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U.S. History - Mrs. Gandolfo

The Roaring Twenties



PRINT Non-fiction and Reference books will be on reserve in the library or you can access the library catalog [|HERE]

eBooks : [|Great Events From History: The 20th Century: 1901-1940] Select "20th Century - 1901-1940" in left-hand column Enter keyword in search box

[|Defining Documents in American History: The 1920s]

[|Gale Virtual Reference Library] Under "Subjects" click "History" Click "American Decades" In upper-right under "Choose a Volume" select "1920-1929" Select any 1920s category

ELECTRONIC

Images, Music, Video / Primary Sources

Primary Sources - contains links for primary sources in our databases and on the Web

Research Wiki: Web 2.0 Resources - contains links for images, clip-art, video and audio (music)

[|Vintage Ad Browser] - select topic and "1920s"

[|Britannica ImageQuest] - millions of copyright-cleared images

Information

**Databases** : [|Daily Life Through History] - enter topic in search box or: - Eras - "Life in the Modern World: 1900 to present"

[|FactCite] - enter topic in search box to search across six different databases

[|Pop Culture Universe] - enter topic in search box or: - Decades - 1920s: The Roaring Twenties * Excellent for this project *

[|Proquest Historical Newspapers] - original newspapers dating back to 1851 - search for ads or headlines of major events in the 1920s

[|Student Resources in Context] - enter "1920s (Decade)" in search box

[|Biography in Context] - use if you are researching a person (i.e. Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, etc.)

[|World Book Encyclopedia Online] - enter "Roaring Twenties" in search box

[|World History: The Modern Era] - "See all Time Periods" - "The World at War" - "The Interwar Years" - see articles in left-hand column

[|World Religions] - enter topic in search box - use for topics such as Fundamentalism/Evolution/Scopes Trial

**Internet** : Use [|WebPath Express] in our Library Catalog for links to quality websites. - select Academy of Notre Dame - Catalog - WebPath Express (in left-hand column)

[|Nettrekker]- select "High School" tab and enter topic in search box or follow this path: - Social Studies - U.S. History - The Twenties and the Great Depression - The Roaring Twenties (1919 to 1929)

[|Class Zone: Life in the 1920's] [|Digital History: Overview of the 1920s] [|A Biography of America: The Twenties] [|The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The 1920's] [|Library of Congress: Merchandising and Advertising in the 1920s] [|Musee McCord Museum: The Roaring Twenties] [|The 1920's Experience] [|Harlem Renaissance Websites] [|PBS: The Devil's Music: 1920s Jazz] [|PBS: Prohibition] [|United States History: Roaring Twenties]

[|NoodleBib] - helps create Bibliographies/Works Cited in MLA or APA format - revalidate with "ndapa"