Unit IX: Boom and Bust: 1921-1933
Question/Problem 2: How did the lives of famous people reflect life in the 1920s?
Many people became famous in the 1920s for a variety of reasons. Some of these people are still well known today, while others have been forgotten over the years.
This mini-project is a quick way to become familiar with one important personality of the Twenties. Follow the instructions below:
1. Your teacher will assign one person to each student. Both that person and something he or she is associated with will be all you will be given to start.
2. A librarian will explain how to use the special research books that contain information on these people. Time will be given in class to begin your research, but you may need to use the media center at other times.
3. You will gather your information for your oral report on the organized form provided. This is to be handed in with your visual aid.
4. On an 8 1/2" X 11" piece of oaktag, you will prepare a visual aid about the person you are researching. On the oaktag you will give the name you have been assigned, add some kind of artwork that explains what that person is famous for, and print three or four sentences to briefly explain why this person was important in the Twenties.
5. You will be expected to give a one to two minute oral report on the person you have researched. You must give all vital information, including an explanation of your visual aid, biographical information, his/her activities during the 1920s, the impact of these activities and other points of interest.
6. Your grade will be based on: (1) neatness, accuracy, and imaginativeness of the poster; (2) accuracy and completeness of the information in the oral report; and (3) delivery of the oral report including speaking voice and length of time.
Use the following to help you organize for this mini-project:
Person you are researching. ______________________________________________ Why is the person famous? _______________________________________________ Date oral report is due. ______________________________________________ PERSON EVENT OR ACTIVITY Louis Armstrong Jazz Clarence Birdseye Quick Freezing Al Capone Prohibition Carrie Chapman Catt League of Women Voters Charlie Chaplin Films Jack Dempsey Professional Boxing Amelia Earhart Flight Gertrude Ederle English Channel Albert Fall Teapot Dome Scandel F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Henry Ford Model T Marcus Garvey UNIA George Gershwin Concert Music Texas Guinan Prohibition Warren G. Harding "Return to Normalcy" Ernest Hemingway Literature Langston Hughes Harlem Renaissance Al Jolson Talkies Bobby Jones Golf Frank B. Kellogg Kellogg-Briand Pact Charles Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry A. Mitchell Palmer The Red Scare Mary Pickford Films Knute Rockne Football Babe Ruth Yankees Sacco and Vanzetti Electric Chair John T. Scopes "Monkey Trial" William Joseph Simmons Ku Klux Klan Bessie Smith The Blues