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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.** POST PARAGRAPHS HERE
 * 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.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points.

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were known as the Super Hollywood Couple. They were both successful actors and popular figures in American movies. Mary Pickford was, as … describes her “known as America’s Sweetheart (Mary Pickford).” She was the new American woman while Fairbanks was fashionable and sportive. Both, Fairbanks and Pickford, were married before and they, especially Pickford, were therefore, as Eileen Whitfield, the author of //Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood// (a biography of Pickford), says, afraid that the “divorce […] would fatally contaminate Little Mary and in turn make the end of her screen career (Whitfield).” As actor part of your work is to make the people happy. This decision was very unclear and therefore risky. But there was no reason for fear because of the “full glare of public’s adoration after their nuptials [in spring 1920 and then they] ascended to the status of Hollywood royalty (Douglas Fairbanks).” The public just loved them together, him the fashionable and sportive guy and her the representative of the new American woman, without consideration of their past marriages.

The United Artist Corporation was formed in the spring of 1919 by the director Griffith and the three actors Fairbanks, Pickford and Chaplin. They were four of the most popular figures in American movies and decided to work together to make even better movies. This Corporation was a “film-disturbing company that handled movies and guaranteed them the greatest profits (Mary Pickford).” But these predicted profits didn’t really happen. Soon they found that “it [was] impossible [for them] to keep up that pace” they promised each other at the beginning and “United Artists was struggling in the early 50’s (Kehr).“ Their corporation started good but went down very fast so “Pickford and Chaplin […] agreed [in 1951] agreed to sell the company to […] Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin (United Artists).” These two producers run the company well for a while but also started struggling after a while. Soon after that MGM bought United Artists (UA) and the entertainment company MGM/UA was formed. In the early 2000’s UA was used as a special studio.

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #7dff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">__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. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">POST PARAGRAPHS HERE

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were a big influence on the society. All the people in the country looked up to them, used them as their model and copied their styles. In the 1920’s people got “more income, more leisure time, and easier access to transportation (Introduction to the 1920)” and therefore had more time for entertainment like movies. And since Pickford was considered as the “America’s Sweetheart [and] the most popular and successful female star (Mary Pickford)” and Fairbanks “was famous for his athleticism (Whitfield)” and his fashionable style they influenced the public’s style and fashion. Another reason that people especial paid attention to them was of course that Fairbanks and Pickford were considered the ‘Hollywood Super Couple’ and they were known a long time after they died.

United Artists also influenced society. Like already mentioned, people focused more on entertainment. United Artists was a corporation formed by “movie stars Fairbanks, Chaplin, and Pickford and director Griffith (Douglas Fairbanks).” Since the public like Pickford and Fairbanks they also like their company. Because they struggled often and had “to sell the company (United Artists)” the reputation got worse. But then they had some famous movies, like West Side Story and like Kehr, an experience New York Times author, stated the movie “Marty which [gave] United Artists [the] best-picture Oscar (Kehr).” Their business went kind of up and down, but existed for a long time.

<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="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">POST PARAGRAPHS HERE

Douglas Fairbanks was a very important man in our history of entertainment. He was not only a famous actor but also a comedian, civic leader and industry mogul. He was one of the few “greatest stars of silent films (1920 ′ s Hollywood Movie Memories – The Silent Era).” He played big part in famous movies like //The Black Pirate// or //The Three Musketeers//. His strength was “to keep the public interested (The screen).” As an actor it is important that the public likes you and in Fairbanks case, that’s why his pictures hold their popularity. This was leading to the fact the he “is one of the few […] stars whose work still resonates with audiences today (Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood).” He was a valued actor and people took actors, like Fairbanks, as their paragon, which made him even more influential.

Douglas Fairbanks was one of the leaders in the ‘movie world’ in the 1920s. He developed the film industry further and therefore was a important part of out entertainment history. In the 1920s Fairbanks was “[describes] as the first action hero [or] ‘The First King of Hollywood’ (Douglas Fairbanks).” People were impressed by his success and liked him as an actor. This all was because of the change in society in the 1920s, which lead to “the expansion of the film industry (Introduction to the 1920s),” more and more people became interested in movies and therefore influenced by the film production and especially by Fairbanks carrier. This shows how the society determined this path. But Fairbanks also “focused on changes in the film industry (Douglas Fairbanks II).” He went his own path by also working behind the scene with producing movies. That’s why I would place him between near the eventful hero; maybe a bit into the direction of an event-making hero.

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<span style="background-color: #7dff00; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">POST WORKS CITED HERE

"Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks." //AP Images//. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Feb. 2012.

"Douglas Fairbanks." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas. ABC-CLIO//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2012.

"Mary Pickford." //American Cultural Leaders//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2012.

Whitfield, Eileen. "Star crossed." //Academic Search Premier//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2012.

Kehr, Dave. "Four Stars' Bright Idea Still Shines 90 Years On." //NYTimes//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2012. <http://nytimes.com>.

"United Artists." //Pop Culture Universe//. ABC-Clio, n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. <http://popculture.abc-clio.com/>.

"Introduction to the 1920s (Overview)." //Pop Culture Universe//. ABC-Clio, n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. <http://popculture.abs-clio.com>.

"Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood." //The Academy of Motion Picture// //Arts and Science//. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.oscars.org/>.

"Douglas Fairbanks." (shown as Douglas Fairbanks II) //United States HISTORY//. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2012.

"1920′s Hollywood Movie Memories – The Silent Era." //Douglas Fairbanks//. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2012.

<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, <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;">internal citations, W orks 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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;"> criteria table to justify the reasons for your placement.