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Below you will find my Hot Listed websites for 1920's! Enjoy!

3: || http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos#america-goes-dry-with-prohibition || This video shows what prohibition was, what prompted it, how it affected daily life and why it was repealed. || 4: || http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/ || This website explores multiple aspects of the 1920's via primary documents. It shows the marketing history during the time period, of products we still recognize, use, and love today. This will really show students how things were being moved, pushed, and sold to help the war effort and to make people's lives easier. || 5: || http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/music/jazz_a.html || This website explores the taboo of the time, which was Jazz Music. It shows what the younger folks (around their age) were doing and explains why it was so controversial. This will help the students relate to the rebellion that people their age were going through during this time period. || 6: || http://ruthcampbellsmith.blogspot.com/ || This blog encounters what it was like to be a 1920's house wife day to day. It includes, birthdays, children, death, life and various other daily aspects. It is kept and maintained by Ruth Campbell's granddaughter. This blog includes direct quotes. ||
 * Site 1: || http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/18 || This website is through the McCord Museum in Quebec. It is an interactive game which allows students to explore the 1920's through the eyes of the selected character. First you pick a location in which you would like the setting to be, then an outfit, all while classical jazz is playing in the background. This website is asethetically pleasing as well as very interactive. This shows students the correct way to dress and such for the time period. ||
 * Site 2: || http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1189 || This website explores how the Tommy Gun changed the 1920's and WWI. ||
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