Cobblestone articles from April 2006

Cobblestone archives from April 2006

A decade of extremes.(african americans cultural discrimination)
April 1, 2006... The Roaring 20s: a simple phrase that brings to mind a decade of abundant energy and dramatic advances in technology. Many people associate the 20s with a time of cultural excitement and popular enjoyment that witnessed the arrival of big...

The Harlem Renaissance: a cultural rebirth.(Cover story)
April 1, 2006... Great waves of African Americans migrated to northern cities to take advantage of the many factory jobs that opened up in response to World War I (1914-1918). Unfortunately, social attitudes of the early 20th century forced these black folks to...

Rent Party.(Poem)
April 1, 2006... RENT PARTY Too hot to sleep, too young to care--change sizzles in the uptown air. Harlem never stops moving its feet; exciting things are happening within its new beat. So drop your nickel ...

The rise of gangsters.(alchohol laws and prohibitions)
April 1, 2006... It took 20 years, but when the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1919, the production and sale of alcohol became illegal. This law was an attempt to improve the country by limiting how much alcohol Americans drank....

Women breakout.(Women's suffrage)
April 1, 2006... Many women felt they finally had become full citizens on August 26, 1920. That was when the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, became law. Their mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers...

Sport's Golden Age.(George Herman Ruth career as a pitcher)
April 1, 2006... When William "Jack" Dempsey knocked down less Willard seven times in the first three minutes of their heavyweight boxing championship match in July 1919, historian Guy Lewis called it the beginning of the Golden Age of American Sport." American...

Please take a seat.(Alvin Shipwreck Kelly achievements on a flag pole)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... People in the 1920s became obsessed with some very interesting fads. One of the strangest was flagpole sitting. It began in 1924 as a dare directed at professional stuntman Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly. Kelly climbed to the top of a specially...

That's entertainment.
April 1, 2006... With the end of World War I (1914-1918) and the dawning of an era of peace and prosperity, many Americans' thoughts turned to more frivolous ideas. The Roaring 20s were filled with new and exciting forms of entertainment, and Americans embraced...

Dance the night away.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Listening to the music of the day--jazz--led to another crazy fad of the 1920s (see page 17)--a dance craze. New dances such as the Charleston, the fox trot, and the shimmy were so popular that on weekends, people would flood dance halls to try...

Scandal shocks the nation.(Warren G. Harding)
April 1, 2006... As President Warren G. Harding lay dying in California in late summer 1923, scandal was brewing at the White House. When matters in Washington, D.C., came to a boil, Americans went from grieving for their president to blaming him for...

Did you know?(Diary entry)
April 1, 2006... In 1920, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) radio station KDKA became the first in America to begin broadcasting. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1925, Wyoming residentS elected Nellie Tayloe Ross to become the first woman governor in the United...

Putting out the unwelcome mat.(immigrants economic aspects and social discrimination)
April 1, 2006... For much of its history, the United States had welcomed newcomers to its soil--so so that this country gained the reputation of a "nation of immigrants." But while immigration contributed to America's economic development, over time it also...

Monkeys on Trial.(The State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes)(Speech)
April 1, 2006... In July 1925, a battle between religion and science rocked Dayton, Tennessee, and the nation. Public school biology teacher John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which states that humans developed over...

Fabulous flying machines.(airplanes innovations)
April 1, 2006... A small biplane buzzed over the town, flying just above the rooftops. People ran out of their houses to see what was making all the noise--it was an airplane! In 1920, most Americans had never seen a real plane, but tales of World War I Army...

And the market crashes.
April 1, 2006... Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover had some hopeful words to share with Americans in 1928. He said that the day was in sight "when poverty will be banished from this nation." As it turned out, this was wishful thinking. Beneath the...

Twenties-something.(teenage "phenom" research)
April 1, 2006... We've met quite a few movers, shakers, and celebrities in America's Roaring 20s, but what was happening in the rest of the world? Let's check in on a 3,000-year-old "boy" king in northern Africa, a 4-year-old superhorse from Down Under, and a...

Talk of the town!(speech slangs)
April 1, 2006... Hey, you bright young thing! Don't be a flat tire! Get hipped on 1920s slang! People often use slang or trendy language to represent who they are--or who they went to be. You might say that slang is like fashion for speech! An...

Baseball.(Poem)
April 1, 2006... BASEBALL All the fans cheering you on. Slide into first base. Easily running to second. Barely reaching third. Almost screaming with joy coming home. Last run of the game. Leaping in the air! ...

Majestic Beauty.(Poem)
April 1, 2006... MAJESTIC BEAUTY A horse with a silken mane and tail, declares its independence with all unveiled. It has a soft silken muzzle and a rich ruby coat, and glides gracefully along the foggy moat. A horse can be sweet,...

What is Life?(Poem)
April 1, 2006... WHAT IS LIFE? My friend Lily thinks life is love. My friend Larry thinks life is Loop-de-Loop, a video game. My mom thinks life is laundry and cleaning our living room. My dad thinks life is liking to build little...

In the works.
April 1, 2006... SPOTLIGHT ON HOLLYWOOD AND THE RISE OF MOTION PICTURES (JANUARY 2007) LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (FEBRUARY 2007) HENRY FORD AND THE MODEL T (MARCH 2007) Write to us! Draw a picture or write a poem or short essay that connects to one of the...

