Thursday, November 30, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What two groups did the Second New Deal seek to benefit?
    2. How did FDR react when the Supreme Court declared two New Deal programs unconstitutional?
    3. How were the goals of Charles Coughlin and Huey Long similar?

  2. Finish Discussing New Deal Critics
    Take Notes

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: Great Depression Video

  4. Discuss New Deal Affects Many Groups
    Take Notes

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?
    2. What did the New Deal do to permanently improve working conditions?

  2. Bing Crosby--Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? and Judy Garland--Over the Rainbow
    Listen to songs

  3. Discuss New Deal Critics
    Take Notes

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Which New Deal programs were created to provide reforms for banking and finance?
    2. Which New Deal programs were created to provide relief and recovery for workers?

  2. Review New Deal Programs: Relief, Recovery or Reform?

  3. Second New Deal Takes Hold
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Monday, November 27, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What happened to the Bonus Army?
    2. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?

  2. Review Essential Question #2

  3. New Deal Programs: Relief, Recovery or Reform?
    Use the list of programs to complete the analysis chart

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why was Hoover reluctant to help people during the Depression?
    2. What were his initial steps to deal with the Depression?

  2. Clip from America in the 20th Century: Great Depression Video

  3. Discuss the Election of 1932
    Take Notes

  4. 11th Grade US History Benchmark #1

Monday, November 20, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did both the Depression and Congressional legislation cause a significant decline in world trade?
    2. How did the Depression affect men, women, and children?

  2. Clip from America in the 20th Century: Great Depression Video

  3. Hoover Struggles with the Depression
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Friday, November 17, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What happened on October 29, 1929?
    2. How did that affect the nation’s banks?

  2. Review Essential Question #1

  3. Hardship and Suffering
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Thursday, November 16, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did falling incomes affect consumer behavior?
    2. What factors in the election of 1928 helped Hoover win?

  2. Finish I Love Lucy--The Business Manager Episode
    Lucy plays the "market"

  3. Discuss the Stock Market Crash
    Take Notes

  4. Clip from America in the 20th Century: Great Depression Video

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the most important economic development of the 1920s? Why?
    2. What was the most important social development of the 1920s? Why?

  2. Discuss the Nation's Sick Economy
    Take Notes

  3. I Love Lucy--The Business Manager Episode
    Lucy plays the "market"

  4. Begin work on Great Depression Unit Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

  1. Work on 1920s Test, Part 2 (Due Tomorrow)
    See yesterday for directions

Monday, November 13, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were Marcus Garvey’s goals?
    2. Why were Garvey’s goals not achieved?
    3. What did the writers of the Harlem Renaissance emphasize?

  2. Clips from America in the 20th Century: Roaring Twenties Video

  3. Review Essential Question #3

  4. 1920s Test, Part 2
    You will create a “one pager” (“two pager,” if working with a partner) to review the Roaring 1920s. You will either use Google Slides (1 slide if by yourself, 2 if with a partner), Canva (1 slide if by yourself, 2 if with a partner), or one of the attached PDF templates (1 PDF if by yourself, 2 if with a partner). Part 1 will be within the main part of your slide(s), whereas Part 2 will be in the outside borders (see: templates). Final pager(s) will need to be uploaded to Canvas (if working with a partner, both people will need to attach to the assignment)

    Part 1
    Your final product needs to use a combination of words and images to demonstrate an understanding of 6 of the following (12 of the following, if working with a partner):
    • a discovery (science, archaeology, medicine, agricultural, consumer related, etc)
    • changing economic habits (personal and government)
    • clothing trends/changes
    • consumerism changes
    • gender differences
    • generational differences
    • literature
    • movies
    • music
    • nativism/immigration
    • racial tensions
    • radio
    • regional issue/concern/difference
    • rise of organized crime
    • urban/rural divide

    Part 2
    Regardless of which template you choose, in the border, you must respond to ONE of the following (TWO, if working with a partner) in the border(s) of your final product:
    1. Why were the 1920s filled with political, social, and economic extremes?
    2. How did culture change in the 1920s?
    3. Were the 1920s a “return to normalcy?” Why or why not?

Thursday, November 9, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the flapper embody the changing attitudes of many young women in the 1920s?
    2. What types of double standards existed for women of the 1920s?

  2. Discuss the Other America
    Tale Notes

  3. How the Tulsa Race Massacre Began Video

  4. African American Experience of the 1920s
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What is one thing you learned from the cultural influencer presentations?
    2. What is a second thing?
    3. What is a third thing?

  2. Clip from America in the 20th Century: Roaring Twenties Video

  3. Review Essential Question #2

  4. Twenties Women
    Take Notes

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What act was passed by Tennessee to ban the teaching of evolution in schools?
    2. What organization pledged to defend any teacher who broke #1?
    3. Who was the defense attorney during the Scopes Trial?
    4. Who was the prosecuting attorney during the Scopes Trial?

  2. Finish 1920s Test, Part 1 Presentations
    For each cultural influencer, write down two things about him/her

Monday, November 6, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What act was passed to create the Prohibition Bureau?
    2. Who was “Public Enemy #1” during Prohibition?
    3. Who was the Treasury agent who brought down #2?

  2. 1920s Test, Part 1 Presentations
    For each cultural influencer, write down two things about him/her

Friday, November 3, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What did the 18th Amendment ban?
    2. What did the 18th Amendment not ban?
    3. What part of the country supported Prohibition?
    4. What part of the country opposed Prohibition?

  2. Finish Discussing Prohibition
    Take Notes

  3. Scopes Trial
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  4. Finish 1920s Test, Part 1 (Homework--Due Monday)

Thursday, November 2, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did various forms of media help shape American culture in the 1920s?
    2. What led to the emergence of Hollywood as the moviemaking capital of America?
    3. What was the first “talkie”?

  2. Review Essential Question #1

  3. Discuss Prohibition
    Take Notes

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why did labor union membership decline in the 1920s?
    2. What role did credit pay in the American economy in the 1920s?

  2. Clips from America in the 20th Century: Roaring Twenties Video

  3. Discuss 1920s Entertainment
    Take Notes