Thursday, March 19, 2015

Research Topics

Good Morning!  

Please get your netbook when you arrive.

*Independent Reading -- Please read quietly until we are ready to begin.

*Article --  You have responded to questions on the article "The American Dream is now just that for its middle classes -- a dream"

*NOTE: Monday we will be checking out The Great Gatsby -- please have your ID with you.

1.  The Great Gatsby -- Today we will be doing a little bit of research on the period of The Great Gatsby What was the culture like during the period of The Great GatsbyI will assign you a topic (numbers 1-7).  Read your assigned article and find 10 interesting/important facts. Record these facts on the handout provided so you will have notes to refer to when you share the information with the class.  We will share these facts tomorrow so begin promptly and be prepared to share.
 

     Al Capone
 

3Prohibition
 

4.  Bootlegging

5.  Jazz More Jazz 

     The Jazz Age

6.  Flapper Culture
 

7. Popular Culture  
    The Roaring Twenties


Homework:  Independent reading



 





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