Introduction

                           “The Jazz Age was wicked
                             and monstrous and silly.
                           Unfortunately, I had a good time.”
                                Heywood Broun

    The changes wrought in the United States in the 1920s were far-reaching and
enduring. By the time it ended, the work week had dropped from 60 to 48 hours. For the
first time, the masses considered play as important as work--the weekend family outing
and vacation had become things workers expected as a matter of course.
    From 1920 to 1925, dress hemlines raced upward from the ankles to the
knees.Girls and young women caked makeup on themselves in a fashion previously seen
only on women of ill repute. Dresses were loose and skimpy--
the result of both changing morality and an explosion in new industrially
fabricated synthetic materials such as rayon.
 

Task
      New social attitudes prompted a complete revolution in various facets of American life.  This lesson will give you an opportunity to research the culture of the Roaring 20's by choosing one topic from the following.
    Students will research  the following topic to prepare for a presentation as listed below or a PowerPoint slide show. Click on topic of your choice to get the resources.

    1.  "flapper era" --fashions and styles (demonstration)

    2.   Jazz Age-- music and dance (performance)

    3.   Invention of the Automobile
          (History and graphics)

    4.   Prohibition-- bootlegging and gangsters ( skit)

    5.  F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography--(oral reports)

    6.  Films of the 1920's--(Advertisings of coming
                                            attractions)

    7.   Booming Business--Millionaires (oral report)

    8.   Slang of the 20's (skit)