Instructional Video4:07
Wonderscape

The Roaring Twenties and the Lead-Up to the Great Depression

K - 5th
This video explores the Roaring Twenties in the United States, a time of economic growth, technological advancements, and cultural change. Viewers will learn how the prosperity of the 1920s set the stage for the Great Depression, as...
Instructional Video2:32
Curated Video

Gladys Bentley: Breaking All the Rules

9th - Higher Ed
At a time when homosexuality was illegal in the United States, LGBTQ+ artist and pioneer Gladys Bentley broke all the rules to become one of the wealthiest Black performers of her time.
Instructional Video9:11
Hip Hughes History

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Explained (feat. Sami Jarroush)

6th - 12th
Why did the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happen? What were it's effects? Celebrate it by exploring one the bloodiest day in American gangster history. Happy Valentine's Day!
Instructional Video6:00
Mr. Beat

1920s American Culture (Story Time with Mr. Beat)

6th - 12th
Once upon a time, a horrible war known as World War 1 devastated the planet. Immediately after the war, a lot of people in the United States were passionate about various causes, some good, some not so much. While women had finally won...
Stock Footage0:32
Bridgeman Arts

Backstage at Berlin Theatre, 1920s

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Backstage with performers and audience scenes from a Berlin theatre, 1920s.
Stock Footage1:14
Stock Footage9:48
Bridgeman Arts

Weddings In The 1920s

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Various weddings. One is a rainy affair with umbrellas everywhere. Cars strewn with ribbons.
Stock Footage0:56
Bridgeman Arts

Travelling shots through Berlin, 1920s

Pre-K - Higher Ed
POV shots of car driving through the streets of Berlin in the 1920s.
Stock Footage0:18
Bridgeman Arts

Man measures hemlines and inspects shoes, c.1920s

Pre-K - Higher Ed
1920s: UNITED STATES: man measures evening gown hemlines. Man inspects female shoes on feet.
Stock Footage0:33
Bridgeman Arts

Women posing, factory work, c.1920-1950s

Pre-K - Higher Ed
1920s: Women pose before a pool. People working on rows of sewing machines. 1950s: Men sit around a table. Man reads an article about Lenin. He reads over the shoulder of another man. They talk.
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Us History #32: The Roaring 20's

9th - 10th
In which John Green teaches you about the United States in the 1920s, known as the roaring 20s. America's economy was booming, and all kinds of social changes were in progress, e.g., Hollywood, flappers, jazz, the Charleston, the...
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda

9th - 10th
This is an NPR Morning Edition interview with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan. In it she discusses a new collection of her grandparents' love letters, and what they tell about their lives. This interview is...