The Roaring Twenties Webquest

Directions: You are going to explore various websites devoted to America in the 1920s. The sites provide information on ways in which America changed during the 1920s, looking at social and cultural changes that took place during the decade. Please follow the directions closely as they will help you in the process of completing the webquest. Write your answers in the grey box under each question.

To Access the Links and the Document Please Follow These Instructions  Go to Mr. Leisten’s webpage: www.kleisten.wikispaces.com  Click on the “8th Grade Social Studies” link on the left sidebar  Click on “Roaring Twenties”  Scroll Down until you see the document titled “Webquest 1920s” under the classwork heading  Open the document and save it to your file on the computer  Use each of the websites listed below to answer the questions.

1920s Introduction

1) Go To: http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties Answer the following question:

1a) Write down some things that were new about the 1920s:

1920s Technology and Inventions

2) Go To: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/America_economy_1920s.htm

2a) Name five new inventions of the 1920s.

2b) What do you think was the biggest advancement in technology in the 1920s? Why? How did it impact the ordinary American and the economy? 3) Click on the links below to review in-depth some information on the various topics and answer the questions that follow:

http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/car.html (The Automobile)

3a) How did the automobile change American society in the 1920s?

http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/radio.html (The Radio)

3b) How did the radio change American life in the 1920s?

http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/airplane.html (The Airplane)

3c) How did the airplane change American life in the 1920s?

4) Harlem Renaissance

Go to http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/HarlemRen.htm

4a) What was the Harlem Renaissance? In what ways did African Americans express their ideas? List a few important people from the Harlem Renaissance. 1920s Economy and Mass Production

5) Go To: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/America_economy_1920s.htm

5a) How did consumer behavior change in the 1920s? Why did it change?

1920s Women’s Suffrage

6) Use your background knowledge on the Women’s Rights Movement to answer the following question.

6a) How have women’s lives changed since the 1920s?

1920s Prohibition

7) Go To: http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition

7a) Why was prohibition started? What groups supported prohibition? Why? What groups opposed prohibition? Why?

1920s Scares, Trials and More! 8) Go To: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-sacco-vanzetti-case-draws-national-attention

8a) What was the trial outcome? Why was the outcome so controversial? Do you think the outcome was correct? Why?

9) Go To: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/filmmore/index.html

9a) What trial was this? Why was this considered the greatest trial of all time? Why did Darrow ask for a guilty verdict?

1920s Music and Fashion (Pop Culture)

10) Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/e_jazzage.html

10a) What influence did Jazz have on culture of the 1920s?

10b) How did World War I contribute to the Jazz Age of the 1920s? Final Summary Questions After Completing the Webquest

11) What aspects of our society today would you consider to be related to the culture of the 1920s? Why?

12) Do you think the “Roaring Twenties” would have been the same had America not endured the hardships and horrors of World War I? Explain your answer.