Syllabus, Week 9 and 10

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: the 1920s-Politics, Social Life, and People and Things. Time: Weeks 9 and 10, Mar 10th-20h Unit: The Roaring 20s
Objectives:
1. Students will list the social problems of the 1920s and rank them in order of importance.
2. Students will draw a scene that represents and summarizes their understanding of the 1920s.
3. Students will analyze the consequences of America’s foreign policy during the 1920s.
4. Students will read, summarize, and provide brief reports on some of the key culture leaders of the 1920s.
5. Students will investigate how Hoover’s administration responded to the Stock Market crash and growing economic troubles of America.

Monday
1. Chapter 22, Section 3 Quiz.
2. Roaring 20s-Social Problems
3. Chapter 23, sections 1 and 2. Quiz Tuesday.

Tuesday
1. Chapters 23, sections 1 and 2 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. Due tomorrow.

Wednesday
1. Foreign policy of the 1920s.
2. Read-Chapter 23, Section 3 A Creative Era.
3. Test over the 20s and Hoover on Wednesday.

Thursday
1. Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen-page 705. Compare Poems and answer questions at the bottom of the page.
2. Biographies on F Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, James Weldon Johnson, and the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.
3. Read Chapter 2, Section 1.

Friday
1. Stock Market Game.
2. Read Chapter 24, Sections 2 and 3 for Monday. Quiz on Monday.

Monday
1. Hoover Years.

Tuesday
1. Review

Wednesday
1. Test

Thursday
1. http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=7CE21283-05EA-49B9-92B9-EF9983BB071B -The Great Depression video. Guided viewing.