Jamey Ledford – 02/07/2012 Lesson – Unit 15 and 16 – Day 9/10
Georgia Performance Standards:
SSUSH16.D
Objectives:
 Describe modern forms of cultural
expression through Louis
Armstrong and the origins of jazz,
Langston Hughes and the Harlem
Renaissance, and Irving Berlin
through Tin Pan Alley.
As a result of this lesson, students will
know vocabulary, understand concepts,
and demonstrate skills.
Vocabulary Facts: Louis Armstrong, jazz,
Langston Hughes, Harlem Renaissance
Understand Concepts: Music, poetry, and
art are all modern forms of cultural
expression.
Demonstrate: Compare and contrast music
from the Roaring Twenties and today’s rap.
Essential Questions:
1. What is culture? What are some things that make up culture? What makes you who you
are? What are some things in the small town American southern culture? Hunting?
Fishing? Sweet tea? What you eat, listen to, dress, do for fun, do on Friday nights, and
do after graduation?
2. Would living in a city change you as a person? Who has ever been to a big city? Would
living around more people impact you? How? Would it expose you to new ideas? Nicer
things?
3. What does Renaissance mean? Rebirth? Revival? Think of World History during the
Italian Renaissance. They went back to studying the Ancient Greeks and Romans. What
the students need to know is that these “revivals” come back stronger and better. They
actually learned more the second time around.
4. The Harlem Renaissance occurred as a result of a surge of African-Americans to
northern cities. What was this movement called? The Great Migration
5. Who was Louis Armstrong? Who was Langston Hughes? African-American poet that
wrote about the troubles of blacks in the 1920s and 1930s. What type of troubles? Jobs,
equality, life, etc. Who was Irving Berlin? Born in Russia, immigrated early, and he was
a musician from Tin Pan Alley.
6. What happened in Russia in 1917? Bolshevik Revolution. What was their color?
7. What was Tin Pan Alley? The name is deceiving because it is a song, a style of music,
and a place where musicians came from and recorded their music. What is Tin Pan
Alley?
Strategies:
Extended Thinking
Creative Storytelling
Compare and Contrast
Mini-Lecture
Teacher Materials
Teacher Text: Chapter 20 – The Roaring Twenties (1919-1929) in Prentice Hall United States
History Book [pages 658-697] + Standard 16 Content Questioning
Handouts for Students: Venn Diagram
Digital Tools used by Teacher: Power-Point, Video Clips, Digital Pictures
Instructional Plan
Time
Allowed
1 1 minute Roll Call
2
12
minutes
3
8
minutes
4
10
minutes
15
minutes
Specific Plan
Student Materials
Begin with Harlem Renaissance Discussion (Slide 9)
Louis Armstrong compared to today’s rap
Compare and Contrast Discussion
“Orchestra” from Negro Drawings by Miguel
Covarrubias
1. Title this picture
2. List a detail and explain why it relates to the
Harlem Renaissance
3. How does the art reflect an African-American
cultural “rebirth” during the American 1920s?
Story telling with standard 15 or 16!!!
Paper and Pencil
Standard 16 Worksheet
Pencil and Handout
Paper and Pencil
Paper and Pencil
Modifications
Gifted: There are no gifted students in these U.S. History classes (5th or 6th)
IEP: Additional help on Content Sheets
ELL: Additional help on Content Sheets
“Read-to” for slower students. These are basic assignments and they capitalize on the creativity
of the students. Strategies like Extended Thinking are found in Learning-Focused Schools with
High Achievement Rates.
Instructional Activities
Lecture
Discussion
Demonstration
Group Work
Oral Presentation by Students
Guided Note Taking
Project Work
Individual Work
Media Lab
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Name and period: __________________________________________________
Standard 16: What were key developments in the aftermath of World War I?
[Page 660-695 in textbook]
 see board for word bank
In the decade after World War I, conservatives in the country tried to impose their
image of America on the nation, while a new generation of young people challenged
traditional values and authority on social matters. This standard will measure your
understanding of the social issues experienced in the ____________.
A. 1920s
B. 1930s
C. 1940s
Communism and Socialism
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, new political ideologies called ________________ and
_____________________ grew. Communism was based on a single-party government. Under
communism, there is no private ownership; all property is owned by the state. In 1917,
after communist revolutionaries of the Red Army, known as the ________________, overthrew
A. Stalin’s
B. Czarists
C. Bolsheviks
the czar in Russia, they established the Soviet Union and called for a worldwide revolution.
People in the United States began to be ____________ of communists. This fear of international
communism was called the “Red _________________” because red was their color. This fear led
to the government pursuing suspected ___________________ and _________________.
