National First Ladies' Library
Gibson Girls and Flappers: What is this "New Woman"?
Students divide into five groups with each exploring one section of the website, "The New Woman". After they complete their research, they discuss the nature and characteristics of the "new woman" and compare these to characteristics of...
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Women in United States History
Students identify and explain the significance of key terms, such as: 19th Amendment, Femisnism, Flappers, Immigration and Jobs in Wisconsin. They identify and analyze viewpoints, events, social classes, and people of various years.
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From The Great War To The Great Depression
Discover details about 1920's America. In this American history lesson, students read From the Great War to the Great Depression. Students then research famous Americans from the time period and present their findings to their classmates.
Brooklyn Museum
Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties
While the lesson is lacking in procedure, it does provide a wealth of information on artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Information on his life, art, and inspirations can provide you with insights into creating learning activities that convey the...
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You are the Curator: Building a Museum of the 1920s and 1930s
Learners examine primary and secondary sources regarding 1920's and 1930's America. In this Webquest lesson, students explore sources regarding the American decades in order to create their own museum exhibits.
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Paraphrasing
In this paraphrasing instructional activity students are tasked to paraphrase five short passages. Students write their paraphrase and can then self check against sample answers.
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The Roaring 20s Through Hoover (5)
In this online interactive American history worksheet, students answer 13 matching questions regarding 1920's America and the Hoover presidency. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Roaring Twenties
In this Roaring Twenties Era worksheet, young scholars review a chapter as they identify 5 vocabulary terms or individuals quotes, eliminate 4 false statements, and identify 2 themes from the era of great change in the United States.
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The Generation Gap as a Result of Media Use
Students compare digital natives and digital immigrants. In this media usage lesson, students read "The Generation Gap is Not New" and then compare today's generation gap with the generation gap of the 1920's.
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The Other Side of Paradise
Eleventh graders explore the life and writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald. They examine the youth culture of the 1920's and compare it to their own. They practice using some of the biographer's or archivist's tools for studying a person.
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Rock'n Robin
Students practice dance moves. They perform a simple, 4 wall line dance with correct sequence and rhythmic accuracy. In addition, they follow the steps to complete the dance to the tune of "Rock'n Robin".
University of Sydney (Australia)
Ahas: Flappers: Overview
A lengthy discussion of the Flapper in 1920s America. Read about flapper fashion, how Clara Bow, the movie star, epitomized the flapper, and how the ideals of the flapper were reflected in changes in women in the work force.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Ransom Center: Teaching the American 20s: The Flapper
A teaching module, but also accessible to students, focusing on the rise of women in the 1920s, specifically those known as flappers.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Flappers
The liberation of women as expressed by the flappers of the 1920s was in stark contrast to the actions of women in the Victorian Age. Read about how flappers expressed their freedom in fashion, employment, and leisure activities.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Famous Flappers
Provides a summary and list of interesting facts about the famous flappers of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age.
Stanford University
Riverwalk Jazz: Speakeasies, Flappers, and Red Hot Jazz: Music of Prohibition
Script of a radio broadcast about Prohibition and Jazz Age America comments on black market bootlegging, jazz music, speakeasies, flappers, and women`s suffrage.
TES Global
Blendspace: Gatsby: Jazz, Prohibition, Flappers, Segregation, and Industry
A seventeen-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and images to use while reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
Other
Jazz Age Culture: Part 1
Features numerous links to external sites that provide information pertaining to the flapper era, jazz and the Harlem Renaissance, prohibition, racial violence, and crime.
Other
For Many, One: Don't Fuss, Mother, This Isn't So Fast.
Over the course of the 1920s, flappers became "modern young women." Trace the transformation by reading a series of ads from an ad campaign and seeing how even music changed minds.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: American Culture in the 1920s
Learn about jazz, flappers, and the Lost Generation.
Other
Flapper Fashion: 1920s Fashion History
Overview takes a look at women's costume and fashion history and analyses the mood of the early 20th century. Changes in technology, leisure, work, cultural, moral values, homelife, and politics contributed to lifestyle trends,
Other
The Costume Gallery: A Year in Fashion: 1920
View ladies fashion from the flapper era. Some sections require a Library Card from The Costume Gallery.
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Flapper Fashion
Site discusses and illustrates the fashions of the 1920s, the silhouette, hair, skirt length, shoes, hats, make up, and more.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Felix the Cat
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...