The 1920s introduced many modern conveniences, such as the widespread use of the washing machine, and many modern ideas, such as buying on credit.

 

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, or radio newsperson.

Choose one of the following topics for your news story:

 

Red Scare

 

Sacco and Vanzetti

 

Volstead Act

 

Al Capone

 

19th Amendment to the Constitution

 

Scopes Monkey Trial

 

Ku Klux Klan

 

Buying on credit

 

Birth control clinics

 

Films and celebrities

 

Professional sports: baseball and boxing

 

Immigration Act of 1924

 

Write a 700- to 1,050-word news story. If you choose the role of radio newsperson, you must write a broadcast script. The news story must address the following:

 

Detailed description of the topic, and its significance to the time

 

Implications for American society in terms of economic, social, and cultural trends

 

Choose one of the following companies and write an advertisement for that company to accompany your news story:

 

Ford Motor Company

 

RCA

 

Coca-Cola

 

Sears, Roebuck & Co.

 

General Electric

 

Maytag

 

Hallmark Cards

 

Hoover

 

American Tobacco Co.

 

Nabisco

 

Format your news story according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.