Year 11 ATAR Modern History Unit 1
1920s Attitudes and Values
KKK
Bartoletti, S. C. (2010). They called themselves the K.K.K.: the birth of an American terrorist group. Houghton Mifflin.
This book looks at the early beginnings of the KKK.
Digital Public Library of America. (2018). Second Ku Klux Klan and the birth of a nation. https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/second-ku-klux-klan-and-the-birth-of-a-nation
This website features primary source materials from the Ku Klux Klan.
Gordon, L. (2018). When the Ku Klux Klan was a mass movement. Retrieved from https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/ku-klux-klan-mass-movement-organisation-secret-society-rise-american-south-1920s/
Immigration restriction and the Ku Klux Klan. (n.d.). https://ehistory.osu.edu/sites/ehistory.osu.edu/files/mmh/clash/Imm_KKK/antiimmigrationKKK-index.htm
This website features primary source material including photographs and key documents.
Khan Academy. (n.d.). The reemergence of the KKK. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/1920s-america/a/the-reemergence-of-the-kkk
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder. (2018, July 19). Unraveling the second coming of the Ku Klux Klan [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNzSiazMHE4
Although on YouTube, this is an audio interview with a person who has written a book on the KKK in the 1920s. She provides reasons for why they reappeared in the 1920s.
Rothman, J. (2016, December 4). When bigotry paraded through the streets. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/second-klan/509468/
Sacco & Vanzetti
Bortman, E. (2005). Sacco & Vanzetti. Commonwealth Editions.
McNamara, R. (2019). History of the Sacco and Vanzetti Case. https://www.thoughtco.com/sacco-vanzetti-4148194
Scopes
Angela M. (2018, March 24). Scopes: the battle over America’s soul [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S0yjLN24eM
This video includes information about the time period and the attitudes during the 1920s.
Crewe, S., & Uschan, M. V. (2005). The Scopes “monkey” trial. Gareth Stevens Publishing.
Daniels, P. (2019). The Scopes Trial: a battle between creationaism and evolution in public schools. https://www.thoughtco.com/the-scopes-trial-1779247
Fitzgerald, S. (2007). The Scopes trial: the battle over teaching evolution. Compass Point Books.
Foster, E. (n.d.). Scopes monkey trial. Retrieved from Study.com
Linder, D.O. (n.d.). State v. John Scopes (“The Monkey Trial”): an account. https://www.famous-trials.com/scopesmonkey/2127-home
Pierce, J. K. (2006). Scopes trial. https://www.historynet.com/scopes-trial.htm
ProfessorMoser. (2012, December 7). Scopes monkey trial [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMWXc365HMU
The Scopes Trial. (n.d.). https://ehistory.osu.edu/sites/ehistory.osu.edu/files/mmh/clash/Scopes/scopes-index.htm2qq2qAq2qq23
This website features primary source material about the trial including cartoons, photographs and documents.
Scopes Trial. (2017). https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/scopes-trial
Szalay, J. (2016). Scopes Monkey Trial: science on the stand. https://www.livescience.com/56343-scopes-monkey-trial.html
Whiting, J. (2007). The scopes monkey trial. Mitchell Lane.