Roaring 20's

Students will review a year of United States History (American History, US History) with the critical thinking review game, "what doesn't belong and why?" Each topic has up to 11 sets of words (people, events, terms, laws, documents, speeches, etc) for...

Students will demonstrate an understanding of what they learned in each unit of American History (U.S. History) with these editable tests and quizzes. Depending on the topic, the questions include image analysis, primary source excerpts, maps, fill in...

To review the Roaring 1920s, students will pick a minimum of 20 people, events, trends, publications, court cases, etc to make a collage out of. They can use a combination of maps, political cartoons, printed images, hand drawn images, and words. The...

To introduce a unit on the Roaring 20s, students will match 1920s slang words/phrases to their modern equivalents. They will then complete 10 fill in the blank statements using the slang terms, and lastly will complete a third task (3 options provided)...

Students will review the people, events, inventions, and more from the Roaring 1920s by creating a pamphlet covering 4 different topics/events/people (12 options provided for students to choose from).  There are 8 requirements for students to...

This presentation and note guide is a brief introduction to the social and cultural aspects of the 1920s. Topics covered include but are not limited to: the Red Scare, the Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti, Al Capone, Prohibition, Scopes Monkey Trial,...

Students will play true, false, fix to review the people and events of the Roaring 1920s. They will read 14 statements and determine which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This is best done in pairs...

Students will read a brief overview of nativism in the Roaring 20s, the Immigration Act of 1917, the Emergency Quota Act of 1921, and the Immigration Act of 1924 and answer 6 questions (2 have subquestions). They will then analyze 14 political cartoons...

Students will review what they learned about the people, trends, events, acts, and more of the 1920s by making trading cards or a cube. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. A teacher information page, cube...

Students complete a 3 part activity to review President Coolidge and his presidency. The first part has 5 questions to help students review factual parts of Coolidge's presidency. In the second part of the activity students "interview" Coolidge right...

Students read 10 quotes about the Roaring 1920s from various point of view and covering different topics (immigration, consumerism, jazz, prohibition, women's suffrage, evolution, etc), analyze 9 images, answer 19 questions, and respond to up to 5...

Students will read an account on prohibition during the Roaring 20s from the point of view of a German tourist to New York in 1927. They will then answer 10 questions, complete 2 tasks, and analyze 8 images by responding to provided prompts. This would...