V Do Not Move Desks. It Makes It Difficult for People to Move Around the Room

Hour ____ Name ______

Due Date ______The Roaring 20’s Project

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Directions:

 Do not move desks. It makes it difficult for people to move around the room.

 Bring scissors, glue, markers and colored pencils to class each day.

 A daily work day grade will be taken for four days. Stay on task.

 All parts of the project will be completed as a group. I will check the revision history on Google Drive. Equal work on all parts of the project is required.

 Choose TWO questions to research and submit your FIVE paragraph essays on Google Drive to [email protected] and allow me to comment.

 Print a hard copy of your essays to turn in on the due date.

 Three sources per essay will need to be used in your research. Cite your sources at the end of each essay.

 Do not copy and paste anything on this project. A zero will be entered in the grade book if you plagiarize these group essays.

 Essays should be at least 600 words, typed in 12 point in Times New Roman font with double spacing.

 MLA citations: o Book Citation: . Author Last Name(s), Book Name, Publisher, Copyright, Page numbers used. . Example: Rice, Richard B., Bullough, William A., Orsi, Richard A., The Elusive Eden: A New History of California. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 1996 p.477-79. o Internet Citation: . Author’s name if known, “Title of Article.” Title of Website. Date of website. Organization name. Date you accessed website. Link to article . Example: “People.” JARDA: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive. 2008. University of California. 4 Jan. 2008. http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/jarda/browse/people.html Research Choices

1. Invention of radio and television- Explain the history of each during the 1920’s. Who could afford them? When did the radio become really popular? When did the television become really popular? What were the popular shows? Explain any advertizing that was used.

2. History of Henry Ford, the assembly line, and the first “affordable” car.

3. Sacco-Vanzetti Case- What was the Red Scare? Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? Discuss the effects of the public sentiment on criminal trials. Did the pair receive a fair trial? Why or why not. Would the outcome be the same today? Why?

4. The Teapot Dome Scandal- Explain the Scandal. What are some ways a president can make sure that only qualified, honest people are given important government jobs? Explain cronyism.

5. Write about the Great Depression. How did it affect families? How did they economize to make ends meet? How would families economize today?

6. What was the Scopes Monkey Trial about? What were the key issues? Where was the court case held? When? What brought about the trial? What did the Butler Act state? Why did some citizens in this town want the trial to take place in their town? Who were the three key players in the trial? What role did John Scopes take? Did he really do what he was accused of doing? The two attorneys had differing ideas about what exactly was on trial, what did each attorney think was on trial? At the beginning of the case, the crowd sided with which attorney? How did Darrow lessen the integrity of Bryan? Was Scopes found guilty? If so, what was the punishment? What, ultimately, happened to the law that was challenged? 7. The Sultan of Swat- Give a history of Babe Ruth, the baseball player and Ruth Cleveland, the President’s daughter. Then, give a history of the Babe Ruth candy bar. Lastly, explain the controversy over the naming of the candy bar. Who do you think the candy bar was named after?

Create an Item

Directions:

 Again, this is a group project. Equal work by all members is expected on the writing portion and the project item.

 Choose TWO items and write at least a 100 word paragraph to go with the project. The paragraph should be double spaced using 12 point Times New Roman font.

 Submit the paragraph on Google Drive and a hard copy to Mrs. Pearce on the due date.

1. The Walt Disney Story- Give a history of Walt Disney. Design a new merchandising product featuring Mickey Mouse. It will need to be hand drawn. Explain the product.

2. The Master Clown of Silent Movies- Give a history of Charlie Chaplin. Design a DVD cover for one of Charlie Chaplin movies. 3. Transatlantic Flight- Give a history of Charles Lindbergh. Create a map of Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic.

4. Flappers- Explain what a flapper was. Create four outfits for a paper doll that represent clothing from the 1920’s.

5. A Treatment for Diabetes- Give a history of diabetes and Frederick Banting during the 1920’s. Create a healthy menu for an individual that suffers from diabetes. Do not copy and paste a menu from online.

6. Modern Art- Give a history of modern art during the 1920’s. Give a history of Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian. Use a ruler and black marking pen to draw a series of horizontal and vertical lines on plain white paper. Vary the thickness of the lines for a more interesting piece. Fill in some of the resulting rectangles with red, blue, and yellow marker or colored pencils.

Hour ______Name ______

The Roaring 20’s Project Rubric

Category Exemplary Proficient Partially Proficient Incomplete 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points points Length At least 700 words At least 600 words At least 500 words Below 500 words __ /3

Format 6 or more paragraphs 5 paragraphs 4 paragraphs Fewer than 4 paragraphs __ /3

Mechanics Evidence of proofreading. Some evidence of Little evidence of A great many Few spelling, punctuation proofreading. proofreading. Many errors. __ /3 or grammatical errors. Some spelling, spelling, punctuation or punctuation or grammatical errors. grammatical errors. Clarity Presented content clearly Presented most of Presented content Presented and concisely with a logical the content with a which failed to content which __ /3 progression of ideas and logical progression maintain a consistent was unfocused, effective supporting of ideas and focus, showed minimal poorly evidence. supporting organization and effort, organized, evidence. and lacked an adequate showed little amount of supporting thought or evidence. effort and lacked supporting evidence. Selection of Identified highly Identified mostly Identified a few Identified no Sources appropriate sources in a appropriate appropriate sources but appropriate __ /3 variety of formats (books, sources in a made little attempt to sources in any journals, electronic variety of formats balance format types. format. sources). (books, journals, electronic sources). Sources Cited More than 6 Cited 6 Cited 5 Cited Fewer than 5 Cited __ /3

Collaboration Evidence of equal work on Assisted group in Finished individual Contributed all four parts of the project. the finished task but did not assist little to the __ /3 project. group during the group effort project. during the project. Neatness Evidence of planning and Neat and fulfills Mostly neat and some Lines are not effort produced basic effort evident. drawn with a __ /3 requirements. ruler. Shading professional quality items. is not uniform. Products not on grade level for difficulty.

Points ____ / 24

Points will be multiplied by 3 for a final point total. ___ / 72