This Week’s Project Assignment: 1920s Research and Advertisement Creation

Question

Step One: Complete Your 1920s Research
Using credible sources, document 3-4 pieces of information about the following topics, remember to provide a proper MLA citation for your sources. Each source should come from an online database like EBSCO:

Topic
Information
Source Citation
All sources need to be from EBSCO
The Jazz Age




Prohibition




Women in the 1920s




The American Dream after World War One




Step Two: Create Your Advertisements
You will be creating ads or commercials for products that would have been realistically sold in the 1920s. Remember that the language, music, graphics, and atmosphere should all be representative of the 1920s. You will use one of the multimedia forms that you chose last week to create your ads.

Answer 1

For your advertisements, consider products such as:
- Flapper dresses or accessories
- Automobiles
- Radio sets
- Beauty products
- Coca-Cola
- Tobacco products

Make sure to incorporate the information you learned in your research about the 1920s into your ads to accurately represent the time period. Good luck!