Period 7 (1890 – 1945) [PART 1 – (1890 – 1932)] Days 4 - 6

Warm-Up: Assessing Prior Knowledge What do you know about the Roaring (19)20s? Where does your knowledge come from? Which conceptions do you think are accurate? Inaccurate?

The Twenties: Eyewitness Accounts Have you ever witnessed an event then read about it later in the newspaper or on the Internet? Do “eyewitness accounts” of events always match up with those of a reporter? What is the value of an “eyewitness account”? What problems might a reporter encounter in examining first-person accounts of an event?

The Twenties: Eyewitness Accounts Read your assigned excerpt and determine… Who wrote it? What is it about? When and where it was written? For what audience was the writer writing? Was it written at the time of the event or at a later date? What was the intent of the writer? Is the writing about an interview or an event the author actually witnessed? Does the account contain humor or satire? In your opinion, is the account historically accurate?

The Twenties: Eyewitness Accounts Babe Ruth

The Twenties: Eyewitness Accounts John T. Scopes

The Twenties: Eyewitness Accounts Robert Goddard

The Twenties: Eyewitness Accounts Herbert Hoover

The Twenties: Eyewitness Accounts Al Capone

The Roaring ‘20s If someone says it better, let them say it… CRASH COURSE #32 While watching, complete the fill-in notes!

Group Work: American Life in the “Roaring Twenties”, 1919 – 1929 Read the prologue on pg. 274 of American Spirit Read your assigned section A. - D. Write a summary on the following questions… What was the main purpose behind the assigned section? How was this section’s segment(s) of the population affected by the “Roaring Twenties” A – The Revival of Antiforeignism (immigrants and nativists) B – The Reconstituted Ku Klux Klan (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants [WASPs] and non-WASPs) C – The Wets Versus the Drys (supports of prohibition and opponents of prohibition) D – The New Goals of Women (supporters of gender equality and opponents of gender equality)

The Revival of Antiforeignism

The Reconstituted Ku Klux Klan

The Wets versus the Drys

New Goals for Women

Warm-up: Partner Review—People’s history (Chapter 15 –Self-Help in Hard times) What previous knowledge was confirmed in the text? What new knowledge was put forth in the text? What surprised you about the text? What confused you about the text?

Term Definition Define the following terms related to the start of the Great Depression Speculation Overproduction Underconsumption Buying on margin Tariff Capital Credit Stock Market Crash

Document Based Question: What Caused the Great Depression? Read the background essay Analyze the documents around the room; record the main idea of each document Organize the documents by causes (2 / 3); documents 1 – 4 are contextual and do not need to be organized Clearly state how each cause contributed to the decline of the economy Write an introductory paragraph—“What caused the Great Depression?” Present contextualization (highlight / underline) Present a clear, analytical thesis (highlight / underline)

Warm-Up: The Great Depression If someone says it better, let them say it… CRASH COURSE #33 While watching, complete the fill-in notes!

The Face of the Great Depression (pgs. 309 – 315) Choose one of the four “excerpts” to read and analyze Describe in one paragraph the situation and reaction of your chosen “Face of the Great Depression” Raise your hand when you are finished and you will begin on the Period 7 Test [PART 1]

Testing Procedures Clear desks—except test and pencil/pen No talking—see policy on cheating in syllabus No “peeking” anywhere—see policy on cheating in syllabus No cell phones, iPods, tablets, laptops, etc.—see policy on cheating in syllabus

Period 7: (1890 – 1945) [PART 1] Test DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST QUESTION SHEET—only write on the test answer sheet