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1 1920s Research Project This is a test grade. Due Date There will be a rubric for your project. You must cite all work (no cut and paste) You must have at least 3 (non Wiki) references and a citation page (MLA style) PROJECT OPTIONS A. Magazine/Newspaper Project (Group) B. Magazine/Newspaper Project (Individual) C. Create a Board Game for the 1920s (1-2 people) D. Biography Fakebook Page or Website (Individual) E. Fine Arts Presentation Art Mosaic, Diorama, Song, Poetry, or Dance with written research (Individual or Group) *Song or Dance requires Presentation F. Act it out! Video presentation with actors and a written script (Group 2-4) G. Multi Media Presentation (PowerPoint, Poster, and Presentation) (Group 2-4) I. PowerPoint or Narrated Video (Individual)

2 TOPIC OPTIONS see me if you have other ideas! 1. Sports Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Jack Dempsey Shoeless Joe Jackson Red Grange Gertrude Ederle 5. Music and Art Fred Astaire Aaron Douglas Louis Armstrong Ira Gershwin Duke Ellington Billie Holliday Bessie Smith Ragtime Charleston 9. Events The Palmer Raids The Scopes Trial Sacco & Vanzetti Rise of the FBI 2. Film/Movies Harold Lloyd Charlie Chaplin Al Jolson Rudoph Valentino Buster Keaton Talkies 6. Literary Figures Langston Hughes Countee Cullen Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald T. S. Eliot 10. Themes Harlem Renaissance Great Migration Prohibition Women in the 20s New Technology The birth of Jazz Movies Radio 3. Gangsters and Lawmen Elliot Ness Arnold Rothstein Al Capone Lucky Luciano 7. Innovators/Thinkers Henry Ford Amelia Earhart Charles Lindbergh

3 PROJECT OPTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS A. MAGAZINE PROJECT (Group 2-4 ) You will create a magazine over the Roaring 20s, and each be responsible for different parts of the project. You will be graded on what you produce, so divide the work. 1. Illustrated Cover in color 2. Table of Contents 3. Two feature articles about a 1920s figure with pictures 4. Two feature articles about a 1920s event with pictures 5. One of the following: An original political cartoon, advice column, or poem 6. One advertisement 7. Citations Page (minimum of 3, no wiki, and in MLA format) B. MAGAZINE PROJECT (Individual) You will create a magazine over the Roaring 20s, and will be responsible for the following: 1. Illustrated Cover in color 15 points 2. Table of Contents 10 points 3. Feature article about a 1920s figure or event with picture 35 pts 4. Choose one: An original political cartoon, advice column, or poem - 15 pts 5. One advertisement 15 pts 6. Citations Page (minimum of 3, no wiki, MLA format) 10 pts C. Boardgame (1-2 people) (see separate handout) D. Biography Fakebook Page Poster (see sample) Your assignment is to design a fake social media webpage Facebook Page for an important person from the Roaring Twenties. Your page should be constructed on poster board using digital media (done mostly by computer 1. Name/picture placed at the top of the page 2. Biographical Information

4 3. About Me paragraph detailing your importance to the 1920s, including a description of your best known works/projects and how you are viewed by the public at large 4. Section showing a minimum of 5 friends (w/ pictures) 5. Minimum of 15 wall posts (comments from friends, events attended, status updates, etc. 6. Work is creative, colorful, neat, historically accurate, follows PACTS, and looks like Facebook Page 7. cite all pictures and work on back of poster, with at least 3 citations (no wiki) in MLA format E. Fine Arts Presentation Art Mosaic, Diorama, Song, Poetry, or Dance with written research Your piece must have a one page historical impact paper with 3 citations (no wiki) MLA style. (Individual or Group) *Song or Dance requires Presentation F. Act it out! Video presentation with actors and a written script (Group 2-4) Each student will be graded for their part in the program (Writers, Videographer, Actors, Research) It must be three - five minutes in length and you will write a summary of your part and turn in a citations page (3 citations, no wiki, MLA style). G. Multi Media Presentation (Powerpoint, Poster, and Presentation) (Group 2-4) Each group member must turn in their research notes (3 references each) and explain what they contributed to the project. 1. Powerpoint a. Visuals (6 images, 2 videos, music, in slide show) c. Summary of your topic s impact on American life during the 1920s d. Biographical summaries of at least three Americans who contributed to your topic (1 slide each) 1. One picture for each person 2. One quotation from each person 3. A video clip about each person

5 4. Works cited page (at least 3, no wiki, MLA style) 2. Poster Timeline with color illustrations or pictures and five important events on your topic (with citations) 3. Present to class H. Powerpoint or Narrated Video (Individual) 1. Include one video (for Powerpoint) and music 2. Summary of your topic s background and information (2 slides with pictures) 3. Summary of your topic s impact on American life during the 1920s (3 slides with pictures) 4. Biographical summaries of at least 2 Americans who contributed to your topic (1 slide each) 1. One picture for each person 2. One quotation from each person 5. Timeline pictures and 3 important events on your topic (with citations) 6. Citations slide in MLA format (3 sources, no wiki)

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