The Roaring 20's: Document-Based Question (DBQ) & Essay Organizer

DBQs are an excellent way to hit most of the Common Core standards in your class. If there is one activity that encapsulates the requirements of the Common Core - the DBQ is it!

Prompt: Analyze three social changes that occurred during the 1920s. Evaluate whether or not these changes were positive or negative.

Here is a list of the documents:

1. The United States Constitution, 18th Amendment (1919)

2. Visual of a flapper at a speakeasy

3. Scopes Trial Chart: Source: McGraw-Hill Publishing

4. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Poster, 1920s

5. The United States Constitution, 19th Amendment (1920)

6. A Great Day in Harlem, Original photo taken by Art Kane (1925 - 1995)

7. First Red Scare depiction of a "European Anarchist" attempting to destroy the Statue of Liberty.

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This product goes perfectly with this DBQ Outline and Rubric, which is included!

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