Learning Packet

1920’s

Learning Packet

Name ______
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“Roaring Twenties” Entrance Pass

Predict:

1)How did Americans feel after WWI?

2)How do you think they acted during the Twenties?“DO NOT USE I”

Transportation Notes

Results of improved transportation brought about by affordable automobiles:

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Automobile Activity

Brainstorm on Your Own: List as many things (such as products, industries, or activities) as possible that resulted from the automobile.

Products (tires) Activities and Services Industries(oil)

(drive-ins)

Partner – Share your ideas with a partner or partners.
Now, in your group, create a web of all of your ideas on separate paper. (Use the web to show the relationships between ideas.)
Share your ideas with the class.

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. 1903 was the first flight, but it is during the 1920’s that airplane technology grew.

You have been asked to witness the first flight of an airplane by the Wright Brothers and write a short newspaper article of no more than 5 sentences. Think what could be seen and heard, also how did they feel?

Use the space below to write your article and draw a matching picture. Remember to answer the questions of who, what, when, where and why AND DON’T FORGET A HEADLINE!!

______(Headline)

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Date

Harlem Renaissance Notes

Complete a web for each item you examine. Whose work did your teacher share with you? What was it like? Use at least 4 details for each one.

Music

Poetry

Art

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Prohibition Four-Square

Was Prohibition a good idea or not? (Do you think it failed because the government did not do what was necessary, or because it was fundamentally flawed – just a bad idea?)

(Each person assigned pro or con position.)

a) Good Idea???? Or Bad Idea????– Brainstorm by yourself. / b) Share ideas with a partner (same position, Good or Bad)
c) Share ideas with another pair (opposite position).
/ d) In your opinion, was Prohibition a good idea? Why or why not? (Explain why you do not think that the other side’s arguments are convincing.) “DO NOT USE I”

“Roaring Twenties” Exit Pass

1)How did Americans behave during the Twenties?

2)Do you think Americans should have done things differently during the Twenties? Why or why not? Think: CREDIT

(Don’t use the word “I”)

3)Which of the Twenties movements (flappers, Harlem Renaissance, or Prohibition) do you think was most important? Why? 5-10 Sentences

(Don’t use the word “I”)

1920s Problems

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