The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: Chicago Tribune Political Cartoons. Twenty-four political cartoons from the Tribune are presented here - two per year from 1918 to 1929 - created by the longtime Tribune cartoonists John McCutcheon and Carey Orr. Together the cartoons represent a mini-history of the major issues and dominant attitudes of the period.

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: Detroit News Newsreels, 1923-1928. A collection of thirty newsreels produced from 1923 to 1928, reporting local news that reflected national issues and trends - traffic safety, aviation feats, crime, illegal aliens, college fads, beauty contests, new cars, new skyscrapers, new airline service, new radio towers, new street lighting, and, of course, sports, celebrities, children, and animals.

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: Felix the Cat Animated Cartoons, 1922-1927. In the eight cartoons presented here, Felix leads a feline strike, learns what "moonshine" is, tries to prove Darwin's theory of evolution, gets "blown away" by Russian revolutionaries, plays baseball in an interracial game, tries to replicate Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, gets a Hollywood film contract, and dissuades a flapper from doing the same.

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: New York City Subway Posters. Pasted to the inside of the windows and changed frequently, the "Subway Sun" and the "Elevated Express" posters were designed to capture hurried riders' attention for a quick take on city and national issues, often related to urban life in the rapidly modernizing times. Presented here are twenty of the 385 21"x16" posters.

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: New Yorker Cartoons. In this collection are thirteen New Yorker cartoons from 1925 through 1929 that encapsulate the magazine's take on "the Age." Among the topics are the modern woman, the city, the automobile, radio, Prohibition, the Klan, the Scopes trial, consumerism, stock speculation, and the event that dramatically ended "the age" - the stock market crash of October 1929.

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the Nineteen Twenties, 1931 (selections) by Frederick Lewis Allen. Appearing only two years after the 1929 crash, Allen's "informal history" offered its readers a sympathetic yet clear-eyed look at the tumultuous decade from which they had been catapulted by the economic collapse.

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: "The Age We Live In." Here we peruse Twenties' commentary from witty one-liners and contest entries to newspaper editorials and intellectuals' analysis.

Primary resources from 1920s period offers a sense of cultural, social, political and economic thought during that time period. Includes notes, questions for discussion, and links to supplemental material.

Original video [1:16:19] features the Duke Ellington Orchestra playing most of its standing repertoire.

A very good site on the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal, which ended in the banishing of eight major league players for life from the game of baseball. Also includes great information on the ensuing trial and a link to the manuscript of Shoeless Joe Jackson's testimony at the trial.

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz

U.S. History is designed for a two-semester American history sequence. It is traditional in coverage, following a roughly chronological outline, and using a balanced approach that includes political, economic, social, and cultural developments. At the same time, the book includes a number of innovative and interactive features designed to enhance student learning. Instructors can also customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom.

Prosperity and the Production of Popular Entertainment
Transformation and Backlash
A New Generation
Republican Ascendancy: Politics in the 1920s