Sunday, March 3, 2013

Unit 11- 11.1 and 11.2- The 1920s



11.2 politics of boom and bust 1920 1929 from jtoma84

The 1920s Unit is broken up into 2 parts-

Part 1- Includes the Culture of the 1920s included: Mass Consumption, Literature, Art, Jazz, African Americans, Women,. Farmers, Gangsters and everything else you can think of.

Part 2- Consists of the Presidents during the era, and their policies.

Here are some other links to help you immerse yourself in everything 20s:


Here is the information for the 1920s Project:


U.S. History HONORS
1920s Project 2014
Due Date: sent electronically by: April 7th, 2014

The Roaring Twenties Project

Purpose of The Roaring Twenties Portfolio Project
The purpose of the 1920s portfolio assignment is to help students create and share primary sources to broad themes in American History. Students will reflect on their desired lesson and incorporate historical accuracies and historiography.

Portfolio Direction:
The portfolio will include:

1.     A Two Page historical background essay on your desired topic [30pts]
2.    A One Page reflection on how your topic changed the American Culture of the 1920s [20 pts]
3.     Multiple pictures and quotes from leaders/important people during the time that [primary sources] [10 pts]
4.     A prezzi or ppt. Presentation of visuals and bulleted notes/quotes about your project [30 pts]
5.     An authentic visual [this is entirely up to you and for extra points] [EC: 5 pts]
6.     Completed Bibliography with all sources in MLA format [10 pts]

Topics to Choose From:
·       Women’s Fashion [The Era of the Flapper]
·       A Comparison of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby [Immigrant life vs. White American life]
·       Marcus Garvey and the Pan Africa Movement
·       Sports of the 1920s
o   Baseball
o   Football
o   Soccer
o   Golf
·       Sacco and Vanzetti [Include Xenophobia and American Isolationism]
·       Prohibition and the Golden Age of American Gangsters
·       Progressive Education [Focus on John Dewey and the Scopes Monkey Trial]
·       Music and Dance [The Charleston and the Jazz Age]
·       The Harlem Renaissance
o   Art [i.e. Jacob Lawrence]
o   Authors [i.e. Langston Hughes]
o   Music [i.e. Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith]
·       Henry Ford and the Model T [Automobile Industry]
·       1920s Studio System and Hollywood [Include major actors, actresses, directors and films and their effect on the film industry]
·       The Arts: Art Deco, Modern Art and Architecture


Essay Rubric – 1920s Portfolio Project

Essay must include:
 2-page Historical Background                     1 Page Reflection               Bibliography

9-10 (5) Essay
Ø  Contains a clear, well-developed thesis that relates the influence the topic had on America
Ø  Accurately discusses the three prompts
Ø  Develops the thesis with considerable flow between the historiography, reason behind the influence and any effects
Ø  Treatment of the topics may be somewhat uneven
Ø  Provides effective analysis of the interplay of topics to each other
Ø  May contain minor errors
Ø  Is well-organized and typed

7-8 (4) Essay
Ø  Contains a partially developed thesis relates the influence of the topic
Ø  Discusses the three prompts
Ø  Supports thesis with some reasonable flow between the historiography, reason behind the influence and any effects
Ø  Has some analysis of the interplay of topics to each other
Ø  May contain errors that do not seriously detract from the quality of the essay
Ø  Has acceptable organization and writing

5-6 (3) Essay
Ø  Contains confused or unfocused thesis, or simply restates questions
Ø  Discusses the three question prompts
Ø  Provides few relevant facts, or lists facts with little or no application to the question
Ø  May have broad generalizations or significant imbalance of treatments, focusing lopsidedly on one aspect or another
Ø  Has little or no analysis between the three questions/flow
Ø  May contain major errors
Ø  May be poorly written and/or organized

3-4 (2) Essay
Ø  Lacks a thesis or simply restates the question
Ø  Discusses two of the question prompts
Ø  Has no analysis or flow throughout the paper
Ø  Contains substantial errors

1-2 (1) Essay
Ø  Essay too short and lacks development of questions
Ø  States one or two things but provides no examples
Ø  No analysis
0 Essay
Ø  Name on paper but otherwise nothing substantial written



Prezi Rubric: Technology Integration
Account set up and working-with valid email address.

Comments:
Points           

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Presentation length at least 4 minutes

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Visually appealing-no more than 6 words per slide


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Text appropriately sized throughout Prezi


__/5
Well Organized presenters (who are not relying on Prezi for what to say)!


__/1
Flow of presentation and slides is evident-path is set and works well for information

__/1
At least 10 Images integrated into Prezi (links to videos count as an image)-no more than one image/video PER SLIDE

__/4
Free of spelling and grammar errors


__/5
Title and name on Prezi


__/2
Presentation is polished and shows marketing techniques (you don’t sound like you are sharing a research paper)

__/5
Credit Slide (last slide of Prezi-with resources)


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Color contrast


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Shows applications unique to Prezi.com (i.e. zooming and transitions)




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Text Box: Technology Points Earned: ______/50
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