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Roaring Twenties Word Wall

  • Updated

    Updated:  12 May 2023

Build academic vocabulary skills or supplement your Great Gatsby vocabulary instruction with an illustrated Roaring 20s vocabulary word wall.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  5 - 7

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teaching resource

Roaring Twenties Word Wall

  • Updated

    Updated:  12 May 2023

Build academic vocabulary skills or supplement your Great Gatsby vocabulary instruction with an illustrated Roaring 20s vocabulary word wall.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  5 - 7

Build academic vocabulary skills or supplement your Great Gatsby vocabulary instruction with an illustrated Roaring 20s vocabulary word wall.

Review Roaring 20s Vocabulary with a Word Wall

Need a fun and engaging way to review vocabulary? Then this illustrated Roaring Twenties Word wall is just what you need!

This is a Roaring Twenties vocabulary display for students to review vocabulary related to the event. Included are fifteen illustrated word cards depicting the most basic Roaring Twenties vocabulary terms and concepts. This product contains both color and blackline versions.

Downloadable Supplements for Your Harlem Renaissance Lesson Plan

The following words are included in this Roaring Twenties Vocabulary Word Wall display.

  • The Roaring Twenties
  • Jazz
  • The HarlemRenaissance
  • The Great Migration
  • The Assembly Line
  • Prohibition
  • Consumerism
  • Radio
  • Temperance Movement
  • Bootlegging
  • Speakeasies
  • Talkie
  • The 19th Amendment
  • Flappers
  • Isolationism

What Can You Do with an Illustrated Word Wall?

Here are just a few ways you can use your word wall in the classroom

Roaring Twenties Gallery Walk – The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Introduction

Begin your study of The Great Gatsby with a vocabulary introduction to the Roaring 20s. Pair your word wall with period photographs and take your students on a walking tour to discover the crucial terms, ideas, and events of the Roaring 1920s in America. 

Roaring 20’s Webquest

Before your lesson, open the Google Slides presentation on your computer. You can insert a hyperlink to an outside source for your students to follow on each card. With this method, you can link to Roaring Twenties videos, texts, and primary/secondary sources for your students to peruse.

Easily Download & Print Your Roaring 20s Middle School Resources

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the Color or BW PDF or Google Slides version of this resource. 


This resource was created by Ali Endlich, a teacher in South Carolina and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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