PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER

The mission of Pelham High School is to educate students so that they may pursue life goals, 
participate fully as active citizens, and become socially responsible community members.

The Twenties and the Thirties

Credit:  Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library

Thinkquest's The Roaring Twenties- start here!  A great site, divided by topic.

The Roaring Twenties- Music, architecture, Harlem Renaissance-nice site!!!

The Jazz Age Culture- cars, fashions, art, movies, cartoons- it's even got Krazy Kat!

Overview of the Twenties

 The Politics of Frustration:  The 1920's- From the University of Wisconsin Dept. of  History

      Information on bigotry, KKK, evangelism.  Great links to H.L. Mencken, Sacco and Vanzetti, The Scopes Trial, the Red Scare.

Fashio n of the Twenties

Biographies of Jazz Musicians

The Harlem Renaissance- click here for links

Jazz Timeline- click on the date bar on the left for 1920-1929

The Jazz Age Page

The Skopes Trial

 Artists of 1925 and their works

The Economy of the Twenties

The Coolidge Era-Prosperity and Thrift

 Calvin Coolidge Motorcade, 1927

Credit: Library of Congress

             Links to the 1930's

America in the 1930's- great site! -University of Virginia Crossroads

1930's timeline

Surviving the Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl, Men, Dirt and Depression by Paul Bonnifield

About the Dust Bowl- with map

Film History of the 1930's

Student Activism

Civilian Conservation Corps

World Wide Web Virtual Library-1930's Links

1930's Timeline

FOR PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS, GO TO THE AMERICAN HISTORY DATABASE:

www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com

put in password (posted by computers)

CLICK ON TOPIC EXPLORATION, 

CLICK ON A NATION IN TRANSITION OR A NATION FACES CONFLICT

CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC, THEN CLICK ON DOCUMENTS

AND CHECK OUT THE LINKS BELOW

Primary Sources-1920's

 Primary Sources -1930's

Elizabeth Strauss, Media Generalist
Pelham High School Library Media Center
bstrauss@pelhamsd.org