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Home 1920's Topics __1920’s Project Assignment__ Clara Bow, the "IT" girl, flapper culture Arabella Mayrer
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__Task One---DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC -Due Tuesday, February 7__ Each topic includes an association or movement and an individual. Please write __two__ extended power paragraphs that address the following prompt:**Explain the achievements associated with your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1920s. Explain the relationship between the individua****l and the association or movement.**
 * Support the ideas in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of three  credible sources.
 * Select only signed  sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * Insert the Works Cited after the Third Task.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points.

The "IT" girl of the 1920's also known as the flaper culture and associated with the actress Clara Bow helped create a new culture for woman with more opportunities. In the 1920's the way women dressed and acted all started to change. They started smoking, drinking, going out to dance, she wore makeup, she cut her long hair short, and went to parties. The term flapper started being used after WWI and it was used as a name for the women that were all about having fun and dressed in a new bold way.

This culture was started mainly because the women were sick and tired of waiting for the men to come home to have fun. Because of WWI there were less men for the women to marry so younger women decided that they would spend their time having fun by dressing the way they wanted (comfortable clothes) going to parties, and doing things that many women had not done before such as smoke and drink. This created a new group of more independent women which caused a shift in the american culture. This era showed men that women could do anything they could.

work cited: http://www.pbs.org, elibrary.com __Task Two-EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE-Due Friday, February 10__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of three credible sources. Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1920s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First century. The flapper age promoted many things in American culture. For one example it was the era in which women started believing in themselves that they didn't need a man to have fun anymore, and that they could be independent. During this era women like the flappers were girls that were known to go out to parties, drink, smoke and were more "wild'. Because of how much fun the women were having even without men started to show they realized that being independent and not tied down could be fun. Some would even say that it was one of the contributing factors to women wanting to get the right to vote and equal rights.

The 1920's were a time of partying and having fun, also known as the "Lost age". People during this time focused on their social status other than work ethics. Because of the extensive amount of parties that were going on, and the lack of men after WWI, many women decided to take a "leap of faith" and go out by themselves. Because many women did this they realized how much fun it was having a care-free life where they didn't have to worry about being polite and or anything else for that matter which gave them a feel for independence. Women started to see that they way they were being treated by the men, and government and they thought it was unfair because they could do anything that a man could do so they should have equal rights. And because of this it gave these women the idea of an independence movement.

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #7dff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Task ThreeJUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATION---Due Feb. 15 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic, and you know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, what were the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the Great Man Continuum to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each citing a minimum of three credible sources. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> The main cause of this new age for women was that they were tired of living boring lives and spending all their time being "ladies". In France during the 1920's they came out with a film which portrayed this image of who the American Women desired to be. This women wore short skirts, cut their hair into a "french bob", and starting doing things that men only did at the time such as drink, smoke, and party. Because this image was different then what these women had none it became very appealing to the women in Hollywood, who then spread the trend over America. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> The way women reacted to this view was to follow the trend because of how different it was. This new image provided women with a more independent mindset which involved equal treatment. They had started to view America as women can do anything that men can do, and it should be that men should be the only ones having fun. This was an effect of the "flapper age" because the women of america were now drinking and smoking which had been only what the man could do for such a long time because the women were "fragile". Because this era changed the way women acted it also changed the way they were treated. Men started to see that women could do basically anything they do such as even live the double standard life, which in the long run helped women earn equal treatment throughout America. <span style="background-color: #7dff00; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">POST WORKS CITED HERE

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Rubric for all three tasks: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Outstanding paragraphs include the following elements: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Accurate power paragraph format with each paragraph citing evidence from three different sources. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> ✓ Correct research components such as credibility statement, internal citations, Works Cited entries <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Thoughtful and thorough response to the each prompt <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ A variety of sentences with interesting, clear diction <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Photos exemplifying the influence of the individual and association or movement <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Place your topic on the Great Man Continuum;  <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> ✓ Complete the criteria table to justify the reasons for your placement.