1920s & 1930s
Power Point Productions
100 points
Due: December 7, 2009
Introduction
The 1920s and 1930s were a remarkable time for the United States of America. The events of this era helped to define modern America.
The Task
Your job is to research the topic assigned to you and your partner(s) and create an interesting and informative Power Point presentation for the class. Your research will encompass both primary and secondary resources. You will utilize the textbook, encyclopedias, library resources and internet sites in your research. With the information you acquire, you will create a quality documentary presentation for your classmates that will fully explain your topic to them. Your documentary must include background information, major events, and the impact on American society.
The Process and Resources
Background: Something for Everyone
Instructions:
- Each team will be assigned one of the following WebQuests.
- Radio
- Motion Pictures
- Jazz
- Sports
- Harlem Renaissance
- Authors
- Prohibition
- Al Capone and Gangsters
- Scopes Trial
- Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart
- Henry Ford and the Automobile
- Dust Bowl
- Each team will investigate the following:
- People
- Events
- The impact on American society
- Keep Track of the Resources You Used:
Books:
Author, Joe. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Date.
Internet:
Author, Joe. “Internet Article.” Source of Website. Date published or last updated.
(Date you accessed the site).
- Record the information you discover under each heading. Use the blank matrix to list what you've found. (Write down your answers because you will be responsible for teaching your teammates.)
People / Events / Impact
Biographies, articles, images, reports. / Reference, press releases, expert reports, images, dates/happenings, sounds news recordings. / Comparison/Contrast, critical thinking, evaluation problem solving.
- Once your team has explored your topic, anyone on the team should be able to answer any of the questions:
- What documents, data, and other resources did your group use?
- What people were involved in the topic you covered?
- What major events are associated with your topic?
- What dates and locations did you cover?
- How did your topic effect change in American society?
- Your final project is the creation of a documentary quality Power Point presentation to share with the class. Each member of the group must contribute to this final production. Your Power Point slides must consist of:
1)An introductory slide that gives the title of your topic and names the producers of your team.
2)A Works Cited slide that credits the sources you used in proper bibliographic form.
Author, Joe. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Date.
Author, Joe. “Internet Article.” Source of Website. Date published or last updated.
(Date you accessed the site).
3)At least five educational slides per person that consist of a visual and a caption that explains to the audience what they are looking at.
1920s & 1930s
Presentations
All groups will find the American Memory digital resources from the Library of Congress very helpful. You may browse the collection by topic, key word, name, category, or time period. This site has photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures, and documents that will assist you with your research.
Visit
Al Capone
“Al Capone.” Chicago History.
“Al Capone: the Brutal Chicago Gangster and the Capone Family.” Court TVs Crime Library.
“Al (Scareface) Capone: AZ-85.” Alcatraz History.
Amelia Earhart & Charles Lindbergh
“Amelia Earhart: Celebrating 100 years of Flight.” Official Amelia Earhart Web Site.
“Amelia Earhart Biography.” AmeliaEarhartMuseum.
“Charles Lindbergh: An American Aviator.” Charles Augustus Lindbergh Home Page. 1998-2005.
“Lindbergh Photo Gallery.” The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Foundation.
“Charles Lindbergh.” Famous Trials: Bruno Hauptmann. University of MissouriKansas City.
Authors
“American Storytellers: The Sensible Thing.” PBS.
“Ernest Hemingway.” The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park.
“Scott and Ernest: A Logical Friendship.” Ernest Hemingway.
“F. Scott Fitzgerald.” University of South Carolina.
“F. Scott Fitzgerald and the 1920s.” The WebQuest Page.
Dust Bowl
“About the Dust Bowl.” Modern American Poetry.
“The Dust Bowl.”
“Farming in the 1930s.” WeselsLiving History Farm: YorkNebraska.
“Voices From the Dust Bowl.” American Memory.
Harlem Renaissance
“Harlem Renaissance: Life, Movement, Creativity, Revolution.” Northern KentuckyUniversity.
“The Harlem Renaissance.” FatherRyanHigh School.
“Artists By The Movement: The Harlem Renaissance.” ARTCYCLOPEDIA..
“Harlem Renaissance.” PBS News Hour.February 20, 1998.
Henry Ford
“The Life of Henry Ford.” American Association of Museums.
“Henry Ford.” Spartacus.
“Henry Ford (1863-1947) ” New York Times. 2005.
Jazz
“Recorded SoundReferenceCenter.” American Memory.
“Motion Picture and Television Reading Room.” American Memory.
“African American Sheet Music.” American Memory.
Motion Pictures
Historic Video: “Old maid having her picture taken”
CALL NUMBER: FEB 9715
DIGITAL ID: edmp 0739 urn:hdl:loc.mbrsm/edmp.0739
“Animation.” American Memory.
“Motion Picture and Televison.” American Memory.
Prohibition
“Temperance and Prohibition.” OSU Department of History. 2004.
“Eighteenth Amendment of the United States.” Wikipedia.
“18th Amendment to the US Constitution: Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors.” Amendments to the US Constitution.
Radio
Explosion of the Hindenburg, 6 May 1937. (requires Real Player)
“Thomas Edison: Recorded Sound.” American Memory.
“Folk Music: California” American Memory.
Scopes Trial
“Tennessee vs. John Scopes.” Famous Trials.
Jeff Epstein. “Scopes Monkey Trial.” MichiganStateUniversity. April 20, 2000.
Sports
“Basketball Hall of Fame: History.” Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
“Baseball Cards.” American Memory.
“Spalding Baseball Guides.” American Memory.
“Cinderella Man: James Broddock.” James J. Braddock: Official Web Site.
“How Cinderella Man Sucker Punches the Jewish Boxer Max Baer.” Slate.
“Jack Dempsey.” The Official Site of Jack Dempsey.
“Boxing Pictures of Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey.”
“Joe Louis.” International Boxing Hall of Fame.
“Racism Takes a Blow in Vegas.” IBHOF.