In the 1920s, assembly line production and easy credit made it possible for ordinary Americans to purchase many new consumer goods.
This site has collected and currated 20 photos of Utah that were taken as part of the New Deal photography project. These photos can be used at any level and in a variety of ways in the classroom.
This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Soundzabound to help students learn about the Birth of the Baby Boomers.
An overview of the origins of, effects of, and attempted solutions to the Great Depression.
Most historians agree that personality gained societal importance over character in the 1920s, and they connect this transformation in values to the emergence of a consumer culture. This lesson plan offers suggestions about how you can use primary sources to illustrate the larger social and cultural changes of the era.
An overview of the social, political, and economic cultures of the 1920s.
The 1920s, known as the Roaring Twenties, was a time of many changes - sweeping economic, political, and social changes. There were many aspects to the economy of the 1920s that led to one of the most crucial causes of the Great Depression - the stock market crash of 1929.