SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

American History Online
Under Learning Centers, click on THE ROARING TWENTIES link.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Modern World History Online
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.
To use Modern World History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Biography Resource Center
For information about a person, use Biography Resource Center, one of the InfoTrac databases.
To use Biography Resource Center at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

WEB SITES

American Cultural History 1920-1929
An overview of the decade from the Kingwood (Texas) College Library.

Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance
Images and text to elaborate on some of the key themes in the art exhibition of the same name.

Harlem 1900-1940
An exhibition portfolio from the Schomburg Center for Black Culture.

New York City: High Stepping to an Uptown Beat
Find out what was happening in the culture capital of the U.S.

The American Twenties
Explore this decade through literature and art (primary sources).

Fashions of the 1920s
Magazine illustrations and real photos (primary sources) from the twenties. Ignore the many ads on this site...

Authentic History Center
Artifacts and sounds from American popular culture of the 1920s.

Prohibition
The Anti-Saloon League was a major force in the crusade to make alcoholic beverages illegal.

Temperance & Prohibition
Essays, information and images related to the history of prohibition in the U.S. from the Ohio State Univ. Dept. of History.

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updated 01/29/2008