Week 8 Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: the 1920s-Politics, Social Life, and People and Things. Time: Week 8, Mar 3rd-7th Unit: The Roaring 20s

Objectives:
1. Students will review for their unit test by playing a game that covers all of the key areas of the unit.
2. Students will take a unit test.
3. Students will analyze the characteristics of the 1920s as a response to the Progressive Era.
4. Students will explain the people, things, and social problems of the 1920s.
5. Students will create a drawing that depicts the 1920s and explain why it accurately represents the decade.

Monday
1. Review.

Tuesday
1. Test.

Wednesday
1. Explain-students will be responsible for the reading content, but test questions will come only from the quizzes that are given on the reading.
2. Opener-based on what you know of the Progressive Era, make some predictions on what life will be like in the 20s-the economy, social values, religion, politics, etc.
3. Versailles Lecture.
4. Roaring 20s-politics
5. Homework-read chapter 22, sections 1 and 2. Quiz tomorrow. You can use your notes (not someone else’s).

Thursday
1. Quiz-chapter 22.
2. Roaring 20s-People and Things
3. Roaring 20s-Social Problems
4. Read chapter 22, section 3. Quiz tomorrow possibly.

Friday
1. Quiz?
2. In groups of two or three, draw a scene from life in the 1920s that you believe represents the decade well. Write a paragraph explaining why you believe the scene aptly represents the decade.
3. Chapter 23, sections 1 and 2. Quiz Monday.