Bell Ringer
10/13/2014
• List at least 5 topics covered before intersession.
NEW
SEATING
CHART!!
Activity: 10/13/2014
• You will work in pairs to complete an assigned
worksheet
– Place the ALL vocabulary terms found on the back
of the sheet, in the correct era.
– Eras:
•
•
•
•
Celebrate Freedom
West and Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Rise to World Power
Closing Task: 10/13/2014
• Illustrate one picture describing each Era
Bell Ringer
10/14/2014
• What topics do you think we will cover in the
era TRANSITION INTO MODERN AMERICA?
Vocabulary Activity
• You will be assigned a word
– You will create a foldable on the word assigned
• Define the term in your own words (outside flap)
• Illustrate a picture describing the word (inside flap)
• Write the word in the center
• You have 15 minutes to complete assignment!
Activity
• Now, walk around and try to guess each
other’s word
– Make sure to write down words along with its
definition in your notebook (under notes section)
• You have 7 minutes!!
Closing Task
• Create an AEIOU paragraph
• Using the words gathered from your
classmates as evidence, answer the
following question:
– what do you think the era transition to modern
America is about?
• On a separate sheet of paper, DUE AT THE
END OF THE PERIOD!!
Bell Ringer
10/15/2014
• Analyze the
picture, what do
you think the term
nativism is?
Read
•
Individually you will read about
nativism and the Red Scare.
–Page 175
• You have 5 minutes
Group Activity
• In your groups list 3 effects of nativism on
America presently.
– You have 5 minutes
• Pick a speaker and prepare to present your
findings.
Activity
• In pairs you will complete the assigned cause
and effect thinking map on the following
topics: (page 175)
– Nativism
– Red Scare
• You will have 15 minutes to complete the
thinking map.
Closing Task
• Using your thinking map, you will (individually)
create an AEIOU paragraph answering the
following question:
– How did the Red Scare cause the rise of nativist?
• AEIOU
– A: Answer it! Rewrite question.
– E: Evidence, provide evidence to support your answer
– I: Interpretation, how does you evidence relate to your
answer
– O/U: Overall Understanding, what does your whole
response mean?
Isolationism
• Isolationism- a policy of remaining
apart from the affairs or interests of
other groups, especially the political
affairs of other countries.
• After WWI the US practiced the
policy of isolationism.
Nativism
–The cause of nativism was due to
the increase in immigration.
–The “natives” worried the
immigrants would take jobs
especially in response to
declining economic growth
following the end of World War I.
Nativism
–The effect of nativism led to
discrimination, heightened racial
tensions, Ku Klux Klan was
created and flourished.
Ku Klux Klan
Red Scare
• A Red Scare is the fear that
communist have entered the
USA.
Red Scare
–The cause of the Red Scare was a
reaction not only to the
communist revolution in Russia,
but to the influx of immigrants
into the United States in the years
leading up to World War I.
Red Scare
–The effect of the Red Scare
led to the deportation of
many communists and
socialists who lived in the
USA.
Bell Ringer 10-16-14
• Using the
political
cartoon, what
do you think
the Tea Pot
Dome Scandal
is about?
Answer: Tea Pot Dome
Scandal
• Teapot Dome – a scandal
concerning the secret lease of oil
rights to private companies from
government-owned land in
Wyoming during the Harding
administration.
RETURN
TO
NORMALCY
10-16-14
Warren G. Harding
• Warren G. Harding was the 29th President.
(1921-1923)
Return to Normalcy
• Warren Harding’s “Return to Normalcy”
(meaning life before WW I) became
"America first" campaign, which encouraged
industrialization and a strong economy,
independent of foreign influence.
• Harding supported the idea of isolationism.
• He wanted the US to focus on peacetime
production and prosperity (better life).
Harding’s Presidency
• Harding also lowered taxes and
restricted immigration.
• Reduced taxes meant that the tax
burden of middle Americans would
decrease, while most lower income
Americans were relieved of their tax
burden altogether.
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
• Harding had appointed his friends into the
Cabinet and as the Secretary of the Interior.
• After Harding died of a heart attack, the US
found out that these two friends had
accepted bribes in exchange for the lease of
oil rich land found in Teapot, Wyoming.
Closing Task 10/16/14
• You will answer the following
questions in your notebook (2-3
sentences):
– Return to Normalcy: page 176
• How did President Warren Harding’s Return
to Normalcy cause economic growth and
prosperity in the U.S.?
– Teapot Dome Scandal: Page 177
• What effect did the Teapot Dome Scandal
have on the American people?
Bell Ringer 10-17-14
• What were
the two
innovations
Henry Ford
is known
for?
RISE OF
PRODUCTION
10-17-14
Henry Ford
• Henry Ford –
founder of Ford
Motors, innovated
the auto industry
with the assembly
line and invented
the Model T and
Model A cars, with
an affordable price
Glenn
Curtiss
• Glenn Curtiss –
considered
“The Father of
Naval
Aviation,” he
was a pioneer
in aviation
Glenn Curtiss
• Curtiss was responsible
for the first aircraft to
take off from, and land
on the decks of ships at
sea.
