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A&E Television

History.com: Prohibition

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed article, along with related video clips and a photo gallery, covering Prohibition and 1920s America.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Roaring Twenties [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this comprehensive look at the Roaring Twenties, or Jazz Age. Read about Prohibition and its ramifications, women's gains, entertainment, and literature. Also find out about the resurgence of racial unrest and violence. A very good...
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Women in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about the changing role of women in society. Provides lists of famous women of the 1920s.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: You Decide: The Roaring Twenties?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about prohibition, prosperity, the role of the automobile and popular culture to decide if the 1920s were a roar or a big yawn. How would you describe the 1920s?
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Other

History of the Roaring Twenties

For Students 9th - 10th
Step back in time to the 1920s and explore the history that made this era the 'Roaring Twenties'.
Handout
Other

Roaring 20s Gangster Links

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a list of links regarding the 1920s most famous gangsters, bootleggers, rumrunners, drug peddlers, and labor racketeers.
Handout
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Economic Boom 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a summary and list of interesting facts about the reasons for the economic boom and the causes of the economic bust of the 1920s.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: 1920's Fashion for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview provides interesting facts about women's fashions, designers, dresses, and trends in clothing in the 1920s.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Outlines: Clash of Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
Although brief, this discussion of the clash of cultures in the 1920s covers all the reasons for cultural discordance.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Decade That Roared

For Students 5th - 8th
A very brief overview of the decade between the end of World War I and the Great Depression.
PPT
Virginia History Series

Virginia History Series: Virginia State History 20th Century (1921 1940) [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
The Roaring Twenties was a time of great prosperity in America and Virginia. However, it ended with a bust that shook our country to its core. Imagine the culture of this time with the help of pictures, charts, and maps. This slideshow...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: The Twenties 1913 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
How would you describe the 1920s? The decade was called the Roaring Twenties, the beginning of modern America. Take a look at the economic prosperity, prohibition, popular culture, and the invention of the automobile, then you decide, a...
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Jazz Age

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview with many interesting facts and information on the Jazz Age, a period in U.S. history associated with exuberance and the introduction of jazz music.