If you happen to be walking through the hallways of upstairs building 5 on February 15, you might overhear rap music videos being played in room 5-204. This is Ms. Stacy Elliott’s room and February 15 is the due date for Elliott’s American History classes’ Roarin’ 1920’s rap project.

For the project, students are to create a two minute music video which will be shown in front of the class. Students were allowed to work in groups with up to four members.

 “They are going to pick a topic that deals with the 1920s. For instance, a student could pick prohibition and in their music video they would have to talk about bootlegging, the 18th Amendment, the Volstead Act, Speakeasies, and organized crime,” Elliott said. “Students will have to figure out a creative way to fit this information into a song and video.”

This is the first year that Elliott has assigned the project. The reactions to the assignment have been of a great variety.

“So far the reaction from the students has been great. Evan Lutvak and Will Nicewonger already have ideas in place and are excited to start the video,” Elliott said.

Meanwhile, other students’ reactions are a bit more hesitant about the idea of the whole class watching their music video project.

 Junior Tiffany Kerr of Elliott’s fourth period said, “I’m kind of scared to make the project. I feel like my video is going to be so embarrassing and stupid. I guess I need to learn how to rap.”

Embarrassing or not, the music videos will help students to capture the feeling of the 20’s in a unique way, as well as bringing a good laugh to the classroom when the videos are being viewed.

“I hope that students take away from the project that the 20’s was considered a crazy time and that the arts, sports, entertainment, and dance all became a part of the everyday life,” Elliott said. “Students learn when they are having fun and even though they will have to create a song and prepare a video, I feel that students will remember that the 1920’s was a fun time and will recall events that occurred in the 20s fifty years from now, because they made a video.”