Websites for the 1920’s

 

 

http://www.1920-30.com/

     This website covers many aspects of the 1920’s—art, music, dance, fashion, sports, prohibition, and more.

 

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html

     Another website that deals with the big cultural trends—art, music, architecture, theater, literature, and more.

 

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/1920_1929.htm

     This site has links to events and trends of the 1920’s from the Charleston to the St. Valentine’s Day massacre to the invention of sliced bread.

 

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/tbacig/studproj/is3099/jazzcult/20sjazz/

     Jazz music and the jazz culture of the 1920’s

 

http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm

     Flapper fashion

 

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/flappers.htm

     More about flappers

 

http://cvip.fresno.com/~jsh33/roar.html

     Prohibition, entertainment, music, sports, and more

 

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/autos/autos.html       1920s automobiles

 

http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html

      The film industry

 

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/textonly/lecture17.html

     Prohibition

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm [original site]       

     Slang of the 1920’s

 

OR [if the school’s internet filter blocks the above site]

http://www.csd509j.net/staff/SherwiM/AP%20US%20Page%20Docs/1920s_Slang.htm

     Slang of the 1920’s