1920s Pathfinder

Roaring 20s Pathfinder

Here are some great places to go for discovering information on the Roaring Twenties.

Online Encyclopedia

Britannica Online

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Books

America in the 1920s by O'Neal

Junior Chronicle of the 20^th Century by Hopkinson

The Century for Young People by Jennings

Timetables of History by Gunn

The African-American Century by Gates

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Databases

Please check the articles that Ms. Longee has printed from the Gale Database.

Videos

United Streaming

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There is a great video in United Streaming video on the Roaring Twenties. 

Websites

The Roaring Twenties

Looking Back at the Crash of '29

http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/index-1929-crash.html

Examines the 1929 market collapse through headlines and articles from the New York Times. The feature includes the full text of the Time's coverage from the week of the crash along with an online quiz. (New York Times, New York City, NY)

The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti 1921

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/SaccoV.htm

Provides a comprehensive overview of the case with background on the Red Scare, details of the crime and trial, a summary of the evidence, and the jailhouse letters of Sacco and Vanzetti. A bibliography and additional web links are included. (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, KS)

The Roaring Twenties

http://www.hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery03/index.htm

Provides a broad overview of the history and personalities of the 1920s. Brief descriptions of prohibition, fads, sports, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, and the consumer revolution are featured. (Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, Iowa City, IA)

Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community

http://www2.si.umich.edu//chico/Harlem/index.html

Presents a detailed examination of Harlem from the turn of the century through the Harlem Renaissance with biographies, timelines, and photographs. Includes instructional strategies for teachers with program objectives and information on coaching students in examining photos and oral histories. (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City, NY)

Plus, you may find the web sites listed under the Old Time Radio/Roaring 20s project helpful in your research.  Here is a copy of those sites, also listed in my moodle course.

These are the web sites to use for your research.

Use this for Primary Sources
Library of Congress: Lists of Images on Popular Topics
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/listguid.html#history

Wikipedia - 1920s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s

Digital Vaults - a great site for primary source materials!!
http://www.digitalvaults.org/

Slang of the 1920s
http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm


1920s Radio Network - Subscribe in iTunes and listen to what the radio sounded like. Click on one of the Available Streams.
http://www.the1920snetwork.com/


Wikipedia: History of Radio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio


Duke University Libraries
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/radio-tv.html


Southern Music Network
http://www.southernmusic.net/1920.htm


University of Virginia: Radio Museum
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug00/3on1/radioshow/1920radio.htm

Library of Congress
http://www.archive.org/index.php

Encyclopedia Britanica Online and United Streaming for videos
http://library.da.org/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=Home

Popular Culture of the 1920s
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1920s.html

Flapper Fashions of the 1920s
http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm

Gangsters of the 1920s
http://www.1920s-fashion-and-music.com/famous-gangsters.html

Inventions of the 1920s
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/inventions-of-the-1920s.html