Charles Lindbergh
• Lindbergh, Charles Augustus
(1902-1974), an American
aviator, made the first solo
nonstop flight across the
Atlantic Ocean on May 2021, 1927.
• Other pilots had crossed the
Atlantic before him. But
Lindbergh was the first
person to do it alone
nonstop.
Closing Task
• Students individually will create a foldable on the
following significant individuals:
– Glenn Curtis: Page 181
– Charles Lindbergh: Page 190
– Henry Ford: Page 180-181
• Answer the following questions for each
individual:
– Why are they significant?
– Illustrate a picture describing the reason they are
significant.
Bell ringer 10/20/2014
• What was the temperance movement and
who fought for it?
Answer:
• The temperance
movement was to ban the
use/ consumption of
alcohol.
• Frances Willard was a
leading reformer who
fought to get this
amendment passed.
Transition into modern america
Prohibition
• Prohibition- is the ban of alcohol
Group Activity
• As a group list at least 2 causes and effects
of prohibition. Page 184
Class Discussion will follow. (make sure you
have a speaker)
Causes of Prohibition
• The belief that alcohol was leading to a decline in
society
• Alcohol was blamed for many of the society’s
troubles
– Severe health problems
– Poverty
– Crime
Effects of Prohibition
• The passage of the 18th amendment which
banned alcohol
– The 18th amendment caused an increase in
organized crime.
Speakeasies & Bootleggers
• Speakeasy- was a secret bar in the 1920’s
• Bootleggers- were the people who
smuggled alcohol.
Organized crime
Closing Task: 10/20/2014
• You will create a poster identifying for or
against prohibition page 184
– Include evidence from your notes, the videos
and/or your book
• Include one picture
• Must be in color
• Must be neatly executed
Bell Ringer 10-21-14
• Analyze the
political
cartoon, can
you explain
what the
Scopes Trial is
about?
Answer
• The Scopes “Monkey” Trial was
the debate on whether or not it
was ok to teach the theory of
evolution.
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
• John Scopes was
convicted and fined
$100 for teaching
evolution in his Dayton,
Tenn., classroom.
• The Scopes trial also
represents a dramatic
clash between
traditional and modern
values in America of the
1920s.
Clarence Darrow
• Clarence Darrow –
defense attorney in
the Scopes “Monkey”
Trial who debated
the issue of evolution
in Tennessee.
• He defended Scopes
in the trial. (For
Evolution)
William Jennings Bryan
• William Jennings
Bryan –
prosecuting
attorney in the
Scopes trial.
• He was against the
teaching of
evolution.
Effect of the Scopes Trial
• Darrow and Bryan’s debate
illustrated the growing cultural
conflict in the United States during
the early 20th century between
those in support of more
traditionalist values and those in
support of more modernism.
Group Activity
• Once complete as a group read “Acting as an
Amateur” on page 185
– Answer the following question:
• Is the reporter for or against evolution?
– Make sure you find evidence in the quote to support your
answer!
Presentation of answers and class discussion will
follow (pick a speaker)
Activity
• In your groups create a foldable
demonstrating the causes and effects of the
following topics:
– Eugenics page 186
• One cause
• 3 Effects
– Social Darwinism page 186
• 1 Cause
• 2 Effects
Closing Task
• Using your reading/notes create one
AEIOU paragraph on the following
question:
• How did eugenics play a role in the Holocaust?
Use evidence from your textbook.
Bell Ringer 10-22-14
• Explain the
meaning of
the political
cartoon.
Answer
• The US placed a quota (limit) on
how many immigrants can come
into the US per year.
Social Darwinism
• Social Darwinism is a belief that
different human races competed for
survival.
Causes and Effects of Social
Darwinism
–Cause – a desire to maintain the
economic and social divisions in
society and justify nativist and racist
policies
–Effect – increased the popularity of
the eugenics movement
Eugenics
• Eugenics was a pseudo-scientific belief
that the human race could be improved
by breeding
Causes and Effects of
Eugenics
– Cause – an
attempt to better
society and the
human race
– Effect –
discrimination and
persecution
towards target
groups and
individuals
Round Robin
• Each person in the group will have 30
seconds to list possible causes (reasons)
and effects (what happened to America)
of people immigrating to the U.S.
– Once the time is up you will rotate the
paper to each group member.
Presentations will follow (pick a speaker)!
Closing Task
• You are to create a brochure on the
following topics:
– Immigration Causes page 85-87
– Immigrations Effects page 85-87
– American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
page 96 (describe)
• Include one illustration describing each
topic.
Immigration
–Cause – immigrants sought a better
life in the United States; escape
poverty, religious discrimination, etc.
–Effect – increased population; cities
over-crowded; labor force for
factories, concerns over immigration,
etc.
National Origins Quota Act
in 1921
• As a result of World
War I, Congress passed
the National Origins
Quota Act in 1921.
• This law set the quota
of legal immigrants to
3% of their current
ethnic makeup in the
United States. This
quota was changed
three years later.
American Indian Citizenship Act
of 1924
• American Indian
Citizenship Act of
1924 – granted
citizenship to all
American Indians
born in the United
States
Bell Ringer 10-23-14
• Are roles of women
changing? Why or why
not?
