Roaring Twenties Research Project

1. CHOOSE A ROARING TWENTIES RESEARCH TOPIC from the list below (only one person per topic per class):

Harlem RenaissanceMarcus GarveyAl Capone (gangster)George Raft (gangster/actor)Lucky Luciano (gangster)Jazz AgeLouis Armstrong (jazz performer)Duke Ellington (jazz performer)ProhibitionCotton Club (famous jazz club)Dances of the 1920’s: Lindy Hop, Foxtrot, CharlestonFlappers and the Changing Role of WomenTwenties Home Electric Technology: Appliance and GadgetsThe Lost GenerationF. Scott Fitzgerald (writer)Ernest Hemingway (writer)Langston Hughes (writer)Zora Neale Hurston (writer)Art Deco (art and architecture style)Black Tuesday and the Wall Street Crash of 1929Radio programs of the 1920’s “Golden Age of Radio”SpeakeasiesMovies of the 1920’s (talkies!!)Rudolph Valentino (actor)Buster Keaton (actor/comedian)Ku Klux Klan Nineteenth Amendment (gave women the right to vote)Charles Lindbergh (aviator)Babe Ruth (baseball player)Lou Gehrig (baseball player)Jack Dempsey (boxer)Teapot Dome Scandal

2. LOCATE THREE AUTHORITATIVE RESOURCES ON YOUR TOPICAuthoritative means a reliable source. Reliable sources are written by professional historians or other professional writers and include information that is well researched and balanced. DO NOT use web pages produced by students or pages which have many errors. Nonfiction history books are authoritative; historical fiction is not. A website ending in .edu or .org is usually authoritative; a website ending in .com may not be. If you’re not sure, ASK!!

3. COLLECT RESOURCE CARDS AND TWENTY NOTECARDS ON YOUR TOPIC. Make sure you use MLA format for the Resource cards. For the notecards, code each one with a resource number and “slug.” Put one fact on each notecard.

4. USE YOUR NOTECARDS AND RESOURCES TO CREATE A GLOGSTER POSTER OR A PREZI PRESENTATION.

The website is www.glogster.com. For Prezi, it’s www.prezi.com . You MUST include 8 elements on your project, including:

3 Text Elements: use complete sentences to give a detailed overview of your topic. You should have a total of 175 words or more on your finished glogster.

6 Images, Videos OR Audio Elements: Video or audio should play when you click on it. LABEL EACH with a CAPTION TEXT ELEMENT explaining what your picture is and how it relates to the topic (example: “Louis Armstrong at the piano leading his band in a jazz classic.”)

Project Title and Author Element: Clearly identify the topic researched and include your name as author.

SOURCES: Turn in a “Works Cited” page on the day you present your project. Use MLA format.

5. PRESENT YOUR GLOGSTER or PREZI TO THE CLASS.You will be expected to present your Glogster or PREZI to the class. We may do this as a Museum Walk in the lab, or you may get up in front of the class to present. Details will be given by Mrs. Selstad next week.

Name: Topic:

Scoring Guide1. NOTECARDS……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ______/15

20 or more individual fact cards3 Resource cardsCorrectly formattedIMPORTANT facts chosenALL facts are IN YOUR OWN WORDS

2. GLOGSTER or PREZI………………………………………………………………………………………______/253 Text elements (175 words or more, important facts, less than 5 errors in conventions)6 Images/Video/Audio Elements (colorful, explains topic) AND CAPTIONS1 Project/Title Element (author/creative title)

3. THOUGHTFUL MESSAGE…………………………………………………………………………………._______/13Captures important informationStrong student VOICE in presentation style and writing

4. CREATIVE DESIGN…………………………………………………………………………………………_______/12Layout is unique and interestingImages/Video/Audio explain the written informationFont, background and frames were carefully chosen and fit topic

TOTAL: /65