The 1920’s America: Up Close
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- Contributor:
- Hook Them on History - Doug Stuart
- Grade Level:
- 8-12
- Product Type:
- Powerpoint Lesson
- File Type:
- PPT
- Pages:
- 84
- Answer Key:
- N/A
Description
“The 1920’s America: Up Close” is a 75 slide presentation, examining the decade of the 20’s. There’s a 6 slide preview of what was happening in 1919, as America is on the verge of major political and social changes. Issues examined included are ….
Politics of the 20’s - Impact of the automobile-
Red Scare - Immigration - Rise and fall of the Ku Klux
Klan - Sacco and Vanzetti - Leopold and Loeb - Scopes Trial –
19th Amendment - Changing roles for Women(Flappers) –
Prohibition- Al Capone-St Valentines Massacre – Lindbergh's
flight - 20’s popular culture- Fads of the 20’s – Impact of Radio –
Jazz- Inventions– Baseball (Babe Ruth!)- Silent films to Talkies –
Stock Market Crash and the end of the Roaring 20’s
2-3 hour presentation (2 to 3 classes-easily modified for time )
75 slide Presentation –Captioned images, animated slides,
10 video links – 1 audio link (Video links valid as of January 2019)
Student notes on the slides-
Teacher notes ( designated by flapper icon )
Made for High School Juniors – Seniors
college prep and general level classes.
Easily edited /modified for all high school / middle
school levels.
40 assessment questions
Used for years in class-This works
Doug Stuart Updated January 2019