Essential Question:

• Describe what was popular about Swing & Big Band Music.

Use the link(s) below to research a topic relevant to 1920's or 1930's history. 

Assignment: 

• Choose ONE topic to reseach from EITHER the 1920's or 1930's. 
• Create a Google Doc, and write a summary of your research. 
• Share this document with Mr. Robinson for submission. 

OPTIONS: 

1920’s:

-The Consumer Economy and Mass Entertainment

-Politics during the 1920’s

-The Postwar Red Scare

-The Avant-Garde

1930’s

-Charles Ponzi

-The Market Crashes

-The Great Depression in Global Perspective

-Social Security

-Popular Culture during the Great Depression

-Hollywood during the Great Depression

• Complete Essential Question #4. (Google Form at top of Page) 
• Read Overview for Chapter 5: WWII and the Shrinking of the Ensemble.
• Complete a Listening Chart Entry for "Cotton Tail" by Duke Ellington (Video Below)