The 1920s
Ebooks:
American Decades—click on Gale Virtual Reference Library. Then click on American Decades cover (in center of
screen). Click on Table of Contents. Change drop down menu to 1920.
Roaring Twenties—click on Gale Virtual Reference Library. Then click on Roaring Twenties Reference Library (in
center of screen). Use search field to the left, or click on tabs at top—Table of Contents, Book Index, or List of
Illustrations.
Research Database:
Student Resources in context. Go to the Gale Virtual Reference library at http://galesites.com/menu/rich24597
and click on the Student Resources in Context button in the upper right-hand area of virtual library. Click on “View
All” in the history category. Click on your topic or the “1920s” portal. Find helpful resources. 1920s portal has a
link to a good website covering a variety of topics.
Video Databases:
Digital Video Collection—click on http://dvc.infohio.org/ . Then click on Infohio (bottom left button). Then click on
Infohio Digital Video Collection (on left side). Hover cursor over “Browse Videos” and select “Browse Full Titles.”
Titles will appear on the right. Click title pertinent to your topic.
Discovery Education Streaming—click on
http://www.discoveryeducation.com//?ref=streaming&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fstreaming%2Ediscoveryeducation%2E
com%2Findex%2Ecfm . Then click on Discovery Streaming button (third from the bottom on the right). Enter user
name and password (on library book marks or available on the intranet). Type in your search.
Websites:
The 1920s—Timeline, statistics, economy, people, photos, summary, and analysis.
The 1920’s Experience—Photos and a brief description of 1920s topics including people, events, inventions, music,
entertainment and fads and fashions.
20th Century—This site explores historic 20th-century events through the eyes of people who lived it, famous or
not. You will learn about the automobile, immigrations, child labor, natural disasters, movies, world leaders, and
more.
The First Measured Century—This PBS site uses statistics to present a historic look at the 20th century. The site’s
interactive timeline presents a big picture through key people, events and data. We also have the book and video in
our collection.
Jazz Age Culture—A three-part web page which includes sections on the flapper era, the Harlem Renaissance and
1920s writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald. Authored by Dr. Kathleen Nichols of Pittsburg State University in
Pittsburg, Kansas.
The Reading Project: The Great Gatsby—Find out more about the popular culture and historical events that shaped
and defined the 1920s including the topics: The Roaring 20s; Prohibition; Fixing the 1919 World Series; Art and
Popular Culture; Events of 1925 (the year The Great Gatsby was published). Authored by Cornell University.
Prosperity and Thrift—The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921-1929. From the American Memory
Project of the Library of Congress, specifically on the economy in the 1920s.
Revere High School Library, 12/01/09, rev. 2/7/2017