1920s Resources

LAUSD’s Digital Library Databases for History
(these links will only work from inside the LAUSD network):

•  ABC-Clio: History database. Go to “American History” and from there, select the historical time period of interest. 
•  American National Biography: Biography database. Look up the person/people you are researching.
• History Reference Center (EBSCO): Scroll down to locate History Reference Center. Collections organized by historical periods. 
•  Encyclopedia Britannica: General information on most topics.
•  The Twenties (InfoBase): Subjects related to each decade.
•  World Book: General information on most topics.

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Internet Resources
(these links will work from my device with Internet access):

Culture:
• 33 Photos Of Flappers That Show The Jazz Age It Girls In Action
• 1920s American Culture: Civil Life and Values (video)
• 1920s Fashion History: The Women Who Changed Our Style Forever
• 1920-1929: Fashion History Timeline
• American Culture in the 1920s
• Cotton Club
• The Cotton Club
• Divisions, America in the 1920s
• The History of the Flapper, Part 1
• How Flappers Redefined Womanhood
• Flappers
• Movies, Radio and Sports in the 1920s
Prohibition 
• The Rise of the Flapper (primary sources, newspaper articles)
• Temperance and Prohibition

Economy:
• 1920s Consumption
• 1920s Economy
• A Consumer Economy
• The Roaring Economy of the 1920s (video)

Overview:
• America in the 1920s 
• The Decade that Roared
• The Roaring Twenties
• The “Roaring Twenties”

Politics:
• 1920s Urbanization and Immigration
• How Prohibition Fueled the Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
• Influence of the 1920s KKK on Politics and Culture (video)
• The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
• Palmer Raids
• Palmer Raids

Politics (cont.):
• Politics during the 1920s
• Politics in the 1920s
• Prohibition
• Prohibition
• Prohibition (videos)
• Prohibition: Unintended Consequences
• Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
• Sacco and Vanzetti Were Executed 90 Years Ago.Their Deaths Made History
• Scopes “Monkey” Trial
• Scopes Trial

Technology:
• The Automobile and the Environment in American History 
• The Automobile: Effects/Impact on Society and Changes in Cars Made by Generation
• History of Cars
• Rise of the Automobile