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American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: The Roaring Twenties

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a summary, movie posters, cast and directing information about the film, The Roaring Twenties.
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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...
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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'.
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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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Library of Congress

Loc: The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources From the Roaring Twenties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In order to appreciate historical fiction, students need to understand the factual context and recognize how popular culture reflects the values, mores, and events of the time period. Since a newspaper records significant events and...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 12 Grade-Leveled texts (3-11) on the topic The Great Depression. On October 29, 1929, the Roaring Twenties ended with the crash of the American stock market, initiating The Great Depression. The world struggled to...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression (1920 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
Getting back to the daily grind after World War I led to an age of consumerism and wealth which created an entirely different culture of affluence in the United States until Black Tuesday in 1929. Find lessons, videos, slideshows, and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Roaring Twenties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity involves comparing turn of the century music with the music from the Jazz Age. Students will listen to musical selections and analyze how the change in the music reflects the change in cultural attitudes. They will also...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources From Twenties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary source documents, including photos and text, help students understand the time setting of "The Great Gatsby" and, in turn, create their own piece of historical fiction. in the form of a newspaper project.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Roaring Twenties

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource features interesting facts and information about the Roaring Twenties.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about Calvin Coolidge, who presided over the Roaring Twenties.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby.
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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...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald draws on his ability to realistically portray life during the "Jazz Age," a phrase coined by Fitzgerald. "F. Scott Fitzgerald Activities" offers related materials.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Bee's Knees of the 1920s

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a culminating activity to an American history unit on "The Roaring 20s." Learners will work in groups to research notable individuals from the 1920s and apply that knowledge to create a digital poster using Glogster. This poster...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Only Yesterday Year by Year

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Students 9th - 10th
Nick Carraway observes the wasteful lives of four wealthy acquaintances in the nouveau riche society of West Egg, Long Island. During his time there, Carraway befriends his affluent and enigmatic neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Selected (10)...
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Ransom Center: Teaching the American 20s: The Flapper

For Students 9th - 10th
A teaching module, but also accessible to students, focusing on the rise of women in the 1920s, specifically those known as flappers.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Center: Teaching the American 20s

For Students 9th - 10th
Thematic overview of 1920s America that considers the shifts that took place in American society after World War I. Focuses on changing perspectives toward labor, capitalism, women, and immigration, as well as on the American reaction to...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Chicago Tribune Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide: The Beautiful and Damned (Etext)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Fitzgerald's whole novel at this site. The formatting is clean and easy to read, but there is no accompanying commentary or interpretation.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of the u.s. Safe for Democracy Webisode 11

For Students 9th - 10th
Webisode 11 - Safety for Democracy. The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern City

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...

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