ACPS Social Studies Essential Standards Skill Builders Historical Method/Investigation & Inquiry: Communication Skills: 1. Historical Thinking & Research 1. Using Visual Sources: Charts, Graphs, Photos, Maps & Art Have students gather causes of the Great Depression from Using the images of the Great Depression by Dorothea Lange and various sources (textbooks, scholarly articles, trade those archived in the American Memory Library of Congress fiction books, etc.) and make a categorized list. Students website, have students tell the story of the common man during should be able to explain why an identified cause helped this time period. ignite the stock market crash and the Great Depression. Why might there be such disagreement amongst 2. Analytical Writing historians? Why were the 1920s referred to as the “Roaring 20s”and was that label universal to the American populace. 2. Multiple Perspectives Some considered Prohibition to be the “Noble Experiment” 3. Critical Reading whereas others openly flaunted the law by making Have students read excerpts from popular novels of the “bathtub gin” and visiting speakeasies. What were the time, such as The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald), The Grapes of Wrath arguments on both sides, and with the repeal of (Steinbeck), or Dodsworth (Lewis). How do these fictional Prohibition in 1933 did its opponents win? depictions compare to the everyday experiences of Americans at this time? 3. Sources & Historic Record The 1920s were a grand time for consumerism in America, 4. Public Speaking and Presenting and this enthusiasm was displayed in popular advertising. Assign students a New Deal “alphabet agency” to research and Find newspaper and magazine advertisements from this report on. Students should argue in favor of their agency as being time period and identify techniques used to entice the most important to the New Deal in a “Survivor” contest. consumers. How did this advertising contribute to a strain Weakest agencies voted off until the most important agency between traditional and modern morals and values? remains. Content Vocabulary Radio 19th Amendment Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act Jazz Ku Klux Klan New Deal Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats Prohibition & 18th Amendment WPA Movies & escapism speakeasies AAA Newspapers and magazines 1929 Crash FDIC Fads Great Depression Social Security Scopes Trial Federal Reserve system Flappers
ACPS Social Studies Essential Standards Skill Builders Historical Method/Investigation & Inquiry: 1. Historical Thinking & Research Have students gather causes of the Great Depression from various sources (textbooks, scholarly articles, trade books, etc.) and make a categorized list. Students should be able to explain why an identified cause helped ignite the stock market crash and the Great Depression. Why might there be such disagreement amongst historians? 2. Multiple Perspectives Some considered Prohibition to be the “Noble Experiment” whereas others openly flaunted the law by making “bathtub gin” and visiting speakeasies. What were the arguments on both sides, and with the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 did its opponents win? 3. Sources & Historic Record The 1920s were a grand time for consumerism in America, and this enthusiasm was displayed in popular advertising. Find newspaper and magazine advertisements from this time period and identify techniques used to entice consumers. How did this advertising contribute to a strain between traditional and modern morals and values? Communication Skills: 1. Using Visual Sources: Charts, Graphs, Photos, Maps & Art Using the images of the Great Depression by Dorothea Lange and those archived in the American Memory Library of Congress website, have students tell the story of the common man during this time period. 2. Analytical Writing Why were the 1920s referred to as the “Roaring 20s”and was that label universal to the American populace. 3. Critical Reading Have students read excerpts from popular fiction novels of the time, such as The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald), The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), or Dodsworth (Lewis). How do these fictional depictions compare to the everyday experiences of Americans at this time? 4. Public Speaking and Presenting Assign students a New Deal “alphabet agency” to research and report on. Students should argue in favor of their agency as being the most important to the New Deal in a “Survivor” contest. Weakest agencies voted off until the most important agency remains. Content Vocabulary Radio Jazz Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats Movies & escapism Newspapers and magazines Fads Scopes Trial Flappers 19th Amendment Ku Klux Klan Prohibition & 18th Amendment speakeasies 1929 Crash Great Depression Federal Reserve system Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act New Deal WPA AAA FDIC Social Security
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