GDWW - Long Answer Essay: The 1920s Lesson
Long Answer Essay: The 1920s
The Roaring 20s was a decade of great social change with new "modern" ideas taking hold in the context of big parties with bootleg liquor and "flappers" dancing the Charleston. Or was it? It is true that many were challenging traditional values as the Victorian Age was transitioning to a modern urban age. However, conservatives who were alarmed by the many changes taking place also asserted themselves in the landscape of the 1920s. View the following resources and readings for you to use in examining this decade in terms of the conflict between modernist (liberal) and traditionalist (conservative) forces.
- Roaring 20s Diagram Links to an external site.
- Boundless Reading: 1920s Culture Links to an external site.
- Long Essay Outline Links to an external site.
- Long Essay Rubric Links to an external site.
- Long Essay Refresher Links to an external site.
In addition, view and listen to the presentation below. It focuses on Prohibition as an example of this conflict, but also gives an overview of the societal and political forces of the decade.
Now that you have examined the information provided, you will write a long essay on the topic. For this essay, you are required to fill out the outline sheet to plan out your essay and then write out the actual essay in the AP Long Essay format. The outline template and other resources on essay writing are found in the links above. Here is the essay topic:
Support, refute, or modify this statement:
- Despite popular conceptions, the 1920s is best described as a conservative era.
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