The Roaring Twenties 1st Person Creative Journal – 30 points Directions: Write a 2-3 page creative first
person journal about the Roaring Twenties. *Use the textbooks and handouts provided by Mr. Roiko.
Include the following information:
1. Make-up your character or choose a historical figure from the twenties.
2. Use at least 10-15 slang terms from the 1920s. Make sure to underline the words you use.
3. Include at least 4-5 topics related to the 1920s (topics listed below).
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Prohibition (642-643)
Red Scare, Immigration, Labor Unrest, Sacco and Vanzetti, KKK and Scopes Trial (Red Text – 618-624)
Media, Arts and Entertainment - Radio and Movies (652-657)
Sports (654) and Fads (650-651)
Charles Lindbergh (655)
Flappers and the American Woman (646-649)
Kids These Days..Article about parents concerned with the youths of the 1920s (handout)
Youth of the 1920s ((650-651)
The Automobile (handout and 628-630)
Politics - President Harding and Coolidge - corruption - Teapot Dome Scandal (626-627)
Consumer Age - inventions, appliances, electricity and buying on credit (631-633)
Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Age and Literature (658-663)
At least 4 - 5 topics were covered in the story
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Topics were covered extensively using factual information for each
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There is a creative element to the story or journal entries and at least 10 slang terms were used
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The Roaring Twenties 1st Person Creative Journal – 30 points Directions: Write a 2-3 page creative first
person journal about the Roaring Twenties. *Use the textbooks and handouts provided by Mr. Roiko.
Include the following information:
1. Make-up your character or choose a historical figure from the twenties.
2. Use at least 10-15 slang terms from the 1920s. Make sure to underline the words you use.
3. Include at least 4-5 topics related to the 1920s (topics listed below).
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Red Scare"/Palmer Raids, Immigration, Labor Unrest, Sacco and Vanzetti, KKK and the Scopes Trial (Red
Text – 618-624)
Prohibition (642-643)
Media, Arts and Entertainment - Radio and Movies (652-657)
Sports (654) and Fads (650-651)
Charles Lindbergh (655)
Flappers and the American Woman (646-649)
Kids These Days..Article about parents concerned with the youths of the 1920s (handout)
Youth of the 1920s ((650-651)
The Automobile (handout and 628-630)
Politics - President Harding and Coolidge - corruption - Teapot Dome Scandal (626-627)
Consumer Age - inventions, appliances, electricity and buying on credit (631-633)
Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Age and Literature (658-663)
At least 4 - 5 topics were covered in the story
10
8
6
4
2
Topics were covered extensively using factual information for each
10
8
6
4
2
There is a creative element to the story or journal entries and at least 10 slang terms were used
10
8
6
4
2