Immigration Restrictions
The Red Scare was one factor that led to immigrant _____________________. Other factors
grew strong in America in the 19_____s as well. Anti-immigrant, anti-Jewish, and antiCatholic sentiments contributed to the popularity of a revived ___u ___lux ___lan, not just in
the South, but throughout the nation. Ultimately, this conservative reaction against
immigrants resulted in the passage of legislation that set numbers on the amount of
_____________________ that could come into America.
A. jews
B. Immigrants
C. germans
Popular Culture
During the 19____s, popular entertainment such as the movies and _______________
A. radio
B. theater
C. library
attracted millions of loyal fans. Conservatives often disapproved of what they viewed as the
immoral influence of these forms of entertainment but were unable to reduce their
popularity. The Great _________________________ significantly increased the African American
populations of cities in the Northeast and the Midwest. They were crowded into segregated
neighborhoods near city centers. Black writers and artists began to receive the attention of
major publishing houses and critics, but it was the music emerging from these
neighborhoods that was the most appreciated. A style, known as ________________, combined
A. rap
B. rockabilly
C. Jazz
themes and note patterns developed by enslaved African Americans with the syncopated
rhythms worked out by musicians in New Orleans and elsewhere in the South. It was an
original American art form and became very ____________________ in the 1920s. During the
1920s, a wave of creativity washed over ___________________, celebrating African American
A. Harlem
B. Chicago
C. St. Louis
culture through words and song. This is known as the ___________ Renaissance. The
movement’s best-known poet was ______________ ___________________, who wrote about the lives
A. Langston Hughes
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Malcolm X
of working class African Americans and sometimes set his words to the tempo of jazz or
blues. Jazz player ____________ __________________, sometimes called “Satchmo,” became known
A. Jay-Z
B. Louis Armstrong
C. Langston Hughes
while playing with the Creole Jazz Band and later became one of the biggest stars of jazz
music because of his sense of rhythm and his improvisational skills. While the Harlem
Renaissance was occurring, another musical movement known as Tin ________ Alley was also
on the rise in New York City. The name “Tin Pan Alley” is deceiving because it does not just
refer to an actual place in Manhattan, but also names the group of music writers and
publishers who worked there. One of the most famous was ____________________________, who
wrote hundreds of songs. Louis Armstrong
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Irving Berlin
Another development of the 1920s was the emergence of the _____________________ as a
A. Car
B. pony
C. airplane
true replacement for the horse, not just a plaything for the wealthy. This was made possible
by an industrial process called mass ________________________. This process was popularized by
Henry ______________________ A. Chevrolet
B. Toyota
C. Ford
during the manufacture of his Ford Model T. The Model _________ was designed to be
produced in great volume on the assembly __________ so the cost of producing each car
would be low enough for common people to afford.
Answer These Please!!!
1. Was the 1920s a prosperous and booming economic time in the U.S.? _______________
2. Did the amount of earnings, the price of stocks, and the value of goods all go up in
the 1920s? Really, all three? _________
3. How did Henry Ford mass produce the sale of automobiles? By use of
his_____________________
4. What was the newest, most popular form of entertainment for American homes?
_________________________
5. Who was the African-American poet most influential to the Harlem Renaissance?
__________________
10. Communism
11. Socialism
12. Red Scare
13. Immigration Restrictions
14. Radio and Movies
15. Jazz
16. Harlem Renaissance
17. Langston Hughes
18. Louis Armstrong
19. Tin Pan Alley
20. Irving Berlin
21. Mass Production
22. Henry Ford
___father of modern assembly lines used in mass production.
___ accelerated as a consequence of the First World War; used to describe a flowering of AfricanAmerican literature and art in the 1920s.
___ popularized by Henry Ford in the early 20th Century, notably in his Ford Model T
___ Poet who wrote about the lives of working class African Americans and sometimes set his words
to the tempo of jazz or blues.
___ was one of the few Tin Pan Alley/Broadway songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his
songs; He wrote “God Bless America” and “White Christmas.”
___ American jazz trumpet virtuoso, singer; nicknamed Satchmo and Pops.
___ name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated
the popular music in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
___ the most significant form of musical expression of African-American culture.
___ the movement that aims to overthrow the capitalist order by revolutionary means and to establish
a classless society in which all goods will be socially owned. The theories of the movement come
from Karl Marx.
___ making rules to slow immigration in the 1920s caused by the belief that people born in America
were superior to immigrants and America should keep its traditional culture intact
___ The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the
federal government in 1919 and 1920. This was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the
United States after the Russian Revolution
___ social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or
by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.
____ During the 1920s this popular entertainment attracted millions of loyal fans and helped create
the first media stars