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Unit V: The 1920s and ‘30s – Boom to Bust
Chapters 12-15
Essential Questions:
“Who won and who lost in the 1920s?” & “What role does government play in its citizens’ lives?”
Learning Target Statements
Knowledge Targets
“what I need to know”
I can identify the following New Deal programs:
 Social Security
 TVA
 SEC
 FDIC
 CCC
 WPA
I can identify the major inventions/innovations of the 1920s and explain how
they improved & changed life in America:
 Assembly line
 Refrigerator
 Automobile
 Radio
 Washing machine
I can explain how and why Prohibition came into effect and how it impacted
America including these key ideas:
 Temperance
 Volstead Act
 National Prohibition Act
 19th Amendment
 WCTU
 Frances Willard
 Women’s suffrage
 Speakeasies
 “Patent medicine”
 Demon rum
 Organized crime
 Sailor Jack
I can explain how the Red Scare connected to each of these ideas/people:
 Sacco & Vanzetti
 Palmer & Hoover
 Communism in Russia
 KKK
 Fall of labor unions
I can identify the major themes of the 1920s and give examples of people
and/or events that occurred related to them: Religion, Arts & Entertainment,
Race, Gender .
I can define the concept of an economic depression and what the “Great
Depression” was.
I can explain the major causes of the Great Depression and give examples of
President Roosevelt’s actions to solve the crisis.
Reasoning Targets
“What I can do with what
I know”
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Skill Targets
“What I can
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Product Targets
“What I can make to
show my learning”
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I can evaluate documents to evaluate the effects of Prohibition on
America.
I can interpret primary sources to explain how the KKK’s appeal during
the 1920s, the nature of its activities, and the objections that Americans
held to its existence.
I can interpret President Harding’s “Return to Normalcy” speech to
determine his goals for America.
I can read and interpret a secondary source to use as evidence to
evaluate the effects of Prohibition.
I can study Harlem Renaissance artwork and poetry and interpret its
meaning.
I can evaluate primary sources to evaluate the effects of the New Deal
on minorities.
I can write a one chunk 2+:1 paragraph to argue whether Prohibition
was a greater success or failure.
I can participate in a 1920s mixer in which I role play a character from
the decade.
I can solve the mystery of “what happened here” to determine the
theme that connects the clues.
I can draw a pre-1920s woman and a 1920s woman that illustrates at
least five changes that made up the “new woman”
I can show my learning of the above concepts through successful
completion of a unit test that includes:
 Multiple choice questions
 Matching items
 Primary sources
 Short answers
United States History
2014-2015
“What is an American?”
Unit number /
corresponding
chapter(s)in the
Americans
Topic & essential question
I / chapters 4-5
Reconstruction & the Old West
How did the conclusion of the American Civil War change America?
Industry and its workers
How did the expansion of industry reshape the American landscape?
The Progressives
What answers did science and government hold for society?
America on a World Stage
Is it America’s job to exert influence and control in the world?
The Roaring ‘20s
Who won and who lost in the “roaring” ‘20s?
Boom to Bust: The Great Depression
What role does government play in its citizens’ lives?
II / chapters 6-8
III / chapter 9
IV / chapters 10-11
V / chapters 12-13
VI / chapters 14-15
End of Semester I
VII / chapters 16-17
VIII / chapters 18-19
IX / chapters 21, 23
X / chapter 22
XI / chapter 24
XII / chapter 25
XIII / chapter 26
XIV / beyond the text
World War II: The Good War
What was “good” about this conflict?
Cold War and the nuclear age
How does the US adjust to life in the nuclear world?
Civil Rights
What does equality for all citizens look like?
Vietnam War
Should the United States fight “limited wars” in order to contain
communism?
Vietnam’s Aftermath
How does the Vietnam War change Americans’ relationship with their
government?
The 1980s: the “me” generation
How does the decade of the ‘80s redefine the promise of America?
The 1990s: a new world view
How does the world landscape change at the close of the Cold War?
9-11 defines the modern world
What does it look like to live in the age of “terrorism”?