The Twenties
The Age We Live In
Golden Age, alivest, best, marvels liberation, confidence, accomplishments new generation, run faster, reach farther transoceanic, round-the-world, Americanized forming history grand and aweful time, sublime, internal combustion, rhythm of today vital oneness, a new age ready-to-wear, ready-to-eat, ready-to-use busy buying things, remodeling our world, new developments, extraordinary times no beginning, no middle, no end a new kind of man,virility and strength, not meant for old men Things move very fast. Life changes while you wait. This is a poem I wrote as an example. Sources: "THE AGE." "The Age" Commentary, America in the 1920s, Primary Sources for Teachers, America in Class, National Humanities Center. National Humanities Center, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. |
Part 1Use the links below to research the 1920s. Complete the guiding questions handouts as you read.
Overview of the 1920s: The Decade That Roared Frederick Lewis Allen Only Yesterday: An informal history of the nineteen twenties FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN __ONLY YESTERDAY__ AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE NINETEEN TWENTIES Primary Sources about the 1920s: The Twenties in Contemporary Commentary Questions for the Age We Live In Primary Sources about Black Tuesday (the Wall Street Crash of 1929): The Stockmarket Crash in Political Cartoons First Person Accounts of the Crash Questions for the Crash Thank you to America in Class for these great materials! Adapted from "THE AGE." "The Age" Commentary, America in the 1920s, Primary Sources for Teachers, America in Class, National Humanities Center. National Humanities Center, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. <http://americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/theage/text1/text1.htm>.
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Part 2
Write a poem, editorial, advertisement, or cartoon that shows the Twenties as lived and perceived by Americans at that time. Title it "The Age We Live In." Select one of the lines below as an epigraph and incorporate it into in your piece. I created the poem above as an example. Put your work into a Google Presentation.
- "[W]ho can name an age more golden and galvanic?"
editorial, The Atlanta Constitution, March 15, 1929
- "Jazz is the rhythm of today."
editorial, The Chicago Tribune, Oct. 23, 1927
- "Things move very fast. Life changes while you wait."
E. S. Martin, "The War against Prejudice," Harper's, Sept. 1924
- "Speed—time-and-money-saving speed!"
A. B. Dick Co., print ad for the mimeograph machine, 1929
- "We can't help it, dear—it's the Age."
cartoon, The New Yorker, August 27, 1927
- "Here was a new generation . . ."
F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, 1920
- Them Days Is Gone Forever
comic strip series by Alvah Posen, early 1920s
- "[W]ho can name an age more golden and galvanic?"
editorial, The Atlanta Constitution, March 15, 1929
- "Jazz is the rhythm of today."
editorial, The Chicago Tribune, Oct. 23, 1927
- "Things move very fast. Life changes while you wait."
E. S. Martin, "The War against Prejudice," Harper's, Sept. 1924
- "Speed—time-and-money-saving speed!"
A. B. Dick Co., print ad for the mimeograph machine, 1929
- "We can't help it, dear—it's the Age."
cartoon, The New Yorker, August 27, 1927
- "Here was a new generation . . ."
F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, 1920
- Them Days Is Gone Forever
comic strip series by Alvah Posen, early 1920s
Part 3Add a voice comment that helps viewers understand your work. You will use the free app Techsmith SnagIt to record your narration over your Google Slides presentation. The video tutorial to the right will tell you how to do this. In your comment:
Use the grading rubric below to guide you as you work. |
Here is another link to the video tutorial in case the embedded link is not working.
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