s, including the Harding Administration Scandal and the Teapot Scandal.
  4. Discuss the stock market crash of 1929. Why did it happen and what was its aftermath? How did it lead to the Great Depression?
  5. Research a few of the major literary figures of the 1920’s. Discuss their contributions to American Literature. Some of these writers include F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Weldon Johnson, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, and Zora Neal Hurston.

Requirements –

·  Research paper minimum 5 pages----maximum 7 pages.

·  A presentation no longer than 10-15 minutes on topic.

·  At least 3 visuals per group

Due Date –

Research Report : The 1920's & The Great Gatsby
Teacher Name: Mr. Hardin
Student Name: ______
CATEGORY / 20-18 / 17-16 / 15-14 / 13andbelow
Graphic Organizer / Graphic organizer or outline has been completed and shows clear, logical relationships between all topics and subtopics. / Graphic organizer or outline has been completed and shows clear, logical relationships between most topics and subtopics. / Graphic organizer or outline has been started and includes some topics and subtopics. / Graphic organizer or outline has not been attempted.
Quality of Information / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. / Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Paragraph Construction / All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. / Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. / Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well. / Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs.
Diagrams & Illustrations / Diagrams and illustrations are neat, accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. / Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. / Diagrams and illustrations are neat and accurate and sometimes add to the reader's understanding of the topic. / Diagrams and illustrations are not accurate OR do not add to the reader's understanding of the topic.
Mechanics / No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. / Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors / A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. / Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.