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=//The Roaring 20's: Unity and Division​// = =Organizing Question= Were the Roaring 20's a decade of social harmony and prosperity or conflict and disunity?

The 1920's in America were a period of extraordinary change and innovation. Some Americans embraced change while others retaliated against an attack on their traditional values. A disillusioned America turned away from idealism after WWI and toward social conservatism, a new mass economy, and exciting new forms of popular culture that undermined many traditional values. ==** Your task: Individually and in small groups create wiki-pages that showcase both unifying and disunifying factors in the 1920's. Write an essay synthesizing the organizing question. This project will have THREE parts. **== ===PART I: UNITY ===

You will choose a topic that unifies Americans during the 1920's from the attached list, (see Unifying Topics page)

Your task: Individually you will create a wiki page that: a. gives a thesis statement explaining how your topic is a UNIFYING element of the 1920's. b. provides an effective overview of the unifying factor c. clearly shows the significance and impact of your unifying factor d. makes a direct connection to TODAY ===PART II: DIVISION ===

You will be assigned a topic from the list below.

//Five Factors that DIVIDE the nation: //
 * Religious Fundamentalism and Science/ Scopes Trial
 * Racism and the rise of the KKK
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Nativism, Immigration Restrictions and the Red Scare
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Prohibition and the Rise of Organized Crime

** Your Task: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">In small groups, construct a Wiki-Page that: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">a. gives a thesis explaining how your topic is a dividing element <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">b. provides an effective overview of the divisive issue <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">c. provides several examples and extension of your topic <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">d. shows a clear connection to TODAY

<span style="color: #0c0c55; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I encourage you to embed videos, narration and other bells and whistles to make the page more inviting.

<span style="color: #0c0c55; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Play with the functions! vocaroo.com allows you to record and embed your voice. Use the little TV function above to embed a Youtube video. Include a graphic organizer from webspiration. Upload a powerpoint. Go crazy!

<span style="color: #0c0c55; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__ONLY ONE PERSON CAN EDIT THE PAGE AT ONE TIME!__ I would recommend finding sources or creating text individually and THEN loading them up to the page one at a time.

=TIMELINE:=
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For the individual project you will have one week alone.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For the group project you will have at least one day in class to compile.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All UNITY projects will have 5-7 minutes to present <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All DISCORD group projects will have 7-12 minutes to present == = PART III: ESSAY = = This is an ndividual paper after all presentations are complete =

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Was the Roaring 20's was a decade of social harmony and prosperity or conflict and disunity?

LINKS: [|Roaring 20's sites] Great resource for primary sources and 20's sites Media Center Please note that the images that I gave you came from the "Decades" resource here. [|vocaroo] Record your voice and embed it [|Graphic organizer] Webspiration [|Slide Share] Upload your powerpoint presentations and embed them