Unit 10 Class Presentations: The Roaring 1920s

 

Overview:

 

In class, you will draw one of the topics below.  Between now and the scheduled date (also below), you should prepare a 3-4 minute presentation that presents the major information for your topic and the historical significance.  You do not need to give every specific detail of every related law or event.  Give a general overview presentation that does include the related events, with an emphasis on the importance of the topic.  This presentation must use a digital resource.

 

Presentation Delivery Options – these are simply ideas, I do encourage you to be creative! You can do something else!

 

·         PowerPoint Presentation – If using a PowerPoint Presentation, I ask that you attach the file to the class wiki for easy delivery in class.  Here is how to do this:

1.       Save the file

2.       Access the class wiki.  Click on 1920s Presentations

3.       Click Add File.

4.       In the next window, upload your Presentation file (.ppt or .pptx).  In the box, “file description”, type the topic name and your last name in parenthesis.  Example: Prohibition (Broach)

·         Prezi.com – If using Prezi, upload your link using the same procedure as above.  Make sure that you are using the actual “public link.”  To do this, do not copy and paste the link from the address bar of your browser.  Instead, click “get link” under your Prezi view window.  See me for help if needed.

·         Google Docs Presentation – Same procedure as above and as stated above, make sure you use a “public link.”  Here’s how:

1.       In your presentation, click the Share button (top R corner)

2.       Under permissions, click Change then Anyone with the link then Save

3.       In the next window, copy the link at the top under “Paste this link in email or IM”

4.       Paste that link when uploading to the class wiki

·         Create a Wiki Page – Here’s how:

1.       Go to the class wiki

2.       Click on the 1920s Presentations page

3.       Click Create Page

4.       Name your page after your topic and your last name in parenthesis.  Example: Prohibition (Broach)

5.       Select “Put page under 1920s Presentations”

·         Create a Video Presentation – If you know how to create a video presentation, feel free!  I have not yet learned how to do this.  I’ve heard Windows Movie Maker works well (??)

·         Other ideas?

 

Order of Presentations (and Topics):

 

#

Topic

Estimated Date of Presentation

1

Red Scare, 1919-1920 (include Sacco & Vanzetti Case)

 

 

 

Tuesday 2/22 (D)

Wednesday 2/23 (E)

(finish to # 11 or 12?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Thursday 2/24

2

Anti-Immigration in the 1920s & Quota Laws

3

Prohibition à Repeal (and effects/organized crime)

4

Scopes “Monkey” Trial and Fundamentalism

5

Roaring 20s Economy (including stock market), Sports and Automobiles

6

Radio, Motion Pictures and 1920s Literature

7

Women in the Twenties and “Flappers”

8

Reduction of Progressivism in the 1920s (including by the courts)

9

Demobilization at home (shift away from a wartime economy)

10

Demobilization abroad (including Naval Treaties and Kellogg-Briand Pact)

11

German Reparations Problem (& US Responses)

12

a/b

American Isolationism and Foreign Troubles

ANALYSIS:  What were the far-reaching effects of this isolationism?

13

President Harding: Tariff & Corruption

14

Farmers Problems in the 1920s Economy

15

President Coolidge: Overview

16

Causes of the “Great Crash” (long term and short term / can be a re-cap of what others are presenting)

17

President Hoover’s Responses to the Depression

18

a/b

OVERALL ANALYSIS TOPIC: What drove the new culture of the 1920s?  What is the significance of the Roaring 20s society to U.S. History?

19

a/b

OVERALL ANALYSIS TOPIC: Why were the politics of the 1920s so laissez-faire?  Were they anti-progressive? Political opponents?

20

1920s/1930s and Depression Era Art (research topic – not covered by textbooks)

 

Grading Rubric (quiz grade)

 

·         0 – 5 points (student) Actively participated and helped prepare the presentation

·         0 – 10 points (group) Presentation adequately covers all historical material from the section; all necessary content is included

·         0 – 10 points (group) Presentation is interesting, engaging and meets the time and format requirements

·         0 – 10 points (group) Presentation specifically tells why the information is significant to U.S. History

·         0 – 5 points (student) Actively participated in the presentation; gave full attention to other groups presenting

 

QUIZ on Friday, February 25th:

 

During the presentations, I will be writing quiz questions based on what is presented.  I will select some of these questions for an in-class quiz.