Bell Work• In your notebooks, list as many aspects of the 1920s that you

can think of.• (5 minute brainstorm)

Social Aspects of the 1920s

The Red Scare• In 1917, a communist

revolution succeeded in Russia, the Russian Revolution

• Communism – an economic and social system which forces property to be owned by the state, and wealth redistributed throughout society.

• This is done through the violent overthrow of capitalist societies.

The Red Scare and Communists

• Communists called for an international uprising.

• 70,000 radicals joined the Communist Party in the 1920s.

• The International Workers of the World (IWW)also recruited Communists.

• Communists bombed government and business offices.

• This led to a panic in the country, and the government raided the offices and homes of many suspected Communists.

Prohibition and Bootleggers• The 18th Amendment,

which prohibited alcoholic beverages, went into effect in January 1920.

• Bootleggers, smuggled liquor into the US from other countries.

• Liquor was hidden everywhere, in false books, water bottles, high boots, and containers strapped to their legs.

American Protestant Fundamentalism

• Fundamentalism was a movement which interpreted the Bible literally not symbolically.

• Fundamentalists resisted the trend to believe in science, and religious faiths practiced by immigrants.

• They rejected the theory of evolution.

• They felt that the knowledge people needed was in the Bible.

Jazz Music

• Jazz is a style of music that blends ragtime, classical and blues music.• Louis Armstrong was

the most popular Jazz Musician in the 1920s.• Example, route 66 Nat

King Cole (1946)• http://www.youtube.c

om/watch?v=dCYApJtsyd0

Route 66 Road Trip Activity• Procedure

1. Once you are assigned your 1920s historical figure (Communist Revolutionary, Bootlegger, Protestant Fundamentalist, Jazz Musician), develop a Biobook page for them. The information that you include on the Biobook page should reflect the characteristics of the individual and time period and should explain why you are going on this road trip..

2. Once you are finished with the Biobook page, collaborate with the other individuals in your group of four (your car load) and share the information that you included on your Biobook page with them.

3. Once everyone has shared the information, as a group, report out to the rest of the class about who is in your car, and why you are travelling on Route 66.

4. If your group chooses to act out a skit, you will receive extra credit!!!