The 1920s is one of the most fascinating decades in American history,
when the seeds of modern American life were sown. It was a time of
prosperity and recovery from war, when women's roles began to change and
advertising and credit made it desirable and easy to acquire a vast
array of new products. But there was a dark side of crime and
corruption, racial intolerance, hard times for immigrants and farmers,
and an impending financial collapse.
The Roaring Twenties: Discover the Era of Prohibition, Flappers, and
Jazz explores all the different aspects of the time, from literature
and music to politics, fashion, economics, and invention. To experience
one of the most vibrant eras in US history, readers will debate the pros
and cons of prohibition, create an advertising campaign for a new
product, and analyze and compare events leading to the stock market
crashes of 1929 and 2008.
The Roaring Twenties meets common core state standards in language
arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is
aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels
and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.