The Roaring 20s
This YouTube video covers background information on the time period of The Great Gatsby and is a wonderful resource for audible and visual learners. Prompts for note-taking are included and bring up some interesting questions to think about.
(Cynthia Mills, "The 1920s and F. Scott Fitzgeralds, The Great Gatsby. YouTube, Oct. 23, 2012)
(Cynthia Mills, "The 1920s and F. Scott Fitzgeralds, The Great Gatsby. YouTube, Oct. 23, 2012)
Get the Gatsby Look (zackua, Visual.ly, May 23, 2013)
This infograph is full of quick information and visuals on men's and women's fashion, music, food and drink, and cars of the 1920s in America. The infographic is fun to explore and would serve as a good starting point for exploring areas of interest within the time period.
American Cultural History: 1920-1929 (Peggy Whitley, Lone Star College, Kingwood Library, 2011)
An extensive resource, this subject guide provides in-depth information about the culture of the 1920s. Many links, photographs, and book recommendations are incorporated into the text. The site does state that it is no longer updated, so beware that some links are no longer active.
Digital History: 1920s (Steven Mintz and Sara McNeil, Digital History, University of Houston, 2013)
This site was designed for K-12 students by the College of Education at the University of Houston. It is rich with content from textbooks, primary sources ranging from images of art and advertisements, to photographs of people, to excerpts from books, journals, and songs of the day. There are also clips of a wide variety of music from the era.
Photo Gallery: The Roaring 20s ("The Crash of 1929," The American Experience, PBS, n.d.)
A collection of photographs of life in the 1920s covers music, Prohibition, fashion, sports, and extravagant lifestyles of Americans. Links to more information about the Crash of 1929 are included, as is the full transcript of PBS's "Crash of 1929" special.
Roaring Twenties: History in the Key of Jazz (Ken Burns, Jazz: A History of America's Music, PBS, n.d.)
For those interested in the music of the era, this excerpt from Ken Burns' film Jazz: A History of America's Music dives into the history behind the music, as well as it's cultural impact. Audio clips are included featuring music and an interview clip.
The Decade That Roared (UShistory.org, The Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia, 2014)
Set up in textbook fashion, this source highlights main aspects of the 1920s, and includes insight into the impact of industrialization and automobiles. Pros and cons of Prohibition are explored, and as is the rise of flappers. Readers will also learn that the word 'teenager' originates from this time period!
Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s (The National Humanities Center, n.d.)
This collection of primary sources is organized in an easy-to-use fashion. Sources are organized by theme, and within each theme framing questions are presented, as well as extensive discussion questions. Finally, quotes pertaining to each theme are included along with the primary source images.
This infograph is full of quick information and visuals on men's and women's fashion, music, food and drink, and cars of the 1920s in America. The infographic is fun to explore and would serve as a good starting point for exploring areas of interest within the time period.
American Cultural History: 1920-1929 (Peggy Whitley, Lone Star College, Kingwood Library, 2011)
An extensive resource, this subject guide provides in-depth information about the culture of the 1920s. Many links, photographs, and book recommendations are incorporated into the text. The site does state that it is no longer updated, so beware that some links are no longer active.
Digital History: 1920s (Steven Mintz and Sara McNeil, Digital History, University of Houston, 2013)
This site was designed for K-12 students by the College of Education at the University of Houston. It is rich with content from textbooks, primary sources ranging from images of art and advertisements, to photographs of people, to excerpts from books, journals, and songs of the day. There are also clips of a wide variety of music from the era.
Photo Gallery: The Roaring 20s ("The Crash of 1929," The American Experience, PBS, n.d.)
A collection of photographs of life in the 1920s covers music, Prohibition, fashion, sports, and extravagant lifestyles of Americans. Links to more information about the Crash of 1929 are included, as is the full transcript of PBS's "Crash of 1929" special.
Roaring Twenties: History in the Key of Jazz (Ken Burns, Jazz: A History of America's Music, PBS, n.d.)
For those interested in the music of the era, this excerpt from Ken Burns' film Jazz: A History of America's Music dives into the history behind the music, as well as it's cultural impact. Audio clips are included featuring music and an interview clip.
The Decade That Roared (UShistory.org, The Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia, 2014)
Set up in textbook fashion, this source highlights main aspects of the 1920s, and includes insight into the impact of industrialization and automobiles. Pros and cons of Prohibition are explored, and as is the rise of flappers. Readers will also learn that the word 'teenager' originates from this time period!
Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s (The National Humanities Center, n.d.)
This collection of primary sources is organized in an easy-to-use fashion. Sources are organized by theme, and within each theme framing questions are presented, as well as extensive discussion questions. Finally, quotes pertaining to each theme are included along with the primary source images.