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Week 7 tasks chapter 22 (6%) are due next Monday, October 2 before 8am. ONE FULL WEEK. Get a head start. If tasks done and requirement fulfilled, you will earn the points which will show under the gradebook link. Total words are number minimum expected. Enjoy! Read and see you online. Comment on at least one classmate’s posting when required by the activity. Post your answers at once right on one posting or attach a pdf document (NO GOOGLE DOCS) with your answers. You can also post an audio/video file answer for a specific activity. Check chapter review and chronology at the end of the chapter, pages 978-979.

INDIVIDUAL: 4%

Chapter section, images, maps (1%) Comment on the section you enjoyed the most, and comment also on ONE image that relates to your selection. (100 words). Focus Questions chapter 22: ANSWER ALL THREE SETS. SPECIFY TEXTBOOK PAGES USED AS REFERENCE (120 WORDS EACH) 3%

1.Assess the impact of the consumer culture during the 1920s. What contributed to its growth? 2.What were the other major social and cultural trends and movements that became prominent during the twenties? How did they challenge traditional standards and customs?

3.What does “modernism” mean in intellectual and artistic terms? How did the modernist movement influence American culture in the early twentieth century?

COLLABORATIVE: 2%

Videos: Watch number ONE AND TWO. Choose ONE from THREE. (comment 50 words for each video) 2% 20^TH Century Historical Events.

1.Watch the documentary on the 1920’s. Provide your impression, and perspective on life and culture. It is about 100 years ago. Comment on a classmate posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN7ftyZigYs (50 words) 1%

2.Watch and comment on John Greene’s perspective on the 1920’s. Any new perspective to contrast or add to our textbook? Which? Comment on classmate posting. (50 words) 1%. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOR1XCMf7A&t=228s

3.Watch ONE of the 1920’s cartoons. Comment on social, cultural or economic message you catch. Comment on classmate posting. Share the links you watched. (50 words) 1% https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+1920%27s+cartoons

OPTIONAL: WATCH EPISODE ONE KEN BURN’S DOCUMENTARY ‘JAZZ’ (for your enjoyment and awareness) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZZhieONyto&list=PLuDrqfL4qtOIcc0h574Igd0Lok0eF9yGg

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