Assignment task:
The Topic: Explore the ways that new technologies brought about social change in North America in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Assignment:
Narrow topic. The topics are increased mobility, improved communications, new technology in the home, and the growing entertainment and advertising industry. Choose one of these topic areas to focus on.
An outline. This outline will include the thesis that will guide your development of the topic. thesis is not the topic, but your response to it. One way to think about this is to pose a question about the topic, then answer it. The answer to that question is your thesis.
Here is an example:
Topic: Explore the ways that expanded educational opportunities brought about social change in North America in the 1920s and 1930s.
Topic narrowed: Look at how high school graduation more than doubled in the decades after World War I.
Question: How did increased graduation rates lead to social change in the 1920s?
Answer (thesis): The rise in graduation rates in North America after World War I was positive overall, but it led to a rapid overturning of tradition. Young people spoke about and explored topics that their parents considered threatening or taboo which led to conflicts between generations.
Format
Written report that must also include visuals. can choose to have graphics within written report or put writing and images together as a PowerPoint, slideshow. images add to the information in the writing. can put taglines beneath the images explaining their importance and what is happening in the image. Other important details are stating where and what time period or year the image is from.
Provide a bibliography with the sources of your text and images.