Through the Decades: The 1920s.(BOOKS TO READ)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Through the Decades: The 1920s by Erica Hanson (San Diego: Lucent Books, 1999, www.gale.com) devotes chapters to the economy, Prohibition, the changing roles of women, race and immigrant discrimination, the innovation of automobiles and...

The Roaring 20s: The First Cross-Country Air Race for Women.(BOOKS TO READ)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... The Roaring 20s: The First Cross-Country Air Race for Women by Margaret Whitman Blair (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2006, www.nationalgeographic.com) tells the exciting story of 20 female pilots who took part in an airplane race from...

Prohibition: America Makes Alcohol Illegal.(BOOKS TO READ)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Prohibition: America Makes Alcohol Illegal by Daniel Cohen (Brookfield, Connecticut: The Millbrook Press, 1995, www.lernerbooks.com) explores the reasons for the Eighteenth Amendment, who supported it, how it was enforced, and how it was...

The Importance of Charles Lindbergh.(BOOKS TO READ)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... The Importance of Charles Lindbergh by Andy Koopmans (San Diego: Lucent Books, 2003, www.gale.com) provides insight into the life and times of the famous aviator, from his childhood and how he became interested in flying, to the fame he...

Langston Hughes: A Biography.(BOOKS TO READ)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Langston Hughes: A Biography by Milton Meltzer (Brookfield, Connecticut: The Millbrook Press, 1997, www.lernerbooks.com) was nominated for a National Book Award when it first was published in 1968. It is a classic biography of the great African...

War, Peace, and All That Jazz: 1918-1945.(Book review)
April 1, 2006... War, Peace, and All That Jazz: 1918-1945 by Joy Hakim (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, www.oup.com) is Volume 9 in the History of Us series. This book focuses on some of the most remarkable decades in American history, including world...

www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Roaring20s.shtml.(Website overview)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... A "Best of History" Web site, found at www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Roaring20s.shtml contains lesson plans and activities for such themes as Temperance and Prohibition, Lindbergh, Jazz Age Culture, The 1920s Experience, The Lawless...

vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20th/1920s.html.(on THE WEB)
April 1, 2006... At the comprehensive site vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20th/1920s.html, you can link to 1920s timelines, biographies, economics, crimes, sports, music, cinema, Prohibition, women, and more.

www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/bryanw.htm.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Take a look at the background of William Jennings Bryan in the context of the 1925 Scopes trial at www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/bryanw.htm Details and quotes here illustrate Bryan's outrage at and disbelief in the theory of...

www.cradleofaviation.org/history/people/lind.html.(on THE WEB)
April 1, 2006... To get the facts on Charles Lindbergh's life from birth to flight experience to later life, go to www.cradleofaviation.org/history/people/lind.html.

bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Bringing you the "finest recordings and stage personalities of the day" is bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml. Log on and listen to famous singers and comedians of the Roaring 20s.

Places to visit.(museums)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... National Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, New York. A visit here brings to life the world of women suffragists, such as Carrie Chapman Cart, whose efforts brought about the right of women to vote in 1920. Suffrage items on exhibit include...

Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... SIX DAYS IN OCTOBER: THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929 by Karen Blumenthal (New York: Atheneum Books, 2002, www.simonsays.com) reminds the reader of how the Roaring 20s ended--with the tumultuous stock market crash of 1929. This book discusses six...

From the archives.(books information)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... COBBLESTONE has devoted issues to events and people that impacted American history before, during, and after the decade known as the Roaring 20s. To set the stage in the years before the 1920s, we recommend U.S. Involvement in World War I...

Scat and improvisation.(Louis Armstrong innovates jazz music )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Louis Armstrong used his gravelly speaking voice as if it were an instrument. One day, he dropped the words to the song he was singing. That accident helped to make him famous and helped change jazz music into what it is today. In 1926,...

Brain ticklers.
April 1, 2006... GiVE YOUR BRAiN A LiTTLE TiCKLE TO SEE HOW WELL YOU READ AND UNDERSTOOD THiS iSSUE on THE ROARiNG 20S. iF YOU BELiEVE THE ANSWER TO BE FALSE, GiVE YOURSELF THE ULTiMATE TEST AND SEE WHETHER YOU CAN EXPLAiN iT WHY iT iS FALSE. ANSWERS BELOW. ...

A final word.
April 1, 2006... DO A LITTLE RESEARCH OR ASK OLDER RELATIVES TO THINK BACK TO THE DECADES SINCE THE 1920S. WHAT EVENTS, FASHIONS, OR ADVANCEMENTS CAPTURE AND SYMBOLIZE THOSE TIME PERIODS? AFTER LISTENING TO THEM, AND PERHAPS DOING SOME DIGGING YOURSELF, SEE IF...

Cartoon with connection with Ebenezer & the Colonel.(Comic)(Cartoon)
April 1, 2006... I'm not surprised! Who WOULDN'T Stand in line to hear DUKE ELLINGTON during the HARLEM RENAISSANCE!! YOWSERS! This ticket line is REALLY LONG! I'm really looking forward to it. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHOA there, Daddy-o! I...