U.S. History Advanced-Largent
Lesson Plans Week11
Unit V - Transition to Modern America
Lesson & Activity
Monday
10/31
Introduction to The Roaring Twenties!
Opinion Paper Predicting the economic growth and prosperity
during the 1920s. Student will read two primary sources to
pull citations for support.
Video introducing the “Roaring Twenties”
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2C8391A00E65025F
Tuesday
11/01
This website is about a real person who was in the great
migration!
http://vellastrations.wordpress.com/category/the-greatmigration/
Chapter 12 – Section 1: Americans Struggle w/Postwar Issues
Read, Discuss, Assessment Section 1 page 418 for homework
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Thursday
11/03
Nativism
Isolationism
Red Scare
Immigration
Labor Unrest
Chapter 12
Produce an annotated map
illustrating migration within the
United States during the 1920s.
Choose symbols to represent the
economic and social
characteristics of the places
depicted on the map. (US.13A;
US.25A; US.29B; US.31A)
US.13A Analyze the causes and
effects of changing
demographic patterns resulting
from migration within the
United States, including
western expansion, rural to
urban, the Great Migration
Sacco & Vanzetti
http://youtu.be/N0sYAU96FY0
Postwar Intolerance
http://youtu.be/oc6GeWrExFc
Calvin Coolidge – Law and
Order (Keep it Cool, Coolidge)
Massachusetts Governor
http://youtu.be/jlKuZYCbRlY
Chapter 12
US.2A Identify the major
characteristics that define an
historical era.
US.2B Identify the major eras
in U.S. history from 1877 to the
present and describe their
defining characteristics.
Chapter 12
US.2B Identify the major eras
in U.S. history from 1877 to the
present and describe their
defining characteristics.
US.6B Analyze the impact of
significant individuals
5 question multiple-choice quiz over previous day’s reading.
Chapter 12 – Section 2: The Harding Presidency
Read, Discuss, Assessment Section 2 page 421 for homework
 Teapot Dome Scandal
Corresponding chapter(s) in
textbook.
Based on the causes for economic
growth and prosperity during the
1920’s, write an opinion paper
predicting the possible downfalls
of extended prosperity. Use one or
two primary sources as citations to
support your opinion. (US.16A;
US.29A)
Define and Discuss: Migration (within America)
Read pages 392-393 in class.
Students will take a blank map of the United States and
annotate and illustrate the migration within the United States
in the 1920s. Use symbols to represent the economic and
social characteristics of the places depicted on the map.
Wednesday
11/02
Performance Indicator
Teapot Dome Scandal
http://youtu.be/799wnpYxi0A
US.16A Analyze causes of
economic growth and prosperity
in the 1920s, including Warren
Harding's Return to Normalcy,
reduced taxes, and increased
production efficiencies.
US.16B Identify the causes of
the Great Depression, including
the impact
of tariffs on world trade
Friday
11/04
Show and tell & Story Time: Check out the picture on page
420 of the guy in 1923 papering his wall with worthless paper
money from Germany! I will show you the money from the
interwar period of inflation in Germany in my collection and
tell you a story about getting the money and a story about
Germany.
Inflation Today: What is
Inflation and how does it affect
us?
http://youtu.be/WI1i5yhwOz8