Roaring 20s

Introduction

Welcome to the Roaring 20s. 

This is the era of great prosperity for many people. We had flappers and bootleggers and Bonnie and Clyde. All up until the stock market fell. Time to fly back into that era and see what happened. 

 

Imagine: 

You are just becoming an adult. You are looking for a job to help you survive. Your sitting at the local speakeasy listening to the smooth sound of the saxophone and low toned singer. Minding your own business with your friends and enjoying your night. Someone walks up and offers you a job.  

 

 

 

 

Task

You just landed your first job working for the local newspaper. However, you are no longer throwing the papers. It's time to take on the role of writing the major events.  

Your paper must include the following

  • A front page with headlines and appropriate details. 
  • A cover story
  • A human interest piece

 

You must also include two other newspaper elements of your choice from the following: 

  • classified sections
  • advertisement page
  • advice column

Process

Step 1: Teacher will divide students into groups. 

Step 2: You and your group members will decide who is responsible for which part of the paper. 

Step 3: It's time to do some research



  General knowledge about the time period

  Lifestyles

Step 4: Now that you have done your research remember the following: 

Front Page: 

Headline stories must match a major event  that took place during that time period. Be creative. 

Cover story must match the headlines. 

All pieces must be creative and be historically correct. 

Some links are provided for you. It is your job to make sure your sites are quality sites. 

Your articles can be written or typed. Your pictures should be printed. You may use big paper and paste your images and text to that to create your newspaper. Or you may simply find a template in Microsoft Word. REMEMBER be creative. 

Evaluation

Category 4 3 2 1
Coverage of topic

Details on the newspaper capture the important information about the topic and increase the audiences understanding. 

 Details on the newspaper include important information but the audience may need more information to understand fully.  Details on the newspaper relate but are to general for the reader to understand.  Details on the newspaper have little or nothing to do with the main topic
Use of Graphics

 		 All graphics are related to the

topic and make it easier to understand.		 All graphics relate to the topic and most make it easier to understand. All graphics relate to the topic.  Graphics do not relate to topic,

Organization

 

 Information is very organized with clear titles and subheadings Information is organized with titles and some subheadings.  Information is organized, but titles and subheadings are missing or do not help the reader understand. The information appears to be disorganized. 

Layout and Design

 

 All information on the newspaper is in focus and can be easily viewed and identified. Most of the information on the newspaper is in focus

and can be easily viewed and identified.		 Some of the information on the newspaper is in focus

and can be easily viewed and identified.		 Much of the information on the newspaper is unclear and to small. 

Mechanics 

 

 No grammatical, spellings,

or punctuation errors. 		 Between 1- 3 grammatical, spelling, 

or punctuation errors. 		 Between 3-5 grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.  More than 5 grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. 

 

 

 

Conclusion

Your newspaper has been accepted by the editor and your family will see it tomorrow morning on their doorstep. Way to go on your first real job and surviving the decade that produced the most fun. 

Credits

This webquest was created for students to enjoy their time through the 1920s. They see how it effected many people and how many people who may have benefited did not.