Unit Calendar: The 1920s (Day 1 of 4)Day 1: The “Roaring” Twenties

• Warm-up: Photo / quote of the day and journal response

• Major Activities:

• Pre-assessment quiz (multiple-choice, short answer). 5 points for completion.

• Powerpoint presentation / lecture, ‘Liberal’ culture of the 1920s» Consumerism» Sports and recreation» Expanding role of women in society» Harlem Renaissance

• Harlem Renaissance close reading activity (interpreting Richard Wright poetry)

• Assignment: Second poem analysis due on Day 4

Unit Calendar: The 1920s (Day 2 of 4)Day 2: Cultural Conservatism of the 1920s

• Warm-up: Photo / quote of the day and journal response

• Major Activities:

• Powerpoint presentation / lecture, “Cultural conservatism”– “return to normalcy”– Lost Generation– Prohibition– Nativism, isolationism, and the Red Scare

» KKK Video Clip: Birth of a Nation (1915)

• Conservatism in the Courts: Jigsaw and Class Presentations– Schenck v. U.S. (1919)—upheld Espionage Act of 1917 limiting free speech

– Gitlow v. New York (1919) – Sacco and Vanzetti (1927)– Scopes Monkey Trial (1925)

Unit Calendar: The 1920s Day 3 of 4Day 3: Concept-Formation

• Warm-up: Journal response to political cartoon

• Major Activities:• Concept-formation lesson on Isolationism

– Exercise in practical application (individual worksheet)

• Concept-formation lesson on Nativism– Exercise in practical application (group worksheet)

• Assignments:• Finish isolationism worksheet (if necessary)• Poem analysis due tomorrow• Study for quiz / blog post tomorrow

Unit Calendar: The 1920s (Day 4 of 4)Day 4: Assessment

• Warm-up: Political cartoon analysis (as review)

• Major Activities: – Review of assignments due today (as review for quiz)

– Quiz, Part One (20 points): 1920s culture (short answer, matching, m/c)

– Quiz, Part Two (20 points, blog post via mobile lab): In what ways were the 1920s an era of extreme conservatism, and in what ways was it an era of considerable liberalism?

» 2-3 paragraphs per response

» Rubric provided

» Quiz worth, in sum, 40 of 100 total test points for unit

• Assignments: None

Unit Calendar: The Great Depression (Day 1 of 1)

Day 1: Causes of the Great Depression

• Warm-up: Photo / Quote of the day with journal response

• Major Activities:• Powerpoint-lecture, “The business cycle and its failures”

» The business cycle» Overproduction» Overspeculation

• The Stock Market Game: The Crash of 1929

• Assignment: None

Unit Calendar: The New Deal (1 of 5)

Day 1: Government Intervention in the New Deal

• Warm-up: Journal response to “fireside chat”

• Major activities:• Powerpoint presentation, “Political Foundations of the New Deal”

» Constitutional privilege (or lack thereof) for gov’t. intervention» Introduction to the distinctions between relief, recovery, and reform

• “Alphabet agency” jigsaw research activity (groups of 5)» Public Works Administration» Civilian Conservation Corps» Tennessee Valley Authority» Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Assignment: None

Unit Calendar: The New Deal (Day 2 of 5)

Day 2: Culture of the Depression / New Deal

• Warm-up: Response to Depression-era song (journal entry)• Major Activities:

• Powerpoint-assisted presentation, “Culture of the Depression / New Deal”» Diversity of life under the Depression

» Impact of the media

» International interactions (Central Question)

» Literature

» Entertainment

• Film analysis activity (Modern Times, The Wizard of Oz, The Grapes of Wrath)• Discussion of Format for Socratic Seminar for tomorrow

» Documents based on answering the central question, “What is the appropriate role of the government to play in regulating the economy?”

• Assignment: Read and annotate the documents on which tomorrow’s Socratic Seminar is based!

Unit Calendar: The New Deal (3 of 5)

Day 3: Socratic Seminar: What is the Government’s Role in Regulating the Economy?

• Warm-up: Political cartoon journal response

• Major Activities:

• Socratic Seminar on the government’s role in regulating the economy

• Jeopardy! (Review of content knowledge via web-based program)

• Assignment: None.

Unit Calendar: The New Deal (4 of 5) • Day 4: A Welcomed Interruption / Assessment Preparation

• Warm-up: Quote of the day / journal reflection

• Major Activities:

• Inquiry Lesson: What ended the Great Depression? (Article-based discussion, small groups, whole-group)

• Essay Workshop: Discussion of final examination, rubric, allow students to outline and ask questions about response for the closed-book examination next class period

• Assignments: Prepare for Quiz!

Unit Calendar: The New Deal (5 of 5)

Day 4: Assessment

Warm-up: None.

Major Activities:• Test, Part One: (30 points, 45 minutes): matching, short-answer, m/c

• Test, Part Two: Analytical Essay (30 points, 45 minutes)

“To what extent was the New Deal successful in addressing the problems of Great Depression?”

» Rubric provided ahead of time» 3-4 paragraphs expected for response» Quiz worth, in sum, 60 of 100 total test points for unit

Assignment: None.