US_Ch7_webquest-1

=**Aspects of the Era Web Quest**=


 * Process:** Follow through the web quest on the Roaring 20s

Begin by watching the video clip below on inventions in the 1920s (you should look at the questions so you can pause the clip when you need to complete each answer): media type="youtube" key="7LcCrBtYR5Q" width="560" height="315"

6. Why is Alexander Fleming's medical breakthrough important and necessary?
 * 1.** How was Robert Goddard's scientific breakthrough significant for the future of spaceflight?
 * 2.** Why was Garrett Morgan's invention necessary in terms of the automobile...the automobile wasn't brand new in the 1920s?
 * 3.** Where did radio broadcasting begin?
 * 4.** Why should you be glad Earle Dickson invented what he did?
 * 5.** Why were insulin injections one of the biggest medical breakthroughs for those with diabetes?
 * 7.** Before home refrigeration in the 1920s, how did people keep their perishables cold?
 * 8.** Otto Frederick Rohwedder set the standard for comparison of all inventions (often times people talk about an invention and say its the neatest thing since...) by inventing what?

__Thinking questions after the video clip__:
 * 9.** Have you ever noticed that a brand new product or invention is very costly? Whether those products are items discussed above or modern day items such as i-phones, playstations, dvd players, or new medical breakthroughs, the price starts very high then over time comes down to where many more can afford the item. Why do you think this is the case?
 * 10.** The policies of Harding and Coolidge in the 1920s provided an atmosphere that encouraged entrepreneurs and inventors to experiment and gave incentive to work hard (less income tax meant there was incentive to work harder and earn more wealth - inventing something new that the public would want could mean more to be earned). How is this a lesson to learn as you become a voter?

Move on to issues of the era