Prosperity+and+Depression


 * UNIT TITLE At Home and Abroad; Prosperity and Depression 1917-1940

DESIGNED BY : Phil Rucci  || What were the causes of the Great depression and how did that event affect the American people and their institutions
 * Stage 1 – Desired Results ** ||
 * Goal/Purpose of Unit To develop and understanding of tensions that developed between those of rural culture and those who were members of the new urban based society of the 1920’s.
 * Goal/Purpose of Unit To develop and understanding of tensions that developed between those of rural culture and those who were members of the new urban based society of the 1920’s.

New York State Learning Standards 1.2 ;1.3; 1.4;4.1  ||
 * Enduring Understandings

Students will understand __that__…… American society was unsettled by social and cultural change The Great Migration of African American to northern cities led to a renewed pride of African culture known as the Harlem Renaissance The boom economy of the 1920’s was not shared by all, and it came to an end with the 1929 Stock market Crash The Great Depression dominated American life in the 1930’s FDR’s New Deal helped relieve some of the suffering, but did not end the Great Depression  ||  Essential Question(s) What cultural and social changes occurred that caused a rift between urban and rural populations ? In what ways did the apparent prosperity of the 1920’s mask the economic downfall that was about to occur? What events were instrumental in the Great Crash and Great Depression? What ways did the government react to this economic disaster? what worked an what didn’t didn’t and why? ||
 * Knowledge

Students will know…… Harlem Renaissance Jazz Age; Red Scare; Sacco and Vanzetti;Clarence Darrow; William Jennings Bryant; Scopes Trial; Calvin Coolidge; Warren Harding; Langston Hughes; Zora Neale Hurston Duke Ellington; Return to Normalcy; Great Migration; Gross National Product; Per Capita Income; Mass Consumption; Stock Market Speculation; Herbert Hoover; The Great Crash; The Great Depression; John Steinbeck; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt; New Deal; Relief, Recovery, Reform; Court Packing ||  Skills

Students will be able to…… Identify and explain cultural differences in music, literature, and social norms and how they reflected the change in American Society Describe and illustrate the causes of the Great Crash and Depression Demonstrate the correlation between mass consumption and how it led to overproduction Analyze the policies of the New Deal and conclude whether they were effective in stemming the economic downturn of the Depression || Assessments questions from Castle Learning ; Regents questions interpretation of graphs,charts Performance Task : power point presentation on changing values and culture in America in the 1920’s : Thematic Essays January 2009;Dbq Essay August 2005  ||
 * Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence ** ||
 * Pre-Assessment Teacher made worksheet –Evolution vs Creation; Pretests Castle Learning
 * Pre-Assessment Teacher made worksheet –Evolution vs Creation; Pretests Castle Learning
 * ** Stage 3 – Learning Plan **

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 * Learning Experiences **

Required Materials for Unit:

Books // America  ////  : Pathways to the Present   // Prentice Hall Review Book // United States  ////  History and Government  //

Web Connections Discovery Streaming  · [] The Harlem Renaissance > >
 * [] News Headline Ny times Crash
 * [] Birth of Jazz
 * [] Causes of The Great Depression
 * [] The New Deal

Other Jazz recordings- Louis Armstrong “// Heebie Jeebies //”; Duke Ellington// ” Mood Indigo’ //” “ // In a Sentimental Mood //” ‘ Blue Harlem “ Poems Langston Hughes “// I’ Too //”

Lessons on:  · The Great Migration  · The 1920’s business boom or False Prosperity  · Mass Consumption  · Shifting Cultural Values  · Harlem Renaissance  · The Great Crash  · Causes of the Great Depression  · Hoover ’s Response  · Effects of the Great Depression on American Society  · The New Deal in Action : Relief Recovery and Reform  · The Legality of New Deal Legislation ||