Changing role of women
• Women had demonstrated their abilities
during World War I.
• New appliances reduced housework, more
women went to college.
• A booming economy created new jobs &
more women began working outside the
home.
• Women wanted equality with men in all
areas.
Causes of the Changing role of
women
–Due to industrialization, many
women changed from
homebound producers to wageearning consumers, and women
gained the right to vote.
Effects of the Changing role of
women
–Women became social and even
political reformers
–They began to work outside of the
home which effected the economy
–Suffrage amendment gave women a
voice in politics
Flappers
• A new independent attitude began to
appear among young, urban women.
• These new women came to be known as
flappers.
• These flappers took more risks, cut their
hair short, wore short skirts, smoked
and drank in public, and danced.
Closing Task
• In groups, you will create a
collaborative comic strip on the
changing role of women. Page 187
– Each person is responsible for creating a
page in the comic strip.
– Once the pages are complete and put
together, they have to describe the
changing role of women.
• MUST BE IN COLOR! Due at the end of
the period.
Bell Ringer
10/24/2014
Analyze the two
pictures, what do you
believe is the meaning
of the Great Migration?
Transition into Modern America
The Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance,
Tin Pan Alley
Closing Task 10/24/2014
• As a group you will be assigned one topic per
person, you will then create one poster highlighting
the causes and effects of that specific topic:
– Topics:
•
•
•
•
Great Migration pg 188
The Harlem Renaissance pg 189
Tin Pan Alley pg 187
Marcus Garvey (describe what he did) pg 190
– EVERY person in the group is responsible for including
ONE cause and ONE effect about the topic assigned
– EVERY person in the group is also responsible for
illustrating a picture representing the topic assigned
(MUST BE IN COLOR)
Group Activity
• You will present your topic to your group
members
– Everyone will have 30 seconds to present the
cause and effect of your topic to your group
members.
The Great Migration, Harlem
Renaissance, Tin Pan Alley
Prepare for NOTES!
Tin Pan Alley
• Tin Pan Alley – known for an era of
songwriting when many musical
ideas mixed together to form
American Popular Music (started in
late 1800s in New York City)
Tin Pan Alley
• Following the Civil War,
thousands of pianos were sold,
as a result the sale of sheet
music exploded.
• Around 1910, New York City
became the music publishing
capital.
• Tin Pan Alley, a section of New
York, was the center of this
activity.
• Song-writing and musical
ideas mixed together to form
American popular music such
as jazz, blues, and ragtime.
Tin Pan Alley
• Publisher found that average
people bought sheet music for
popular tunes, just so they could
play this music at home.
• Vaudeville became the most
popular form of entertainment
and its shows had a great need
for music.
• Musicians like Scott Joplin,
Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and
George Gershwin became
famous.
The Jazz Singer
DONE
In BLACK FACE,
1927
The Great Migration
The Great Migration of African Americans to the North happened
roughly from 1910-1930
– Causes of
Migration:
• escape racism
• sharecropping
• tenant farming in
the South to
work in industrial
centers in the
Northeast and
Midwest
– Effects of
Migration:
• large increase in
the African
American
population of
cities like Chicago,
Cleveland, Detroit
and New York City
Harlem Renaissance
• Harlem Renaissance – African American
literature, art, music, dance, and social
commentary began to flourish in Harlem, a
section of New York City.
• More than a literary movement, the Harlem
Renaissance show cased the unique culture
of African Americans and redefined African
American expression.
Louis Armstrong
• He is considered the
most important
improviser in jazz, and he
taught the world to
swing.
• Throughout his career,
Armstrong spread the
language of jazz around
the world, serving as an
international
ambassador of swing.
Langston Hughes
• Langston Hughes
was an American
poet, novelist, and
playwright whose
African-American
themes made him a
primary contributor
to the Harlem
Renaissance of the
1920s.
The Great Gatsby
• Themes related
to economic
prosperity were
reflected in
literary works
such as F. Scott
Fitzgerald’s
Great Gatsby
“The Charleston”
• Charleston Dance
Becomes Popular
(1923): The Charleston
dance became popular
after appearing along
with the song, "The
Charleston," by James P.
Johnson in the
Broadway musical
Runnin' Wild in 1923.
Marcus Garvey
• Marcus Garvey –
publisher,
journalist, and
Black Nationalist;
founder of the
Universal Negro
Improvement
Association (UNIA)
and African
Communities
League
Group Activity
• As a group you will complete a partner/group
quiz on a separate sheet of paper!
– Page 194-198 #’s 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 ,13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Due TODAY!
Closing Task
10/27/2014
• You will create an AEIOU paragraph on the
following question:
– What connection does the Great Migration have
to the Harlem Renaissance? Explain, and provide
evidence.
– You may NOT use your notes
Overall Cultural Effects of Transition to Modern
America
• Cultural effects of Transition to Modern
America- social changes that characterized the
time period were reflected in the creation of
Jazz music.
• The attention to issues of the African American
community were reflected in the Harlem
Renaissance, especially the works of Langston
Hughes; the art-deco movement reflected the
cultural modernism that characterized the
1920’s