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Were the "Roaring 20's" a decade of social harmony and prosperity or conflict and disunity?
 * Organizing Question:**

Unity topics include:
 * Henry Ford and the Model T
 * Flappers
 * Motion Pictures
 * Harlem Renaissance
 * New leisure activities

 Disunity topics:
 * Religious Fundamentalism and Science/ Scopes Trial
 * Racism and the rise of the KKK
 * Nativism, Immigration Restrictions and the Red Scare
 * The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
 * Prohibition and the Rise of Organized Crime

Reference materials
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 * **REF 973 AME** //American at War. Society, culture, and the homefront.// Resch, J. Volume 3, 1901-1945.
 * Encyclopaedia Britannica

Non-Fiction Books
We have many non-fiction books about this topic are found in various sections of the library. Be sure to do a keyword search using the online catalog (**Destiny**) to find more materials.
 * **322.42 M** //The truth about the Ku Klux Klan.// Meltzer, M.
 * **325.73 D** //Not like us : immigrants and minorities in America, 1890-1924.// Daniels, R.
 * **345.73 F** //Justice crucified : the story of Sacco and Vanzetti.// Feuerlicht, R.
 * **363.41 C** //The long thirst : prohibition in America, 1920-1933.// Coffey, T.
 * **973.914 B** //America and the jazz age : a history of the 1920's.// Boardman, F.

WHS databases
Log into any of these databases by clicking on the link. If you are away from home, you will have to use a remote username and/or password. These can be found on the Library Media Center brochure. Make sure to take one home before leaving school!!
 * SIRS Decades Research American History from 1900 to present. Find primary sources and articles.
 * S tudent Edition- Infotrac resource for finding reference, news, multimedia and primary source resources on all subjects.
 * [|U.S. History in Context] provides access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
 * [|ProQuest Historical Newspapers] Get your primary sources (actual news articles, ads, and political cartoons). Search these old newspapers- Boston Globe (1872-); NY Times (1851-); Christian Science Monitor (1908-); Wall Street Journal (1880-).
 * American History- American History the people, events, and stories of our nation’s evolution.

Internet sites

 * Digital History- 1920's.
 * Prohibition- interesting site about the interference of ships importing rum by American military.
 * The Jazz Age- website that accompanies Ken Burns' documentary //Jazz//.

BPL: electronic resources
You will need a BPL e-card in order to access these databases. Ask Ms. Dalbec if you need help applying for a card.
 * Virtual Reference Library - Includes more than 90 encyclopedias, plus numerous specialized reference sources covering a diversity of subjects including Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, Science, and Social Science. Some "Junior" sources included as well.